​We are BGC…Bringing People Together, Growing Churches, and Changing Communities! 

​                                                                                                      ~ Acts 1:8; Matthew 9:35-38; Mark 10:13-16

​​Baptist General Convention of Virginia, Inc.

Our Leadership

State Officers


  • The Rev. Dr. James E. Coleman, Jr.        President                                                   Pastor, Providence Transformation Church International  (Baptist)

           Lynchburg, VA


  • The Rev. Dr. Griselda A. Bayton          1st Vice President                                      Pastor, Trinity Baptist Church              Center Cross, VA


  • The Rev. Dr. Ricardo L. Brown 

       2nd Vice President

       Co-Pastor, Fifth Baptist Church

        Richmond, VA


  • The Rev. Joseph A. Fleming

       3rd Vice President

       Pastor, Third Baptist Church

       Portsmouth, VA  

         

  •  The Rev. Dr. Tracey D. Holley               Secretary                                                     Pastor, Mount Olive Baptist Church       Culpeper, VA   


  • The Rev. Dr. Carl M. Johnson                     Assistant Secretary                                   Pastor, Mount Pleasant Baptist Church   Alexandria, VA​​​


  • The Rev. Dr. Carla E. Lightfoot

            Co-Treasurer

        Pastor, Angel Visit Baptist Church

        Dunnsville, VA


  • The Rev. Dr. George W. C. Lyons, Jr.        Parliamentarian                                        Pastor, Gillfield Baptist Church               ​ Petersburg, VA

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  • The Rev. Dr. Sylvester T. Smith

           Co-Treasurer and 

       Chairperson, BGC Foundation Board

       Pastor, Good Shepherd Baptist Church   

       Richmond, VA



Ministry Presidents


  • The Rev. Michael E. Shannon, Sr.

           Clergy Ministry 

       Richmond, VA


  • The Rev. Dr. Johnie E. Hopkins

           Men’s Ministry

       Norfolk, VA


  • Sis. Barbara Coleman-Brown

           Women’s Ministry

       Scottsburg, VA


  • Sis. Alexandria Hunt-Quarles                Youth Ministry                        Tappahannock, VA

General Board (50 Members)

Commissions (15 Chairpersons)


  • Christian Education/Faith Formation 
  • Covenant
  • Credentialing
  • Evangelism
  • ​Facility Management
  • Finance
  • Health
  • Human Resources
  • Missions ​
  • Publishing/Resource Development
  • Publicity/Special Events
  • Social Concerns/Justice
  • Technology
  • Worship and Arts
  • Youth and Young Adults

 

 Administration


  • The Rev. Dr. Leo Whitaker 

        Executive​ Minister                            


  • The Rev. Alden G. Vaughan

            Executive Assistant


  • Sis. Janiel L. Youngblood            Accounting Consultant


  • The Rev. Dr. J. Elisha Burke

           Sacred Spaces Consultant​​​

     

  • The Rev. Dr. Liwood T. Blizzard, II               Coordinator of Social Justice and   Health Equity


  • The Rev. Dr. Stephanie Wilkes          Coordinator of Sacred Spaces


  •  Bro. Jae T. Howard                             Sacred Spaces Assistant


  •  Sis. Keshia H. Butler

         Program Secretary​


  •  Bro. Bruce J. Martin                                     Operations Technician