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[RICH.SCHRAMM@ecunet.org]

AMERICAN BAPTIST NEWS SERVICE 
Office of Communication  
American Baptist Churches USA 
P.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851 
Phone: (610)768-2077 / Fax: (610)768-2320 
Web: www.abc-usa.org
Richard W. Schramm, Director 
 E-mail: richard.schramm@abc-usa.org

HAGGRAY NAMED EXECUTIVE FOR DC BAPTIST 
CONVENTION
 The Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Haggray, who most recently 
has served as pastor of Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist 
Church in Washington, D.C., has been named executive 
director/minister of the District of Columbia Baptist 
Convention.
 Haggray was elected by the DCBC Executive 
Board last month and will assume his new duties Aug. 1, 
2001.  Dr. Duncan McIntosh has served as interim 
executive since the retirement of Dr. Jere Allen at the end 
of last year. 
 Haggray previously was pastor of the Mt. Gilead 
Baptist Church from 1992-1999.  He also has been an 
educational consultant, community activist and social 
services administrator.
 He has been active in the Council of Churches of 
Greater Washington DC, the Baptist House at Wesley 
Theological Seminary and the Baptist Joint Committee on 
Public Affairs.
 Haggray holds degrees from the University of 
Virginia, Yale Divinity School and Wesley Theological 
Seminary, where he earned a D.Min. 
 The Rev. Lynn Bergfalk, search committee chair, 
noted that Haggray's "energy and vision will provide 
strong leadership as the DCBC begins a new century of 
ministry."
 The District of Columbia Baptist Convention, one 
of 34 regions within American Baptist Churches USA, 
includes approximately 98 churches and also is aligned 
with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Progressive 
National Baptist Convention.

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