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ProgressiveBaptists elect new top executive: Walter Parrish III

A New Jersey pastor who once worked for American Baptist Churches USA has been chosen as the top executive for the Progressive National Baptist Convention, one of the leading black Baptist denominations.

Walter Parrish III, senior pastor of Union Baptist Church in Montclair, New Jersey, was elected general secretary of the Progressive National Baptist Convention at the group’s recent annual meeting in Louisville, Kentucky.