By Bob Allen / Baptist News Global
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Brent Walker announced plans Oct. 5 to retire at the end of 2016 as executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, a Washington-based organization founded in 1936 serving 15 Baptist bodies in the United States.
Walker, 65, was elected as the agency’s fifth chief executive in 1999. He succeeded James Dunn, who held the post 18 years.
Walker joined the BJC staff in 1989 as associate general counsel and was named general counsel 1993. Next year marks his 27th year with the organization, making him the longest-serving staff member in the BJC’s nearly 80-year history.
“It has been a privilege to serve the cause of religious liberty through an organization as respected as the Baptist Joint Committee,” Walker said in a press release. “Just as I discerned an undeniable spiritual calling to perform this ministry, I sense that it is time to turn the reins over to someone else.”
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