Neville Callam

Neville Callam "was elected General Secretary of the Baptist World Alliance by the BWA General Council during its meeting in Accra, Ghana, West Africa, on July 6, 2007. A Jamaican, Callam was a BWA vice president from 2000 to 2005, and has served on numerous committees, commissions and workgroups of the BWA, including the General Council and Executive Committee.

"Callam was president of the Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) between 1985 and 1987 and from 2000 to 2002, and has held all senior positions in the Jamaican convention, including that of General Treasurer and Acting General Secretary. He is a former vice president of the Caribbean Baptist Fellowship.

"A media manager, he founded, managed, and chaired the board of the religious radio station, The Breath of Change (TBC FM), was a founding director of the National Religious Media Company of Jamaica which operates LOVE FM and LOVE TV, and was chairman of the board of the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica, a public statutory organization. He is also a former chairman of the Media Commission of the JBU which has responsibility for the denomination’s radio ministry, website, newspaper, and all publications...

"For 15 years, Callam served on the influential Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches and chaired a number of its study groups.

"Callam is married to Dulcie, his wife of more than 30 years, and they have two adult children, son, Gairy, and daughter, Diedre."