Dahlonega grad named vice-president of business affairs at Southwestern

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) - C. Gregory Kingry Sr. was named vice president of business affairs at Southwestern Seminary Oct. 19.A graduate of North Georgia College in Dahlonega and Southeastern Seminary, Kingry has been a career missionary with the International Mission Board since 1997, when he oversaw business services in Israel, Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan and Jordan.

Most recently, he was based in England. It was there that he served as the IMB's regional business services manager for the Northern Africa-Middle East region.

Also, in chapel Sept. 29 seminary President Paige Patterson announced a renewed focus on international evangelistic efforts over the next five years in Cuba and Siberia and among the Nyika people of Zambia.

Patterson also said that the seminary would be partnering with German and Russian-speaking Baptists in Bonn, Germany and Oradea, Romania in the Siberian effort.