Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

— Colossians 3:15 (NIV)

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Ephesians 4:30

Profile of Rev. Neville Callam
Guest Speaker the African United Baptist Association of Nova Scotia

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 served the Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) in many capacities, including president between 1985 and 1987 and from 2000 to 2002, treasurer, and warden to Baptist students at the United Theological College of the West Indies.  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 publications.

An educator, Callam taught at the United Theological College of the West Indies and Jamaica Theological Seminary.  He served as Researcher in Theological Education with the University Council of Jamaica, the country's accreditation body for colleges and universities.

Callam has authored five books and has also published articles in academic journals as well as several book chapters.  He has spoken at fora, symposia, seminars and workshops in many countries.

An ordained minister since 1977, Callam gave his life to the Lord in his teen years and grew up in a strong Baptist family where his father was a church deacon and his mother was involved in various church ministries. Callam has served the East Queen Street Circuit of churches in Jamaica as assistant pastor and the Grace/Mineral Heights and Tarrant/Balmagie
circuits as senior pastor.

He is a graduate of the United Theological College of the West Indies with a Diploma in Ministerial Studies, the University of the West Indies with a Bachelor of Arts (Theology) with First Class Honors, and Harvard Divinity School with a Master's Degree with concentration in Ethics.  His special areas of expertise are Ethics and Ecumenical Theology.

For 15 years, Callam served as a member of the Standing and Plenary Commissions of the Faith and Order Movement 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.