Academic and social activist Rev Merlyn Hyde Riley on Saturday smashed Baptist tradition after she was elected the first woman general secretary in almost two centuries of the Jamaican Baptist.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Gender Specialist, Merlyn Hyde Riley has created history by becoming the first woman to be appointed General Secretary of the Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU).
Her appointment took plac.
The initial challenges could have easily discouraged Baptist missionaries from continuing with work in Annotto Bay. However, they persevered, and today the church celebrates 200 years of Chris.