Meet the Elders

Hensworth W. C. Jonas
Dr. Hensworth W. C. Jonas is the Executive Director of the East Caribbean Baptist Mission, a missionary society based in Antigua & Barbuda. He is the Presiding Elder of the ECBM Circuit of Baptist Churches and the Resident Pastor of Central Baptist Church in Antigua and Reformation Church in St. Vincent. He led the planting of four local churches on the islands. Dr. Jonas is the Founder and Superintendent of ECBM Baptist Schools (Secondary, Elementary, and Early Childhood). He co-founded the Caribbean Baptist Heritage Conference and conducts an international itinerant conference ministry. He was honored with a national award for educational leadership in Antigua & Barbuda, the Grand Cross of the Most Precious Order of Princely Heritage (GCH). He earned his undergraduate degree from Oklahoma Baptist University, and his graduate education, spanning various institutions, includes the disciplines of pastoral theology, counseling, and education, culminating in his earning a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership from the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, KY. He is the author of Dancing with Idolatry (Xulon Press, 2009). His latest book is Radical Discipleship (Reformation Heritage Books, 2024), and he has contributed to three other books. He and his wife, Vandah, have a son, two daughters, and two grandchildren.

Ivor J. Walker
Ivor J. Walker is the Resident Pastor at the Tyrells Baptist Church, an Associate Elder of the ECBM Circuit of Churches, and an Administrative Assistant of the East Caribbean Baptist Mission. He is a retired career military officer in the Antigua & Barbuda Defence Force, completing his service at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was honoured with a national award for his military service in Antigua & Barbuda, Commander of the Most Illustrious Order of Merit (CM). He served as Chief Immigration Officer of Antigua & Barbuda from 2009-2015. His tertiary education includes the Canadian Land Forces Staff College, the National Defence University (USA), and Roehampton University (UK). He and his wife, Janet, have one daughter.

Orvin D. E. Paige
Orvin D. E. Paige serves as Assistant Resident Pastor of the Central Baptist Church and an Associate Elder of the ECBM Circuit of Churches in Antigua & Barbuda. His full-time vocation is meteorology with the Government Meteorological Service in Antigua & Barbuda. His tertiary education includes undergraduate studies at the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill (Meteorology) and graduate studies at Master’s Graduate School of Divinity (Biblical Counselling). He and his wife, Jo Ann, have three children.

Joshua M. Jonas
Joshua M. Jonas is an Associate Elder of the ECBM Circuit of Churches in Antigua & Barbuda, currently on leave for graduate studies in the USA. His tertiary education includes undergraduate studies at Pensacola Christian College and graduate studies at Reformed Baptist Seminary, University of the People, and Baylor University. He and his wife, Chanda, have two children.