Meet the Elders


Hensworth W. C. Jonas

Hensworth W. C. Jonas is Executive Director of the East Caribbean Baptist Mission and Presiding Elder of the ECBM Circuit of Churches in Antigua & Barbuda. He is the Resident Pastor of Central Baptist Church and led the planting of three other local churches on the island of Antigua. He is also the Founder and Superintendent of ECBM Baptist Schools and co-founded the Caribbean Baptist Heritage Conference. He was honoured with a national award for education administration in Antigua & Barbuda, Grand Cross of the Most Precious Order of Princely Heritage (GCH). His undergraduate studies were at Oklahoma Baptist University, and his graduate studies include Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Pensacola Christian College, and the University of the Cumberlands. He and his wife, Vandah, have three children 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.

Rolando A. Lewis 

Rolando A. Lewis is the Resident Pastor of the Covenant Baptist Church and the Immanuel Baptist Church and an Associate Elder of the ECBM Circuit of Churches in Antigua & Barbuda. He also serves as an Administrative Assistant of the East Caribbean Baptist Mission. His undergraduate studies were at Mid-Continent University, and his graduate studies were at Reformed Baptist Seminary and University of the People. His wife, Stephanie, serves as Office Manager of the East Caribbean Baptist Mission.