Charles W. Deweese

Charles W. Deweese retired in 2009 as executive director of the Baptist History and Heritage Society in Atlanta, Georgia, a position he had held since 1999. Previously, he served on the staffs of Providence House Publishers in Franklin, Tennessee, in 1995–1998, and the Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1973–1994. He has authored/edited numerous books and booklets in Baptist studies, including Women Deacons and Deaconesses: 400 Years of Baptist Service (Mercer, 2005).