Russell begaye biography
Russell begaye biography
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FORT DEFIANCE, Ariz. (BP) — Former Southern Baptist church planter and missions director Russell Begaye, installed May 12 as president of the Navajo Nation, calls his position a gift from the people and from God.
“God gives you that position,” Begaye said at his inauguration ceremony in Fort Defiance, Ariz.
“When you look back, you never dream that you would be the president of the great Navajo Nation….
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It’s a gift, a gift first from the people. The people honor you with it. It’s also a gift from Almighty God.”
Begaye entered the political arena in public service to the Navajo Nation in 2011, after serving four years as director of missions for the San Juan Baptist Association in Farmington, N.M.
Previously, he retired from a 30-year career as a missionary, church planter and foreign language outreach director with the North American Mission Board, and had served as a preacher while earning a master of divinity degree from Southwes