Pastor - Rev. Jeffrey Long-Middleton
Pastor Jeff has served three American Baptist congregations since graduating from Andover Newton Theological School in 1978. While serving the First Baptist Church of Burlington, Vermont, as the Assistant Pastor, he served on the Burlington Peace Committee and helped found the Burlington Emergency Shelter which served the homeless by providing a meal and overnight shelter. He also helped in planning and implementing statewide youth events.
He also served the First Baptist Church of Haddonfield, New Jersey from 1984 to 1990. While there, he co-founded and served as President of the Metro Camden Habitat for Humanity affiliate – a ministry that builds homes for lower income families and is dedicated to removing substandard housing from the world. He also was a member of the New Jersey Baptist Peace Fellowship.
In 1990, Pastor Jeff and his family came to the West Acton Baptist Church and during that time has served as the convener of the Acton/Boxborough/Stow Clergy Association, has chaired the Statements of Concern Committee of the American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts, was a member of a state wide task force charged with developing resources for local churches in the area of human sexuality, chaired the Department of Church and Society of the American Baptist Church of Massachusetts, was the national convener of a group dedicated to preserving Baptist Principles, and been engaged in promoting open-mindedness regarding inclusion of Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual and Transgendered persons in the life and ministry of the denomination.
Pastor Jeff has four boys. His wife, Ellen, teaches at MGH General Institute of Health Professionals and practices one day a week at the Family Health Center in Worcester.
