Trennis Henderson, vice president for communications at Ouachita Baptist University, earned two national awards from Baptist Communicators Association during BCA’s annual workshop April 16-19 in Phoenix, Ariz.
Henderson, who joined the Ouachita administration in March, previously served nine years as editor of the Kentucky Baptist Western Recorder in Louisville. He also is a former editor of the Arkansas Baptist News in Little Rock.
During BCA’s annual Wilmer C. Fields awards competition, he received a first place award for news writing for the article, “Baptist World Alliance Urges Reconciliation.” The article highlighted BWA’s call for “freedom for the 27 million people still trapped in modern-day slavery across the world” as well as “freedom from all forms of racism.”
Henderson also received a first place award for editorial writing for the article, “Are Diverse Baptist Groups Open to Unity?” The editorial addressed the “Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant” hosted in Atlanta in January by former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.
Baptist Communicators Association is the professional development organization of Baptist journalists, photographers, graphic artists and other communications professionals throughout the nation. Henderson served as BCA president in 1995-96.
