Rev. Shelton Charles Dixon

Rev. Shelton Charles Dixon was born on May 3, 1965, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Shelton Dixon, Sr. He is one of eight children, the husband of Jacqueline J. Dixon, and the father of Diamond NiJae Dixon.

He answered the call to preach the uncompromising Word of the risen Savior and preached his first sermon on June 30, 1987. Rev. Dixon was educated in the Calcasieu Parish School System and later attended Southern University and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Calvary Theological Seminary in Lake Charles in Religious Education with a minor in Ministry, and received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Christian Bible College of Louisiana.

On October 31, 2018, Rev. Dixon was installed as the 10th President of the Louisiana Home and Foreign Missions Baptist Convention. It is his vision to lead the Convention to live up to its name by becoming “Brighter Light and Better Salt” in serving associations, congregations, communities, and countries through the transforming love of Jesus Christ.

Rev. Dixon is the organizer and pastor of the Greater Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church of Baton Rouge, organized in 1996. In addition to overseeing the Greater Mount Olive family, he serves as Second Vice President of the Third District Bogue Chitto Missionary Baptist General Association and as General Secretary of the National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc. He is the Immediate Past President of the Louisiana Interchurch Conference.

He seeks to empower and enhance the quality of life for at-risk individuals and families, serving the community and state as a board member of the Port of Baton Rouge and Vice President of the Louisiana Embalmers and Funeral Directors. Rev. Dixon is a former BREC Commissioner, where he served as Vice Chairman, and a former board member of the YMCA, the Council on Aging, Harmony Center, and the Baton Rouge Marine Institute. He is also a former Baton Rouge Airport Commissioner. In his free time he enjoys golf, fishing, and traveling.