Migration: Rev. Marv Knox of Fellowship Southwest on Immigration and Immigrants

Marv Knox is the coordinator of Fellowship Southwest, an ecumenical network affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Fellowship Southwest covers Arizona, New Mexico, Northern Mexico, Oklahoma, Southern California and Texas. It expands racial, ethnic and ecumenical relationships, and it builds partnerships to serve the most vulnerable people in the region.

Previously, Marv was editor of the Baptist Standard, Texas Baptists’ news organization, almost two decades, and a journalist almost four decades. 

Marv was born in Fort Worth and grew up in the Texas Panhandle. He’s a graduate of Hardin-Simmons University and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. 

He and his wife, Joanna, have two daughters, two sons-in-law and five grandchildren. Marv and Joanna are active members of Valley Ranch Baptist Church in Coppell, Texas.