News From the Field
June 2007
Ryan Coatney, 2001, is the Pastor of Centri-Kid Camps
Brent Rowe, 2006, was ordained to the gospel ministry at Ballardsville Baptist Church; married on June 23, 2007; called to serve as the Associate Pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Danville, KY
Lee Davis, 2003, is the Youth Director at First Baptist Church of Paris, KY
Oleg Turlac, 1998, participated in the graduation service of 55 students of academic programs in theology, missions, and social work at the College of Theology and Education in Moldova. Various speakers from Moldova and the United States challenged the graduates to go and preach the gospel to the ends of the earth.
Eric Reynolds, 2000, moving back to Kansas City, Missouri from Moreno Valley in southern California where he has pastored a church for two and a half years; he will be joining the pastoral staff of a large Nazarene Church on the Kansas City District
May 2007
Glenn Armstrong, 1963, retired from Beaver Dam Baptist Church after 40 years in Beaver Dam, KY
Debbie Moody, recently appointed as Director of Admissions for the Baptist Seminary of Kentucky in Lexington, KY
Susan Fraley Barlow, 2004, married Jonathan Barlow of Hattiesburg, MS on May 26th at Faith Baptist Church in Georgetown, KY. Mr. Barlow is currently enrolled in McAfee with expected graduation date in 2008
Renee Kenley, 2001, called as Minister to Children and their families at Highland Church in Louisville, KY
April 2007
Truett Cocanougher, 1962, retired as Director of Missions of the Bracken Association, in Kentucky
Wayne Eastham, 1973, is Worship Pastor at Crestwood Church of Crestwood, KY
Cynthia Pelphrey, 1971, is Campus Minister serving various campuses in the Owensboro area: Owensboro Community College, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Brescia College, Western Kentucky University at Owensboro, Madisonville Community College and Henderson Community College
March 2007
Susan Lockwood, 1968, is Associate Pastor of First Baptist Church of Morehead, KY
January 2007
David Wheeler, 1968, is Pastor of First Baptist Church of Portland, OR
Daniel Glaze, 2000, is Pastor of First Baptist Church of Ahoskie, NC; previously he served as minister-in-residence at First Baptist Church of Frankfort, KY
December 2006
Christina Cooley Howell, 2002,
resides in Churchland, NC where she's
the Community Relations Coordinator for
Davidson
County Cancer Services; and her husband
is the Senior Minister at Churchland
Baptist Church
Alan Redditt, 2000, married Megan Williams (2004) at First Baptist Church of Lone Oak, KY; the couple resides in New Orleans where Megan is a student at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; and Alan is the Chaplain Resident at East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, LA
Ross Bauscher, 1982, was elected to key Kentucky Baptist Convention Mission Board staff positions
November 2006
Moses Mboya, 2005, a native of Tanzania, is serving as the Executive Secretary of the Baptist Convention of Tanzania
Debbie Yelton Young, 1973, lives in Wyoming where she's the Director of Housing at the Yellowstone National Park
Bob C. Ross, 1959, lives in Plano, Texas, after 50 years of ministry in local church, Bob and his wife are building on their vast experiences to minister to a world in need...thru...Bob C. Ross Ministries
Victoria Seyler, 2004, moved to Whitefish, Montana last spring; she's working at a Christian therapeutic boarding school for teenage girls
October 2006
Oleg Turlac, 1998, welcomed his newborn son, Roman Oleg Turlac, into the world
September 2006
Carol Phipps, 1973, check out her new gallery!
Al Riddley, 1974, Director of Missions for the Greater Boston Baptist Association
Wallace A.C. Williams, 1962, Interim Pastor at Wilton Baptist Church, Wilton, CT (also former pastor from 1973-1980)
Jeremy Colliver, 2004, is a new daddy
August 2006
James Henry, 1959, will begin service as Interim Pastor at Green Street Baptist Church in North Carolina on October 22nd
Courtney Carter Joyner, 2003, married in July of 2005; she is currently serving as Student Pastor of the Devereux Circuit United Methodist Churches in Georgia
Marnie Fisher-Ingram, 1998, the Mission Projects Director and Camp Coordinator for Passport, Inc. in Birmingham, Alabama
Rev. Leila A. Dailey, 1988, ordained by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in 2000
Chad Linville, 1998, the Youth Minister at Bluegrass Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tennessee
Carl Peters, 1988, Minister of Music at Anchor Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky
Jim Dean, 1985, launched a new church in Silva, North Carolina called The Summit. It began on September 11, 2005. You may contact him by email.
Jeremy Colliver, 2004, the new Youth Minister at Faith Baptist Church in Georgetown, Kentucky
Charlie Warger, 2001, the Pastor of Newport Baptist Church in Newport, Ohio
Renee Kenley, 2001, the Children's Minister at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia
Ashley Gill, 2003, serving as the Minister to Children at Seventh & James Baptist Church in Waco, Texas
Beth Jolley Sexton, 2004, student at Mercer University's McAfee School of Theology is married to GC alum, Jeremy Sexton, 2004
Amanda Springs Langlands, 1999, recently relocated from North Carolina to Georgetown where her husband, Bryan Langlands, is the Associate Campus Minister at Georgetown College
June 2006
Wallace A. C. Williams, 1962, has retired from the faculty and staff of Beeson Divinity School at Samford University
Robert Shettler, 1972, is the new pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Gainesville, Florida
Joanna Ximenes, 1972, is the new organist at Middletown Christian Church, Middletown, Kentucky
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Philip Roberts, 1972, celebrated five years as president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri
Luke Nowell, 2002, has begun a two year pastoral internship at First Baptist Church, Dalton, Georgia. He was ordained to the gospel ministry by the Northeast Baptist Church of Atlanta at which time he publicly announced his engagement to Stacey Cochran
James M. Baldwin, 1937, died on Thanksgiving Day, 2005
Ron Higdon, 1957, in the interim pastor of Highland Park Baptist Church of Austin, Texas
Tom Smoot, 1965, has retired from the Collegiate Ministry Department of the Kentucky Baptist Convention but will continue working as a consultant
Carolyn Hale Cubbage, 1971, is the Associate Pastor of First Baptist Church, Savannah, Georgia
Ray Hicks, 1972, is Member Care Pastor of Harvest Baptist Church, Keller, Texas
Jim Henry, 1959, has retired from the pastorate of First Baptist Church, Orlando, Florida
Glenn Molette, 1977, is president of the Newburg Theological Seminary, Newburg, Indiana
Kyle Potter, 2003, is finishing his first year of theological studies at Oxford University, pursuing ordination in the Episcopal Church
David Wilson, 2006, will serve as the Campus Ministry Intern at Georgetown College for the 2006-2007 academic year
Jeff
Pressley, 1998, is Director of Operations for the
Youth Ministry at Southland Christian Church in Lexington,
Kentucky
Greg Barr, 1986, is the new pastor of St. Andrews Baptist Church, Columbia, South Carolina.
Mercer University Press has just released "On the Other Side of Oddville" with text by Dean of the Chapel Dwight Moody and art by his son Ike Moody. Order from your local bookseller for $20 or from Dr. Moody for $23 (includes package and postage).
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