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New Team Members!

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Within the next couple of weeks sbc IMPACT! readers will find posts from a couple of “new guys” … well, sort of.  We are so excited to welcome these newest members of the sbc IMPACT! team.

First there’s Dave Samples. Dave has had the privilege of serving as the pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Windsor, Colorado since July 23, 2000. He is currently the Team Leader for the Missions/Outreach Team of the Longs Peak Association. He has a Master of Divinity Degree with Biblical Languages from Southwestern Seminary. He did his undergraduate work at Union University and is also a graduate of Harrison-Chilhowee Baptist Academy in Seymour, Tennessee. Dave has served as the Chairman of the Colorado Baptist General Convention Executive Board. He is a veteran of the United States Navy Chaplain Corps. Dave frequently blogs at http://davesamples.blogspot.com. He married his wife Tina in 1985 and they have two teenage boys. Tina is a talented singer, songwriter, speaker, and author. Find out more about Tina at http://tinasamples.web.officelive.com.

Then there’s From the Middle East. And, besides his mysterious name, there’s not a lot that we can tell you about him. His identity must be protected for security reasons.  He and his family were called by God six years ago to represent His Kingdom to Muslims from unreached people groups. He is the father of two children and the husband of one wife. He currently works with a “short-term” sending agency and is responsible for raising awareness of needs among unreached Muslim people groups and then mobilizing, training and leading short-term teams to meet those needs. Prior to this he studied Arabic while sharing life with Muslims from one of the least-reached people groups in the world. He holds one secular degree and is currently working on second. FTME also shares stories of regular folks impacting darkness at Here and There.

And we would be negligent if we didn’t mention John Stickley.  John lives in St. Joseph, Missouri, and is a layman at Missouri Valley Baptist Church. He is the webmaster for sbc IMPACT!, and is responsible for all things technical associated with the site. He has remained behind the scenes since the inception of the collaboration, but has recently become an active post contributor.  John is an electrical engineer by trade, a rabid Kansas City Chiefs fan, an avid fisherman, amateur guitarist, and enjoys other hobbies including computers / internet, sports, and photography. He is married to Nancy, and is daddy to three wonderful kids, Jeffrey, Jenna, and Allison. John writes regularly over at his blog, Toward the Goal, sharing thoughts on life, faith, and family.

We welcome all three of these great writers and fellow servants to our team. Please get to know them and interact with their posts.