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Geoff Baggett
 Geoff is the pastor of Crossroads Fellowship in Cadiz, Kentucky. He was blessed to be used of the Lord to plant this church in 2002. Prior to starting his church planting / pastoral ministry, Geoff served for twelve years as a youth minister in churches in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Kentucky. A long time ago (a very long time ago) he was a Medical technologist on staff at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. Geoff is a U.S. Army veteran. He is married to Kim, and the father of two teen-age daughters, Laura Beth and Katie. He hosts another blog, called Mission Peru, that documents his church’s journey as a Church Planting Strategist church in partnership with the International Mission Board’s REAP North team in Peru. If Geoff is not pastoring or blogging, you’ll find him fishing. For a more detailed bio, follow this link. |
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Rob Ayers
 Pastor Rob Ayers has served as Pastor of Camp Branch Baptist Church since May 1, 1996. His gifts lie in both the teaching ministry, as well as in personal and marital counseling. He holds a Masters of Marriage and Family Counseling, a Masters of Religious Education, as well as a Doctorate of Ministry. He lives with his wife Teresa and their three children. The discussion blog he hosts for his church (and others) is The Fearful Teacher. |
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Bowden McElroy
 Bowden lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He earns his living through his private practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor. His experience in counseling has provided him with the opportunity to minister through a “second career” as a Long-Term Interim Pastor (Transitional Pastor), primarily with conflicted congregations. He earned his B.S. at Oklahoma State University and his Master of Education at the University of Central Oklahoma. He has also studied at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Bowden is married and has three daughters (ages 25, 22, and 16). Bowden hosts the blog, “Counseling Notes”. |
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David Rogers
 David and his wife, Kelly, have been missionaries in Spain for the past 17 years, the last 13 with the International Mission Board. During this time, they have been involved in various aspects of church planting, leadership training, and mobilization. They are currently on Stateside Assignment in Cordova, Tennessee. They have two sons, Jonathan (18) and Stephen (10). David earned his B.A. at Baylor University, and his M. Div. at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. David is a big fan of the University of Memphis Tigers basketball team (already pre-season #1 in several polls)! He has been blogging since February 2006 at Love Each Stone. |
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From the Middle East
 “From the Middle East” 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. |
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Dave Miller
 Dave is the pastor of Southern Hills Baptist Church in Sioux City, Iowa, and is a past president of the Baptist Convention of Iowa. He is a graduate of Southwestern Seminary, and has served churches in Florida, Virginia, and, most recently, Iowa. He has been married to Jennifer for 31 years, and has three sons and a daughter. Dave has a passion for writing, and blogs over at “This Tent’s Just Right”, and “WORD Processing”. He’s also a huge Yankees fan, so don’t hold that against him! |
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Chris Johnson
 Chris is currently the Pastor of Grace Church at Hermitage which is located eleven miles east of downtown Nashville. He and his wife Karen have lived in the Middle Tennessee area for about 22 years, while raising two children, Elliot and Shannon. Chris has served the church for some 30 years in Texas and Tennessee and during the past 10 years has worked in leadership and oversight of the church in the Hermitage area. He is a full-time employee of Fresenius Medical Care, the world’s largest dialysis provider, with headquarters in Bad Homburg Germany. Chris is the Manager of Information Systems specializing in Network Architecture and Engineering for over 2200 clinics serving 175,000 patients. |
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Andrew Wencl
 Andrew works in Human Resources as a trainer for the Federal Government in Indianapolis, Indiana, but has begun distance learning through Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to prepare him for overseas missions, his real passion and calling. He’s traveled abroad to Latin America and Spain and is fluent in Spanish. Both he and his wife, Hannah, spend a lot of time working with Enfoque, the Hispanic ministry of Fall Creek Baptist Church in Lawrence. He leads worship and occasionally teaches Sunday school and preaches. Hannah works with the children’s ministry and teaches at a daycare.
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Rastis
 Rastis has an undergraduate degree from SEBTS in Biblical Studies and the History of Ideas, and he is currently working on the field-based portion of a Masters in Missiology from SWBTS. He will soon be deploying to the Middle East with the IMB, and, for this reason, posts with a pseudonym. Rastis has served on staff with several churches, and is currently working with a Baptist association, directing local cross-cultural church planting. His passion is for interfaith evangelism and urban missions. |
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Strider
 I am passionate about reaching the unreached with the Gospel of Jesus Christ (no, that does not imply that I think you aren’t). I am married with four children. I was appointed by the IMB in August of 1995 and have lived in what I call Middle Earth ever since. I live in a Muslim country which is why I use the pseudonym Strider. I am actually not as tall or kingly as Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings character. If you read my blog or much of what I say here it wont take you long to guess what country I am in. Please keep that to yourself as I don’t use the Strider name to protect me as much as the nationals I work with. You can catch up with all my stories at talesfrommiddleearth.blogspot.com.
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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. 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.
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