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iBaptist
Network
Leadership
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| Meet our leadership team of Baptist
leaders who are recognized by their local church ministries,
their published writings, and their ministries on radio and
television programs. These are men who are called by God and
have given their lives to the work of Christ around the world.
Dr. William T. (Bill) Monroe
Pastor of the Florence Baptist Temple in Florence, South Carolina. He founded
the church in November 1969 in an old, abandoned theater building with 18 people
present in the first service. After 37 years, Florence Baptist Temple has grown
to over 4700 members, with an average attendance of 1600. The church is located
on a beautiful 52-acre campus with over 180,000 square feet of buildings, and is
valued at 22 million dollars. The “Baptist Temple Hour” is telecast over a large
area of the Carolinas on the Florence-Myrtle Beach ABC, NBC and FOX affiliates.
In addition, Pastor Monroe is the President of the Florence Christian School,
operated by Florence Baptist Temple. In the past, he has served on various
boards, including the American Association of Christian Schools,
Liberty
University, and Baptist Bible College. Most recently, he served two terms as
President of the Baptist Bible Fellowship International from 2002-2006. He is
the author of three books, numerous pamphlets and journal articles in
nationally-published magazines. He was educated at Appalachian Bible College,
Columbia Bible College, and the
University of South Carolina, and has twice been
awarded Honorary Degrees from Hyles-Anderson College and
Louisiana Baptist
University. Bill and his wife, Norma, have three adult children.
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Dr. David E. Bouler
Dr. Bouler is the pastor of the
Highland Park Baptist
Church and Chancellor of
Tennessee Temple University in
Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Highland Park Baptist Church
is one of America's largest churches with an extensive
ministry including: Tennessee Temple University, Temple
Baptist Seminary, Temple Academy, a 100,000-watt
FM radio
station—WDYN, “God’s Good News” Television Ministry with 7
satellite dishes, World-Wide Faith Missions with over 500
missionaries, Union Gospel Mission for the homeless, and
Camp Joy for children in the Chattanooga and tri-state
area. Dr. Bouler's educational training consists of a
Bachelor of Arts degree from
Asbury College, a master's
degree in Theology from American Theological Seminary, a
Doctor of Ministries degree from
Luther Rice Seminary, and
a Doctor of Philosophy degree from
Trinity Theological
Seminary. Dr. Bouler and his wife Sue have three children:
Stephanie, Eric, and Gordie -- all of whom are graduates
of Tennessee Temple University.
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Dr. D. L. Moody
Pastor of
Pleasantview Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas
and former President of the World Baptist Fellowship. He holds a
BA from Arlington Baptist College, MaMin from
Moody
Graduate School of Chicago, and a DMin from Covington
Theological Seminary. He served as Pastor of
Victory
Baptist Church in Paris, Texas for 6 years and has served
as pastor of Pleasantview Baptist Church for 13 years. He
teaches in the pastoral ministries department at Arlington
Baptist College. He serves on the Mission Committee of the
World Baptist Fellowship. He and his wife Sherry will soon
celebrate 30 years of marriage and have two children
Joshua (22 yrs) and Hali (17yrs).
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 Dr.
Jerry Prevo
Senior Pastor of Anchorage Baptist Temple of Anchorage,
Alaska since 1971. The church attendance is over 2000 and
has a Christian School with over 800 students. Dr. Prevo is the CEO of a television station and 3 radio
stations in Anchorage. In 1993, he was listed by the
Alaska Journal of Commerce as one of the 25 most
influential and powerful people in Alaska. He serves as
the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of
Liberty
University and is on the Board of
Samaritan's Purse.
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 Dr.
Keith Bassham
Executive editor of the
Baptist Bible Tribune and The Baptist Preacher's
Journal. He joined the Tribune staff in 1995 and became
executive editor in 2002. He graduated from
Baptist Bible College in 1976 (G. Th.) and 1993
(B.S.). Other degrees include Doctor of Letters (Hon.
2002
Louisiana Baptist University)
and Doctor of Divinity (2007, Baptist Bible College). He
has also completed graduate work in administrative
studies at
Missouri State
University in Springfield, Missouri. From 1976 to
2002, he served as pastor and/or associate pastor of
churches in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Manitoba,
Canada. Keith is the author of Choosing Wisely, a
collection of studies on The Proverbs published jointly
by the Tribune and
21st Century
Press. His other literary contributions to our
movement include work as a contributor and editor for
Our Baptist Heritage, published by Tribune Publishers,
authorship of several historical, biographical and
theological analyses regarding the founding of the
Baptist Bible Fellowship
International, and demographic studies of pastors
and churches in the Fellowship. He has also been an
instructor at Baptist Bible College where he taught
courses in technology, writing and homiletics.
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 Dr.
John Rawlings
John W. Rawlings
was the pastor of Landmark Baptist Temple in Cincinnati,
Ohio for almost 50 years and he was a founder of
Baptist Bible Fellowship.
He served as Vice President of
Baptist Bible College
until 1975 when he was elected President of the BBFI.
The Landmark Hour was a radio broadcast of the Sunday
evening service of the
Landmark
Baptist Temple for over 25 years beginning in the
1960's through the 1980's. At its height the service was
broadcast on over 800 radio stations worldwide. Usually
the message was from the pastor, Dr. Rawlings, but
occasionally the speaker would be one of the great
preachers of that day including B. R. Lakin, G. B. Vick,
R. G. Lee, and John R. Rice. The very popular music
program of the church was also featured including the
Landmark Choir and the Landmark Quartet that toured the
country with Dr. Rawlings in the late 1960's. Since his
retirement from the church, Dr. John has led the
Rawlings Foundation to help churches in America and to
provide property assets for the work of missionaries and
national pastors in many countries. On Tuesday, May 16,
2000, Dr.
Jerry Falwell presented a plaque to Dr. Rawlings
honoring him as the outstanding Baptist Pastor of the
20th century. The Center for Ministry Training at
Liberty University
had chosen Dr. Rawlings for the recognition.
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 Dr.
Major Lewis Jemison
serves as the Senior Pastor of Oklahoma City's
St.
John Missionary Baptist Church. As St. John's Senior
Pastor, Dr. Jemison also serves as CEO of the St. John
Christian Heritage Academy, a private, State accredited
Christian school serving students in pre-kindergarten
through sixth grade. St. John Church is an urban
congregation of 2,500 members, 7 full-time staff members,
13 part-time staff members and numerous committed
volunteers. The Church operates with a budget in excess of
$ 3.5 million and property holdings valued at $6 million.
Dr. Jemison recently completed a four-year term as
President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Progressive
National Baptist Convention, Inc. (PNBC), an
association of approximately 1,800 Baptist churches
throughout the world with a collective membership of more
than 2.5 million persons.
Most recently, Dr. Jemison was invited by Rev. Jesse
Jackson to join the staff of
Operation Push as Vice
President of Social Justice and Church Development, a
position he has held since 2006.
Jemison’s formal educational pursuits began at
Bishop
College in Dallas when he received the Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Religion & Philosophy, with emphasis on Church
Ministries & Pastoral Care in 1977. In 1979, he was
certified as a Psychiatric Counselor by
Timberlawn
Psychiatric Hospital in Dallas. Jemison received the
Master of Theology Degree from
Southern Methodist
University in 1982. He completed the
Doctor of Ministry Degree in 1990 from
Midwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Kansas City. In 1994, Dr.
Jemison received a certificate from
Harvard University
School of Divinity.
Dr. Jemison has been married to his college sweetheart,
the former Jacqueline Norris, for more than 30 years and
they are the proud parents of one son, MaKinsley, who will
be entering Georgetown College (KY) this fall
as a freshman.
Dr. Jemison has been committed to sharing the gospel with
the world (especially those of African Heritage) since
receiving his call to the ministry while attending Bishop
College. He believes in enhancing the lives of those who
have been neglected and depleted by tribal wars and tribal
genocide. This commitment moved upon him after reading the
biblical mandate that brings us to minister to those who
are the least, the last, the lost and the left out in our
world.
Being of African descent, the call to service and
commitment to the Mother Country is more binding and
compelling because many of the faces looks, “JUST LIKE
ME.” They mirror my brothers and my sisters and remind me
of those I love so dearly from my own immediate family.
After 15 years of being made uneasy, I welcome the
opportunity to serve on the Executive Board of
International Baptist Network, an organization whose
missionary effort is designed to create hope and happiness
for a people who have been deprived and ignored much too
long.
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Dr.
Billy Hamm