Central Region Peer Learning Group Conveners 

Laura Stephens-Reed, Coordinator

Alabama
Ronnie Brewer, CBF AL, Madison, AL (Pastors Group – some rural)
Paul Byrd, Chaplain, Children’s Health System, Birmingham, AL
Chris George, First Baptist Church, Mobile, AL
Scott Lee, East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika, AL
Mike Oliver, First Baptist Church of Williams, Jacksonville, AL (Pastors Group – some rural)
Alvin Pelton, Mountain Brook Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL

Florida
Tommy Deal, CBF FL, Orlando, FL
Bob Mulkey, New Hope Baptist Church, Port Orange, FL
Susan Rogers, CBF Florida Strategic Church Planter, Jacksonville, FL

Georgia
John B. Adams, Turner Ministry Resource Center, Columbus, GA
William Beaver, Haddock Baptist Church, Haddock, GA
Gwen Brown, Cornerstone Church of Grayson, Grayson, GA
Chris Burns, First Baptist Church, Gainesville, GA
Clayton Davis, Andrew P. Stewart Center, Atlanta, GA
Pam Durso, Baptist Women in Ministry, Atlanta, GA
Brian Edwards, First Baptist Church, Carrollton, GA
Grace Powell Freeman, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Atlanta, GA
Jim King, Parkway Baptist Church, Duluth, GA
Tony Lankford, Park Avenue Baptist, Atlanta, GA (co-convener)
Rickey Letson, Johns Creek Baptist Church, Alpharetta, GA
Devita Parnell, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Atlanta, GA (co-convener)
Joel Snider, First Baptist Church, Rome, GA
Lauren Waggoner, First Baptist Church, Marietta, GA

Mississippi
Chester Thompson, Zion Hill Baptist Church, Camden, AR (group is in MS)

Tennessee
Philip Potratz, First Baptist Church, Murfreesboro, TN (Staff Group)
Gene Wilder, First Baptist Church, Jefferson City, TN (Pastors – Rural & Multi-staff)

North Central Region