LEADERS
Michael Julian will write the Bible Studies for Life lessons for Baptist and Reflector for the March-May quarter. A native of North Carolina, Julian is pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton. He formerly served as pastor of First Baptist Church, Obion. He is a graduate of Mars Hill (N.C.) University and holds a master of divinity degree with an emphasis on pastors and teachers from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. He and his wife, Jennifer, have three children.
Scott Brown, pastor of First Baptist Church, Waverly, since 2017, will write the Explore the Bible series in the Baptist and Reflector for the March-May quarter. A native of Georgia, Brown served churches in youth and pastoral ministries in Florida and Georgia before moving to Tennessee. He holds a doctor of philosophy degree from Louisiana State University. He and his wife, Crystal, have two children.
South Carolina native Jay Hardwick has been called as senior pastor of Forest Hills Baptist Church, Nashville. He is a graduate of North Greenville University, Tigerville, S.C. and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. He is pursuing a doctor of ministry degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, N.C. Hardwick has been a pastor in South Carolina and was assocate executive director-treasurer and chief strategist of the South Carolina Baptist Convention before accepting the pastorate at Forest Hills. He and his wife, Lara Beth, have three daughters. [Read more…]