About SBC Voices
SBC Voices is the a blog about issues that concern Southern Baptists. We also make it easy to track what other SBC blogs are writing about.
Each writer is responsible for their own opinions. Our editorial policy is very open to debate and disagreement among our own writers.
This website is the unofficial source for news and opinion about the Southern Baptist Convention. Click here to browse our post archives from our blog. You can also read some clarifications about this website and Dave’s thoughts on comment moderation.
Contributors
Tony Kummer, is the founder, website administrator, and pain in the neck. He is a graduate of Boyce Bible College and Southern Seminary.
Dave Miller, Editor, serves as senior pastor of Southern Hills Baptist Church in Sioux City, Iowa. He is a graduate of Palm Beach Atlantic College (now University) and SWBTS. He served churches in Florida and Virginia before returning to Iowa, where he grew up, in 1991, and has served two churches there.
Jeff Musgrave, assistant editor at SBC Voices, is a husband, father (2 boys and a girl), pastor, musician and blogger. He blogs at Jeofurry’s Jesus Journey (name based on a high school nickname that stuck). His church (FBC Langdon in North Dakota) also posts sermon audios. He also maintains More Than Bread Devotionals with his sister, providing a weekday devotional.
Dan Barnes is the associate pastor at Heartland Community Baptist Church in Sioux City, Iowa. A graduate of Golden Gate Seminary, his ministry focuses on education and discipleship. The great blessing of his life is his Tuesday lunches with Dave Miller. Dan also blogs at jdanbarnes.blogspot.com.
Mike Bergman is pastor at FBC-Adrian, MO, and a graduate of the U. of Oklahoma and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In his free time, he enjoys biking, hiking, soccer, storm chasing, and long trips in a canoe. And occasionally between church happenings and playing ball with his dog, he finds time to blog at Unjust Justified (unjustjustified.wordpress.com).
Doug Hibbard has served as the pastor of First Baptist Church, Almyra, Arkansas, since August of 2010. He is married to Ann Hibbard, and is the father of Olivia, Angela, and Steven. Doug graduated from Ouachita Baptist University in the last Century.
Mike Leake is currently serving as associate pastor at the First Baptist Church of Jasper, Indiana. He also attends The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he is pursuing an M.Div in Christian Ministry, Heresy Tackling, and Cage Fighting. He hopes to eventually pursue a doctorate in the hopes that some day someone may ask him to perform a surgery. Through the grace of God, Mike found a beautiful woman, Nikki, to put up with his shenanigans. Together they have two children, Isaiah and Hannah. Mike also blogs regularly at Borrowed Light (http://mikeleake.net).
Jared Moore, general contributor, is pastor of New Salem Baptist Church in Hustonville, KY. He is the author of The Harry Potter Bible Study: Enjoying God Through the Final Four Harry Potter Movies. He has an M.A.R. in Biblical Studies from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, an M.Div. in Christian Ministry from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS), a Th.M. in Systematic Theology (ABT) from SBTS, and he’s currently a PhD student in Systematic Theology at SBTS. He blogs at http://jaredmoore.exaltchrist.com. Jared is married to Amber and has three children. You can connect with him on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.
Jeremy Parks, born and raised in Texas, is an IMB missionary, having served the last 12 years in the Czech Republic, Venezuela and now in Ecuador. He and his wife, married since 1991, are both deaf. They have three children, all hearing. He works to plant churches in Ecuador and blogs at theonlyquestion.wordpress.com.
David Rogers is Senior Editor and Coordinator for Latin America of the Adrian Rogers Pastor Training Institute. Before this, David and his wife, Kelly, were missionaries in Spain for 18 years, the last 14 with the International Mission Board. During this time, they were involved in various aspects of church planting, leadership training, and mobilization. They currently live in Cordova, Tennessee, and have two sons, Jonathan (21), and Stephen (14). David earned his B.A. at Baylor University, his M. Div. at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and is currently working on a Ph.D. in missions at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has been blogging since February 2006 at Love Each Stone.
Anthony Russo spent 20 years providing computer support to corporate America, but now is a seminary student at Southern, studying for pastoral ministry. Having dabbled in amateur improv and stand-up comedy, his make-you-think humor inevitably comes out, but his true passion is to call unbelievers and Christians alike to live wholly for Jesus Christ. He blogs at ThrowAwayEverything.com.
Andrew Wencl works for the Federal Government in Indianapolis, Indiana, but has begun distance learning through Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to prepare him for overseas missions. Fluent in Spanish, he and his wife, Hannah, work with Enfoque, the Hispanic ministry of Fall Creek Baptist Church in Lawrence. Andrew leads a small group and occasionally leads music and preaches.
