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Biographical Sketch
Born:
June 24, 1944, Church Hill, Tennessee
Family:
Wife
- Carolyn (Green) Woods, born July 13, 1944, Sullivan County, Tennessee
Church Hill High School, Church Hill, Tennessee, 1962
Daughter - Carrie Yvonne
Holladay, born April 8, 1970, Married to Aaron Holladay, Nashville,
Tennessee BA in psychology from Samford University, Birmingham,
Alabama and a MSW from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Grandson - Ben Holladay,
born June 17, 1999
Doctorate of Ministry
from the Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, May
31, 1997. Thesis: How Leaders Behave: An Analysis of Leadership
Behavioral Patterns of Senior Ministers in The Southern Baptist
Megachurches In Relation to Their Ministry Staff
Master of Divinity, May 1981 from the
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky.
Major area of concentration - Pastoral Ministry
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Bachelor
of Arts, May 1977, from
the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Major - Sociology
East Tennessee State University
(Attended 1972-74, transferred to the University of Tennessee).
Major - English
Diploma, June 1962, from
the Church Hill High School, Church Hill, Tennessee
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Pastor, Greenwood Baptist
Church, Valdosta, Georgia, 1997 to present
Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church,
Rapid City, South Dakota, 1991 to 1997 (five and one-half years)
Pastor, Indian Heights Baptist
Church, Kokomo, Indiana, 1981 to 1991 (ten and one-half years)
Pastor, South Fork Baptist Church,
Owenton, Kentucky, 1980 to 1981 (Student pastorate while a student
at Southern Seminary)
Pastor, First Baptist Church,
Tellico Plains, Tennessee, 1976 to 1979 (While a student at the University
of Tennessee, and a student at Southern Seminary)
Interim Pastor, First Baptist
Church, Church Hill, Tennessee, 1974 to 1976 (While a student at the
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee)
Licensed by McPheeters
Bend Baptist Church Hill, Tennessee, on March 13, 1974
Ordained by McPheeters Bend
Baptist Church, Church Hill, Tennessee, March 23, 1975, upon request
of the First Baptist Church, Church Hill, Tennessee
Denominational Work
And Activities
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Sweetwater Baptist Association,
Madisonville, Tennessee Church Training Director Member of the Building
Committee
Tennessee Baptist Convention Pastor
Advisor in the Church Training Department
Miami Baptist Association, Kokomo,
Indiana Assistant Moderator Moderator Chairman of Evangelism
State Convention of Baptist in Indiana
Member of the State Executive Board Chairman of the State Executive
Board Member of the Executive Committee President of the 1985 Pastor's
Conference Member of the Planned Growth in Giving Task Force (The
Indian Heights Baptist Church was one of ten pilot churches in the
Southern Baptist Convention) Member of the Arrangements Committee
1988 (The Indian Heights Baptist church hosted the State Convention)
Member of the State Nominating Committee Member of the Realignment/Constitution
Revision Committee
Southern Baptist Convention Trustee
on the Board of Trustees, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
1989 - 1991
Valdosta Baptist Association, Valdosta,
Georgia Chairman of Evangelism Council
Certified Teacher / Trainer
in Evangelism Explosion and F.A.I.T.H Sunday School/Evangelism Strategy
Participate in Partnership Evangelism to Antigua, British West Indies
Lead numerous teams to return trips to the West Indies, Antigua and
Nevis, to do Vacation Bible School (VBS), build houses for displaced
Monserratians as a result of volcanic action on the island of Montserrat,
and lead in evangelistic crusades Conducted evangelistic crusades in
the former Soviet Union: Shumerlai, and in Omsk, Southern Siberia in
1992, 1995, 1998 (Under the auspices of International Crusades, Dallas,
Texas. As a result of these crusades more than 23,000 professions were
recorded.
Hunting, fishing, biking, backpacking,
golf
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
from Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Listed in the Official Register
of Outstanding Americans; Special Addition of Southern Baptist
Leaders, 1985 - 1986
U.S. Army 1962 - 1965 Honorable
discharge in 1965 Areas of service: Ft. Jackson, South Carolina;
Ft. Gordon, Georgia; Ft. Belvoir, Virginia; Korea; Dominican Republic;
and Ft. Bragg, North Carolina Medals: Good Conduct Medal, and the Expeditionary
Medal for Service in the Dominican Republic
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