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Bob Loy
Church Development / Port Ministries
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Ron Rowe
Executive Director
rrowe@jaxbaptist.org
Principal Ministry Responsibilities:
- Leads in developing, articulating, and casting vision of the association.
- Leads the associational staff.
- Leads in all ministries / programs of the association.
- Consults with pastors and churches. |
 David Garrett
Church Community Ministries Director
David Garrett has served as Director of Church and Community Ministries for the Jacksonville Baptist Association since 1994. He is responsible for helping the Association become a channel for missions, connecting like-minded people to the needs of Jacksonville and the heart of God.
As a missionary with the North American Mission Board, David oversees many aspects of transformational ministry outside the walls of the church, including literacy missions, disaster relief, and health ministries. David assists hundreds of volunteers each year to get plugged into where God is moving in Jacksonville. He coaches ministers and churches who desire to become “missional” in their approach to outreach and evangelism.
David married his childhood sweetheart, Donnie and they have three children: daughter Darla and twin sons, Marcus and Caleb.
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Eugene McCormick
African-American Ministries Director
Principal Ministry Responsibilities:
- Assists churches in the enlisting, training, and deploying of a Minister of Education.
- Leads in the establishing a permanent Minister of Education Network for African-American churches the city of Jacksonville to provide mentoring and fellowship.
- Guides in producing a reproducible model for establishing ministers of education in the African American church, including a system for evaluating the results. |
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Bob Loy
Church Development / Port Ministries
bloy@jaxbaptist.org
Principal Ministry Responsibilities:
- Leads the association in a comprehensive Christian education strategy.
- Serves as a resource person and advisor in ministry through Sunday School, Discipleship, Church Music, Church Recreation, Media Library, Youth Ministry, Singles Ministry, Senior Adult Ministry, Vacation Bible School, and other needs requested by churches.
- Provides consultation to local churches in areas related to church program ministries and development.
- Gives leadership to the Jacksonville Port Ministries in providing spiritual, physical and social ministry to international seafarers coming to the Port of Jacksonville. |
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Lance Beauchamp
Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) Director
Principal Ministry Responsibilities:
- Director of Baptist Collegiate Ministries
- Assists churches in developing college ministries
- Provides mission and ministry opportunities for college students in Jacksonville
- Coordinates student leaders and volunteers on six different campuses |
 Art Taylor
New Work DirectorAs New Work Director for the association, Art has the responsibility of assisting new church planters in their efforts to start new churches in the communities of Jacksonville.
Assistance is given in the forms of financial aid, demographic studies, church planting strategy, mentoring, and providing educational opportunities. While a few years back, most new starts were anglo in nature, today they are from numerous ethnic groups including African-American, Hispanic, Haitian, Romanian, Korean, Russian, Romanian, Ethiopian, Asian Indian and other groups.
Art is currently in his thirtieth year with the association. His first fifteen years were spent directing the associational Christian Social Ministries program. With background experience in social work in Kentucky and Florida, Art also served as a command chaplain in the United States Army Reserve for 29 years. He holds four degrees: Bachelor of Arts in History from Jacksonville University; Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry in conflict management from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Master of Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College.
He and his wife Mary have four grown children and ten grandchildren. Art’s interests include real estate investments, secured two United States patents, and playing the electronic keyboard.
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Walter Bennett
Leadership Institute Director wbennett@jaxbaptist.org
Principal Ministry Responsibilities:
- Coordinates monthly Pastor/Staff Conferences and other training seminars
- Coordinates the association's annual leadership training event
- Oversees the ReFocusing process for pastors, leaders, and churches
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Arlene Skinner
Multi-Housing Ministry Director
askinner@jaxbaptist.org
Principal Ministry Responsibilities:
- Trains churches on how to enter a multi-housing property, identify community needs, then establish an on-going ministry to meet those needs.
- Acts as liaison between churches and multi-housing property groups
- Trains churches on how to sponsor evangelistic community block parties
- Available as guest speaker in association churches to create an awareness of multihousing ministry possiblities
- Handles all financial responsibilites of the association
- Secretary to New Work Director |
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Lynn Stone
Administrative Assistant, Jacksonville Baptist Association
lstone@jaxbaptist.org
Lynn has served as administrative assistant to Dr. Ron Rowe, Association Director, since 1993. She also serves as Association Clerk and is responsible for compiling the Annual Church Profiles (ACP).
Lynn is a secretary consultant for the Florida Baptist Convention, leading conferences for church secretaries and ministry assistants across the state. She has been an officer in the state (SBSAF) and national (NASBS) secretaries’ organizations.
Lynn and her husband, Glynn, an ordained minister, have been married for 40 years. Glynn and Lynn have been actively involved in church music ministry since college. Lynn taught private piano lessons prior to living in Jacksonville. She is a gifted pianist and accompanist. They have three children, all working in fulltime Christian ministry, and seven grandchildren. |
Beth West
Ministry Assistant for Church Community Ministries &
Church Development/Port Ministries Directors
Beth has served at the Jacksonville Baptist Association since 1993. She assists the above directors in their ministries and prepares and edits copy for the Network, JBAtoDate, and The Bridge newsletters.
Beth holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education with a minor in English from Florida State University. She worked as a reservationist for Delta Air Lines prior to coming to the JBA.
Beth and her husband, Ted, have two daughters, Holley and Marie, and three grandchildren.
Joanne Hackett
Ministry Assistant/Receptionist
jhackett@jaxbaptist.org
Joanne Hackett became part of the Jacksonville Baptist Association staff team in 2005. As the JBA receptionist she is the first ministry assistant guests meet. This staff position allows her the opportunity to respond to the inquiries of guests and callers in a courteous and professional manner.
Joanne is responsible for greeting guests in the lobby and answering questions they might have about our many ministries. She handles all incoming calls attentively and with a cheerful demeanor. Joanne also provides office support that includes various other secretarial tasks as needed.
Joanne is happily married to Clarence. As a former widow and widower they are grateful for their new beginning in 2006. Together they have 4 adult married children and 6 grandchildren.
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