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Officers

President: Wallace Smith

President Elect: Ruth Clark

Executive Minister: Rev. Dr. Gregg Hemmen

Assoc. Executive Minister: Rev. Jennifer Schneider

ABC USA Representation on ABCCR Board

International Ministries: Ivan Greuter

Board of General Ministries: Bill Poland

Area Moderators

Cross Roads Area: John Fritz

East Central Area: Lois Chiles and Steve Neal

Northeast Area: Rita Adams

OIABA: Wil Brown and Damon Smith

Western Area: Chris Prater

Southeast Area: Travis Ball and Mike Weks

 

Councils & Committees

AB Men President: Mike Justice

Minister’s Council President: Melissa Newberry

​AB Women’s Ministries President: Mona Huggins

Region Council On Ministry (RCOM)

East Central Area: Melissa Newberry and Carolyn Predmore

Southeast Area: Jerry Neeley

Western Area: Chris Prater and Don Patrick

Northeast Area: Scott Berry and Michael Thomas

Cross Roads Area: Kevin Hazelton and John Pattison

OIABA: Wil Brown and David Lee

 

Camp and Assembly Council

Cristina Adams: Northeast Area

Chelsy Bearden: Southeast Area

Kami Minor: East Central Area

Scott Fast: East Central Area

Jordan Fritz: Cross Roads Area

Joel Grizzle: Cross Roads Area

Sam Hecker: Cross Roads Area

Calen Miles: Western Area

Bill Poland: Western Area

Mission and Evangelism Vision Team

Rusty Boyer: East Central Area

Ruth Clark: East Central Area

Ivan Greuter: Northeast Area

Mona Huggins: East Central Area

Melissa Newberry: East Central Area

Mike Justice: Cross Roads Area

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Kansas Baptist Convention Foundation, Inc (KBCF)

David Elsbury

Marti Johnson

Nancy Lindberg

Archie Mason

Judi McCue

Kip Poe

Duane Ramsey

Gary Smith

Scott Stannard

Minister’s Council

President: Melissa Newberry

Secretary: Kelli Burfield

Treasurer: Tim Schwartz

National Minister’s Council Representative: Janet Crowl

Cross Roads Area Representative: Randy Moravec

Cross Roads Area Representative: Jurdan Counts

East Central Area Representative: John Clark

Northeast Area Representative: Janet Crowl

OIABA Representative: Wil Brown

Southeast Area Representative: Leroy Thompson

Western Area Representative: Chris Prater

Bi-Vocational Representative: Bruce Burfield

AB Women in Ministry Representative: Melissa Newberry

ABCCR Nominating Committee

Rob Gaskell: Northeast Area

Patti Horner: Cross Roads Area

Shirley Fair: Cross Roads Area

Terry Rossell: East Central Area

Barbara Whiteside: East Central Area

Les Pierce: Cross Roads Area

Ottawa University Board of Trustees

Lucky DeFries

Danny Trent

John Williams

Administration and Finance Vision Team

Rita Adams: Northeast Area

Lyle Adcock: Southeast Area

Lois Chiles: East Central Area

Carl Frazier: Northeast Area

Brian Kane: East Central Area

Bill Poland: Western Area

ABOUT US 

 

“The American Baptist Churches of the Central Region (ABCCR)  is a voluntary association of autonomous Baptist churches glorifying God through living the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

ADDRESS

785-272-7622

 

5889 SW 29th St

Topeka, KS 66614

 

abccr.org

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