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2010-2011 MDAABC Board
Chair: Dr. J. Wesley Babian, Pastor – First Baptist Birmingham
Vice Chair: Dr. Kevin Turman, Pastor – Second Baptist Detroit
Vice Chair: Rev. Dale Weathers, Associate Minister – Renaissance Baptist
Vice Chair: Jerri Poe – First Baptist Birmingham
Secretary: Rev. Dr. Patricia Butler, Pastor – St. Luke Tabernacle Community
Treasurer: Carol Olsen – First Baptist Birmingham
Financial Secretary:Rev. Dr. David Nichols, Pastor Emeritus – Genesis
Board Members
Stan Beatty – First Baptist Detroit
Rev. Dr. Billie Beverly – Hartford Memorial Baptist
Rev. Ronald C. Burks, Pastor – Palestine Missionary Baptist
Rev. Dr. DeeDee M. Coleman, Pastor – Russell Street Missionary Baptist
Justine Lofton, Deacon – Hartford Memorial Baptist
Rev. Nikita McCalister, Minister – Greater Christ Baptist
Rev. William A. Walker, Pastor – First Baptist Detroit
Campus Outreach Ministry – Co-Chairs
Staffing TBD following exploratory work and crystallization of theMission.
ABC-MI Representative
Rev. Ron Cary
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
AB Men
Dennis Trezona – Bethel Baptist Southgate
AB Women
Jan Carpenter- First Baptist Church of Ferndale
Woodward Endowment Committee Chair
Rev. Cathi Feldpausch, Pastor - First Baptist Ferndale
DBU Representative
Rev. Dr. David Nichols, Pastor Emeritus – Genesis
Representative to General Board, ABC/USA
Position currently vacant
Vice Chair: Dr. Kevin Turman, Pastor – Second Baptist Detroit
Vice Chair: Rev. Dale Weathers, Associate Minister – Renaissance Baptist
Vice Chair: Jerri Poe – First Baptist Birmingham
Secretary: Rev. Dr. Patricia Butler, Pastor – St. Luke Tabernacle Community
Treasurer: Carol Olsen – First Baptist Birmingham
Financial Secretary:Rev. Dr. David Nichols, Pastor Emeritus – Genesis
Board Members
Stan Beatty – First Baptist Detroit
Rev. Dr. Billie Beverly – Hartford Memorial Baptist
Rev. Ronald C. Burks, Pastor – Palestine Missionary Baptist
Rev. Dr. DeeDee M. Coleman, Pastor – Russell Street Missionary Baptist
Justine Lofton, Deacon – Hartford Memorial Baptist
Rev. Nikita McCalister, Minister – Greater Christ Baptist
Rev. William A. Walker, Pastor – First Baptist Detroit
Campus Outreach Ministry – Co-Chairs
Staffing TBD following exploratory work and crystallization of theMission.
ABC-MI Representative
Rev. Ron Cary
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
AB Men
Dennis Trezona – Bethel Baptist Southgate
AB Women
Jan Carpenter- First Baptist Church of Ferndale
Woodward Endowment Committee Chair
Rev. Cathi Feldpausch, Pastor - First Baptist Ferndale
DBU Representative
Rev. Dr. David Nichols, Pastor Emeritus – Genesis
Representative to General Board, ABC/USA
Position currently vacant