Leadership

Joe and Pennie Wright

Joe & Pennie Wright have only been married a short time, due to each suffering the devastating loss of their first mates after long and fruitful marriages.  Both come from ministerial backgrounds with Joe having served as Pastor of five churches and 18 years as a Director of Missions and Pennie serving as a Pastor's wife for 32 years as well as being a Registered Nurse and Registered Respiratory Therapist.  In 2018, Joe became Executive Director of the Bivocational & Small Church Leadership Network.  Together, they have a heart for ministers and their families; especially, for those from small churches.  They have dedicated themselves to the service of helping small churches achieve greatness through healthy leadership and obedient faithfulness.  Their personal family life exemplifies their happiness with two sons and three daughters, all of whom have presented them with 13 grandchildren and hopefully, just a few more!  They love the outdoors and traveling but even more, they love to visit small churches and worship with God's wonderful families of faith located all across our blessed nation.

Cohort Leaders

Dany Daniel

Bro. Dany and his family live in Bartlesville, OK, where he has served as the Lead Pastor at Bartlesville Southern Baptist since March 2020.  Dany has served at churches in Texas and Oklahoma since 2008. He earned his M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2021. Dany and his wife, Kimberly, were married in 1999, and are the parents of five children ranging from 19 to 6. Their daughter, Sarah Grace, is with the Lord. Prior to being in full-time ministry, he was a high school agricultural science teacher in Texas. In his spare time he enjoys just being with his wife, hunting with his sons, and showing rabbits with his daughter.

Phil Huggins

Dr. Phillip Huggins was reared in western Montana on the Blackfoot Indian reservation as the son of a bi-vocational pastor in Madison, Wisconsin. Since 1982 he has been in pastoral ministry in Wisconsin, Illinois and now Pennsylvania where he has pastored First Baptist Church of Rochester since 2014. Dr. Phil has served numerous roles in the state conventions of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. All but two years of his pastoral ministry have been bi-vicational by necessity.

Brad King

Brad King serves as pastor of Pleasant View Baptist Church in Waynesburg, Kentucky which is located in the beautiful south central part of the state. He and Nicky have been married for 28 years and have two children, Jenna, 21, and Jackson, 17. He enjoys living out God's call on his life and encouraging others as they live out their calling.

Scott King

Scott King has been a bi-vocational pastor for his entire career.  He served for nearly 11 years at Roland Baptist Church, just outside of Little Rock, and for the last 19 years, at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in Benton, AR.  He recently retired from the Arkansas Department of Transportation after 34 ½ years as an IT professional.  He and Lorna, his wife of 34 years, have two living children, Sarah who lives in SE Asia, and Jared who is finishing up his college education at Arkansas Tech.

Jerry Tracy

Bro. Jerry Tracy lives in Shelbyville, KY. He is retired after pastoring for more than 35 years in 6 churches in Indiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky. He teaches a Senior Adult Bible Class and serves as Deacon at Shelbyville First Baptist Church. He has been married for 55 years and has 2 adult children, and 3 grandchildren. 

David Whitener

David Whitener has been the bi-vocational pastor of Hemptown Baptist Church in Morganton, GA since 2006.  David married his wife Angie in 1983 while in college.  After graduating from GA Tech, David worked in the corporate world for 15 years.  During this time, David and Angie were active in ministry while living in Georgia and Northern Ireland.  After surrendering to the call of God to preach, David quit his job and enrolled at Luther Rice Seminary receiving a Masters of Ministry and Master of Divinity.  David served as Youth and Children's Minister at Blue Ridge First Baptist Church while attending seminary and until he felt God's further calling.  Five monthes later, Hemptown Baptist called David as Pastor.  David and Angie have two dauthers and four grandchildren.

Lowell Warren

Dr. Lowell Warren currently serves as the Associational Mission Strategist for BiStone Baptist Association in Texas. He has served as pastor at churches in Texas, Louisiana, and Arizona. The goal God has set before him is to encourage the servants of God to become Spiritually healthy, so they can lead the congregations to also become Spiritually healthy. He and his wife Peggy have been married for over 50 years. They serve the Lord together in any way they are called.

Joe Wright

Dr. Joe Wright serves as Executive Director of the BSCLN. He also serves as a bivocational pastor at Three Rivers Fellowship in Waverly, TN. Dr. Wright has been in ministry for over 38 years, including 20 years as pastor and 18 years as an Association Mission Strategist. He has worked diligently to bring health to smaller-attendance churches by strengthening pastors and their families. His experience and giftedness will challenge and encourage you in your ministry.