Encounter Women’s Leadership Forum (Bilingual)

Amy Whitfield

Executive Director of Communications, The Summit Church

Amy Whitfield has served as executive director of communications for The Summit Church in North Carolina since July 2021. With extensive denominational experience, Amy previously served as associate vice president for convention communications of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee in Nashville, Tenn., director of marketing and communications at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., executive assistant to the vice president of Lifeway Insights at Lifeway Christian Resources in Nashville and administrative assistant to the senior vice president for academic administration at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.

Amy is the coauthor of the 2018 book SBC FAQs: A Ready Reference with Keith Harper, senior professor of Baptist studies at Southeastern, and has been an assistant parliamentarian at the SBC’s annual meetings since 2016.

She also is the co-host of the “SBC This Week” podcast, which she and Jonathan Howe, EC’s vice president for communications, began in 2015. Her “This Week in SBC History” is a regular podcast feature. A native of Nashville, Tenn., she holds a master of arts degree in Christian studies from Southeastern and an undergraduate degree from Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C.

Jeanine Martínez de Urrea

Lifeway Author and Revive Our Hearts Speaker (Autora para Lifeway y Aviva Nuestros Corazones)

Jeanine Martínez de Urrea actualmente sirve con Iglesia Reforma como misionera en Guatemala, enviada por la Iglesia Bautista Internacional (IBI), de su natal República Dominicana. Ejerció por mas de 10 años como Ingeniera Civil antes de servir a tiempo completo en misiones. Sirvió como misionera transcultural, con enfoque en enseñanza bíblica, entrenamiento misionero y discipulado, en el Sur y el Este de Asia por casi 9 años. Es apasionada por hacer discípulos de Cristo, de todas las naciones, a través del estudio y enseñanza sistemática de la Biblia, libro por libro. Tiene una Maestría  en Estudios Teológicos por el Seminario Bautista del Sur (SBTS), y una Maestría en Ciencias en Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ambiental (INTEC).  Le gusta cocinar, la música, y conocer personas de distintas culturas, apreciando la multiforme gracia. De vez en cuando, recuerda detenerse y oler las flores.