H.B. Charles Jr.
H.B. Charles is the Pastor and Teacher at the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church of Jacksonville and Orange Park, Florida, where he has served since 2008. He is primarily responsible for preaching-teaching, vision casting, and leadership development. Outside of his ministry with his congregation, he regularly speaks and teaches at churches, conferences, and conventions around the country. He has contributed to several books and journals. Pastor Charles is the author of It Happens After Prayer, On Preaching, On Praying, On Worship, The Difference Jesus Makes, Getting Right with God, and Reaching God’s Goals for Your Life and latest book Treasures of Truth, Psalms of Trust. Pastor Charles and his wife, Crystal, have 3 children: H.B. III, Natalie, and Hailey.</p >
Doug Echols
Dr. Doug Echols has served as the senior pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Yorktown since November of 2010. Before coming to Bethel, he served as pastor of two other churches in Virginia. Doug has been married to his wife Christy for 31 years and they have two married daughters – Kayla and Alyssa. They also have two precious granddaughters. Doug is a graduate of James Madison University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary where he earned a M.Div. and a D.Min. He currently serves as a trustee at Gateway Seminary. In his free time Doug enjoys running and watching college football and basketball.
Doug Echols also serves as president of the SBC of Virginia.
Quintell Hill
Quintell Hill serves as the Black & Multi-Ethnic Network Strategist for the International Mission Board. In this role he works with state conventions, network leaders, associational mission strategists, and churches across the Southern Baptist Convention to help foster relationships and strengthen partnerships with IMB missionary teams. He is also a pastor at Multiply Community Church in Monroe, NC and previously served as the President of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Preaching at Anderson University where his focus is on George Liele’s persuasive evangelistic plantation preaching that led to the modern missionary movement.
Quintell, his wife Christie, and their 2 girls live in Monroe, North Carolina.
Steven Wade
Dr. Wade is married to Jenny, and they have four children, Caleb 22, Sarah 18, Lydia 17 and Anna 14. Dr. Wade currently serves as the Lead Pastor of Faith Baptist Church, Youngsville, NC. He also serves as Professor of Pastoral Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He earned a Bachelor of Arts, Anderson College, Master of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Bryant Wright
Bryant Wright is the Founder and Chairman of Right From The Heart Ministries which began in 1992 and aims to take the Good News of Jesus outside the walls of the church. For five years Bryant served as the President of Send Relief, a compassion-based gospel ministry, fulfilling his calling of getting this new ministry of NAMB and IMB off the ground. He retired as the founding Senior Pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in late 2019, where he had pastored for 38 years. The church grew to over 7,300 members in Marietta, GA under his leadership as pastor. The author of eight books, Bryant is a straightforward communicator who uniquely connects God’s unchanging truth with a diverse culture through compelling and creative teaching.
He and his wife, Anne, live in Marietta, Georgia and have 3 grown sons, 3 daughters-in-law, and 7 grandchildren.
Brian Autry
Dr. Brian Autry serves as Executive Director of the SBC of Virginia, a partnership of more than 800 Southern Baptist churches. The SBCV has a vision for strong churches with a bold commitment to the Great Commission. Th SBCV mission is to come alongside local churches to advance the Gospel of Jesus Christ together to reach our neighbors and the nations. They give special focus to church planting and revitalization, strengthening local church ministries and pastors, and mobilizing churches for missions.
He has served as a trustee for Southern Seminary and Liberty University. Brian received a bachelor’s degree from James Madison University; a Master of Divinity degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; Doctor of Ministry (DMin) degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He and his wife, Jennifer, have three children.
