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DEACONESS' COUNCIL

 

Officers

President

Sister Gerri McCallister
Member of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church

Reverend Earnest Jones, Pastor

 

1st Vice-President

Sister Judy Fagins

Member of New Mt. Zion MBC - Lakeland

Reverend Kendrix Gardner,Pastor

 

2nd Vice-President

Sister Bobbie Ponder

Member of Beulah MBC - Ft. Walton Beach

Reverend Scotty Thigpen, Pastor

 

3rd Vice-President

Sister Cheryl Burnett

Member of St John Progressive MBC - Tampa

Dr. Bartholomew Banks,Pastor

 

President Emeritus & Advisor

Sister Patricia Ball

Member of St. John Progressive MBC - Tampa

Dr. Bartholomew Banks, Pastor

 

Recording Secretary

Sister Diane Smith

Member of Tabernacle MBC - Panama City

Reverend Joseph McCalister, Pastor

 

Assistant Recording Secretary

Sister Deloris Gordon

Member of Mt. Sinai MBC - Jacksonville

Reverend R.L. Gundy, Pastor

 

Corresponding Secretary

Sister Kem Engram

New Mt. Zion MBC - Tampa

 

Assistant Corresponding Secretary

Sister Trellis Haygood

Member of 1st Providence Progressive MBC - Bartow

Reverend Deryl Jones, Pastor

 

Secretary to the President

Sister Belinda Jefferson

Member of Mt. Tabor MBC - Tampa

Reverend T.D. Leonard, Pastor

 

Treasurer

Sister Jura Philpot

Member of New Jerusalem MBC - St. Petersburg

Reverend Troy Adams, Pastor

 

Financial Secretary

Sister Carolyn Taylor

Member of St. Matthew MBC - Tampa

Reverend W.D. Sims, Pastor

 

Assistant Financial Secretary

Iva Tolbert

Member of Tabernacle MBC - Panama City

Reverend Joseph McCalister, Pastor

 

Workshop Directress

Sister Ruth Johnson

Member of New Jerusalem MBC - St. Petersburg

Reverend Troy Adams, Pastor

 

Historian

Sister Clara Cobb

Member of Mt. Olive MBC - Tampa

Reverend Michael White, Pastor

Sis. Gerri McCallister

President

  • Member of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church since 1967,  Reverend Earnest Jones, Pastor
  • Graduate of Eckerd College, St. Petersburg/BA - Business Management, graduate studies at the University of Miami
  • Served as the church's financial secretary for 22 years
  • Currently serves as Church Reporter
  • Past President of Juinior Women
  • Advisor to Women's Intermediate Ministry
  • Past President of Deaconess Auxiliary
  • Coordinator for Vacation Bible School
  • Sunday School Teacher
  • Coordinator for the Citywide Rotational Baptist Training Union (BTU), a collaboration of 11 churches in St. Petersburg
  • Personal Secertary to the Moderator of Union Foreign Missionary Baptist Association
  • Chartered member of the Progressive M&E Baptist State Convention & National Baptist Convention of America,Inc., Int'l Women's Intermediate Auxiliary
  • Served as Personal Secretary to the WIA President both State and National
  • 1st Vice-President of Deaconess Council - past 6 yrs.
  • Retired from Lockheed-Martin Speciality Compenents (Engineering Specialist)
  • Retired - St. Petersburg College (Career Advisor)
  • Substitute Teacher - Pinellas County School Board
  • Mother of 2 children and 1 grandchild
  • Married to Deacon Emmett McCallister
  • Favorite Scripture:  Luke 18:1

 

REV. DR. BARTHOLOMEW BANKS

President

 

 

 

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