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.

Michael Deland

Michael is originally from Sweetwater, Tennessee, and served in the United States Navy from ’91 to ’95 as a Quartermaster (Navigation) in the submarine service.  He sensed a call to Christian ministry at an early age and has been preaching the gospel for 25 years, with 19 of those as a bi-vocational pastor. In 2017, the DeLand family moved to Pineville, Kentucky, where he now serves as the Dean of Institutional Advancement at Clear Creek Baptist Bible College.  He is blessed to be married with two children (a daughter and a son) and a couple of pets. Michael greatly enjoys hiking in the mountains, cooking BBQ, and spending time with family, and really enjoys a great cup of coffee.  Michael has earned a B.A. in Pastoral Ministries at Clear Creek Baptist Bible College, an M.A. in Christian Studies at the University of the Cumberlands, an M.T.S. in Preaching and Pastoral Ministries at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a D.Min. in Biblical Studies at Liberty University.

Robbie Gibson

Robbie L. Gibson is currently the Senior Pastor of East Sanford Baptist Church in Sanford, NC, where he has served full-time since 2010. He has served two other churches as a bi-vocational pastor. He has served as the Interim Associational Mission Strategist and Moderator (3 terms) for the Sandy Creek Baptist Association in Sanford, NC. He has certifications in Christian Financial Coaching (Ramsey), Church Vision Framing, Vision Leading and Revitalization (Auxano) and Business Management Coaching (Maxwell). He is married to Annette, has two sons, Joshua (Lindsay) and Caleb (Kylie), and three granddaughters, Brynn, Logan and Lena (and hopes to have an adopted grandson, Daniel, soon).

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.