Dr. Warren Dillon President B.A, Southern     University; M.A., Georgia University; Th.M., Th.D.  Gwinnett Hall Baptist College, Doctor of Ministry Luther Rice Seminary
 
Born in a small town, and given a big assignment, Dr. Warren Dillon, of Vacherie, LA has impacted thousands with his drive and desire to be used of God in “such a time as this”. 
 
With a B.S. of Science Mathematics from Southern University (Baton Rouge, LA) and a Master of Arts in Psychology from Georgia University (Carrollton, GA) Dr. Dillon started his professional career as a System Engineer with IBM in 1968. After thirty years of service to the corporation, he retired to fully answer the call of God upon his life and was officially ordained in ministry in 1985. Along with his call, Dr. Warren Dillon continued his education to receive both a Master’s and Doctorate of Theology from Gwinnett Hall Baptist College (Lawrenceville, GA). He went on to earn a Doctor of Ministry from Luther Rice Seminary in 2015.
 
He believes in being equipped for the calling and thus has served in excellence as an Associate Minister of Zion Missionary Baptist Church (Roswell, GA) 1985-1987, Pastor of Cole Street Missionary Baptist Church (Marietta, GA) 1987-1989, and on to Founder/Senior Pastor of In His Image International Christian Church (Marietta, GA) 1989-present. Dr. Dillon also served in the capacity of Senior Chaplin for the Cobb County Police Department (2000-2003), and the Spiritual Leader for Kairos Prison Ministry (2000-present). 
 
In 1997, Dr. Warren Dillon acted upon his hearts cry for Africa, by joining the mission field as the Director of Providence World Missions Africa (Marietta, GA/Uganda, East Africa). In 1999 Reach One Mission International (ROMI) was founded by Dr. Warren Dillon.  He also has served as a Professor of Biblical Studies at Gwinnett Hall Baptist College (1997- 2012), and Headmaster/Instructor of In His Image Christian Academy (1995-present). He also acted as the Host of “His Image” Radio Broadcast (1985-1997) and has facilitated numerous seminars, workshops, and revivals throughout Georgia, Louisiana, Jamaica, and East Africa. In 2012, Pastor Dillon launched In His Image Bible Institute which offers degrees in Biblical Studies. He continues to serve as a spiritual leader for Kairos Prison Ministry and trains people to serve as missionaries. Truly, Pastor Warren Dillon is living up to a standard of excellence and fulfilling the Assignment God has commissioned him to complete.
 

Dr. Lenton Mitchell Professor Doctor of Ministry New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
 
Pastor Lenton Mitchell Jr.  was born and raised in Acworth, Ga. He has been pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church for 28 years, as of this Sept., 2016. He has a Doctoral of Ministry degree, from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Pastor Mitchell believes that "a person can only lead as far as he has been." This is his motivation for his education, that he may lead God's people in the way of truth. He and his wife Miriam have been happily married for 38 years. They have 3 daughters; two are married and they have a total of 8 grandkids

Dr. Larry V. Purvis Professor B.S. University of Northern Colorado. Th.M., Th.D. Gwinnett Hall Baptist College.
 
 Dr. Purvis was born in Bethel, North Carolina.  He graduated from High School in 1965.  He immediately joined the US Air Force at the age on seventeen where he served for seven and half years which included a tour in Viet Nam.  After being honorably discharged from the Air Force, he was hired by IBM where he spent almost twenty years.
 
He accepted the Call into the Gospel Ministry in 1989 and was both licensed and ordained at Zion Baptist Church in Marietta, Georgia.  He also served as an Associate Minister at Zion Baptist Church, Roswell from 1992-1997. 
 
He was promoted by IBM and he and his wife Alva moved to Marietta from Boulder, Colorado in 1985.  They have been happily married for over 32 Years.  Alva was promoted by IBM and they moved from Marietta to Austin, Texas from 1997 to 2004.  When they returned to Marietta in 2004, they joined Cole Street Missionary Baptist Church and in 2006, Rev. Purvis was chosen as Pastor.  Pastor Tenth Year Anniversary was celebrated on October 23, 2016. 
 
Pastor Purvis earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from the University of Northern Colorado at Greely, Colorado in 1984.  He earned his Master’s in 1994 and earned his Doctorate in Theology from Gwinnett Hall Bible College in 1997.  His motto is “judge each day not by its harvest but by the seeds that you plant.”  His focus is on mentoring and discipleship.  He whole heartedly believes in doing the great commission: “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Pastor John P. Morgan Professor B.S. University of Cincinnati, M.Div Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
For 27 years, John Paul Morgan has made it his mission to equip people to do the work of the ministry for the building up of the body of Christ.  His message is clear.  If people are to transform the world they live in.  They must be willing to submit the totality of their lives to the Lordship of Jesus Christ through His Church.
 
As founding Pastor of Crown of Life Community Baptist Church since 1994, located in Powder Springs, Georgia, John leads a vibrant body of believers who are growing in Christ as they embrace a hurting world with the transforming gospel of Jesus Christ.
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Pastor Morgan is the only Child of Eddie (deceased) and Verna Morgan.  He graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science in Administrative Management.  He earned a Master of Divinity degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1993.  Pastor Morgan was privileged to be an inaugural participant in Lott Carey Foreign Mission Conventions “Pastor Excellence” Program.  Where he was afforded the opportunity to travel and experience ministerial immersion into the cultures of Ghana, South America, Jamaica, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Africa, and Johannesburg, South Africa between 2003 to 2005.  From 2006 to 2008 Pastor Morgan served as chaplain to the line employees of Tip Top Poultry of Marietta, Georgia through Market Place Ministries Chaplains, USA.  Presently Pastor Morgan is currently writing his thesis in Contextual Theology at Northern Theological Seminary in Lombard. Illinois.  
Pastor Morgan is united in marriage with the former Ms. Tracy Jo Carter, who is a certified/licensed Speech Language Pathologist.  They have been married for twentyfive years.  They are also the proud parents of two beautiful twins, William Jamal and Karissa Jade Morgan, who are both seniors at East Paulding High School