Center's Leadership

Center Staff

Michael Wilson, Program Director
Penny Marler, Research and Grant Coordinator; Professor of Religion at Samford University
Tracy Fuller, Administrative Assistant

Penny Marler, Research and Grant Coordinator; Professor of Religion at Samford University
Michael Wilson, Program Director
Tracy Fuller, Administrative Assistant
Jim Barnette, Associate Professor of Religion, Director of Ministerial Formation, Samford University
Bart Grooms, The Pastor As Shepherd Coordinator
Tom Brown, Pastoral Consultant and Canon Emeritus, Cathedral Church of the Advent
Gary Farley, Pastoral Consultant and Director of Missions in Pickens Baptist Association
Rodney Franklin, Pastoral Consultant and Pastor of First Congregational Christian Church (UCC)
Larry Barnes, Pastoral Consultant and Director of Missions in Fayette Baptist Association Advisory Board
Shirley Richards, Pastoral Consultant, Licensed Professional Counselor

Greg Bass, Owner, Boutwell Recording Studios, Inc.
Mark Bateman (ex-officio), Associate Provost, Samford University
Dennis Foust, Pastor, Shades Crest Baptist Church
Todd Harrington, Minister of Spiritual Formation, Dawson Memorial Baptist Church
Todd Heifner, Charles Heifner and Associates
Stewart Jackson, United Methodist Pastoral Care and Couseling
William Lucas, Pastor, Holy Infant of Prague Catholic Church
Aubrey Miller, Chief Executive Officer, Baptist Health Foundation
Patricia Outlaw, Pastor of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Associate Professor, Beeson School of Divinity
Jim Pounds, Director of the Extension Division, Beeson School of Divinity
Margaret Taylor, Pastor, Episcopal Church of the Holy Apostles