Be refreshed and revitalized in your ministry at the 2022 GARBC Conference

David E. Strope serves as interim national representative of the GARBC. In this role, David shares God’s Word in church and ministry settings, counsels and encourages pastors and churches, provides assistance with pastoral placement, and mentors and trains pastors, all while championing the association’s doctrinal distinctives.

Prior to serving in this role, David was a pastor for 45 years in four New York Churches (Bethel Baptist Church, Jamestown; Calvary Baptist Church, Lockport; Regular Baptist Church [now Maple Avenue Baptist Church], Elmira; and Calvary Baptist Church, Norwich) and at Ankeny Baptist Church of Ankeny, Iowa.

In addition to his pastoral roles, David has served on the GARBC Council of 18, the Northeast Fellowship Council of 10, and the Iowa Association of Regular Baptist Churches Council of 10. He currently serves on the elected council of Baptist Mid-Missions; and has taught at Faith Baptist Bible College as an adjunct faculty member.

David and his wife Debbie both hail from Newark Valley, NY and have three children, seven grandchildren, and two foster grandchildren.

Ken Floyd and his wife Sharon have been married for over 45 years. The Floyds served in pastoral ministry for over 25 years in three different GARB churches. Ken has served since 2006 as the Executive Ministry Director of the Michigan Association of Regular Baptist Churches (MARBC), a network of approximately 175 churches in the State of Michigan. The Floyds will conclude their 16-year ministry with the MARBC at the end of this year.

A humorous aspect of God’s plan to have Ken and Sharon involved with Michigan churches is the fact that they are native Buckeyes and very committed fans of The Ohio State University. This has led to a lot of fun moments as they minister throughout Michigan – well, mostly humorous! Ken frequently finds himself having to encourage beleaguered Spartan and Wolverine pastors after another football loss to the mighty Buckeyes. He is blessed to join Spartan Clare Jewell and Wolverine John Scally as a conference speaker.

Their Floyds have one daughter, Allison, who was a yearly participant at GARBC Conferences growing up in the Floyd home. One of her favorite conference activities was to harass certain Council of 18 members, especially U of M grad Brad Quick. Allison is a member of a GARBC church in Canton, Ohio, along with her husband (Taylor Helmick) and five children.

Besides preaching weekly in association churches, Ken coaches pastors, conducts seminars pertaining to spiritual leadership, prayer, pastoral transition and search processes, and conflict resolution. He is the author of two ministry books published by Regular Baptist Press, several ministry-related articles featured in the Baptist Bulletin. Ken received his education at Cedarville College and Grace Theological Seminary. He is also certified as a ministry and church revitalization consultant through Church Consultation University. He enjoys assisting plateaued and declining churches to discover their God-given, biblical potential.

Dr. Ellen is the Senior Pastor of Community of Faith Bible Church in Houston Texas and Senior Professor of Biblical Counseling at the College of Biblical Studies. Dr. Ellen has also developed a biblical counseling training center called Expository Counseling Center LLC.

He received his B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Houston, Houston, Texas, his M.A. in Christian Education from Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas, his M.A. in Biblical Counseling from The Masters University, Santa Clarita, California, his Doctorate of Ministry with a concentration in Biblical Counseling from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, Kentucky and his PH.D in Biblical Counseling from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.

Dr. Ellen is a certified Biblical Counselor with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC), a Fellow with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) and travels nationwide with the organization teaching biblical counseling principles. Dr. Ellen also teaches on a morning show called “Up With The Son” where he teaches various topics from God’s Word. In addition, He is also a Senior Member of the Biblical Counseling Framework Association. Dr. Ellen and his wife Dr. Venessa Ellen have two children and four grandchildren.

My name is John Scally. I have had the privilege of serving the Lord in vocational ministry for over 25 years. The first 17 years in ministry I was a youth pastor, and the last 9 years I have been the lead pastor of Emmanuel Baptist of Flint, Michigan. I am a graduate of Maranatha Baptist Bible College in Watertown, Wisconsin. I have been married to my awesome wife Tami for 22 years, and we have three incredible children: Zachary, Hope, and Victoria. I am a huge University of Michigan and Detroit Red Wings fan, and I enjoy pizza, pasta, and Pepsi. My heart is fixed on evangelism as we have recently as a church launched our first site in a nearby community. I lead with passion and purpose, and God receives all of the glory!

Clare Jewell has been married to his wife Donna for more than 40 years. They currently reside in Salem, Oregon. They have four daughters and 13 grandchildren scattered across the eastern portion of the United States.

Prior to joining with ABWE and the GARBC, Clare was the Senior Pastor of Lakewood Park Baptist Church in Auburn, Indiana for more than 20 years. From 1988-1993, He was the Administrator of Grace Baptist Christian School.

Clare completed his BA in Pastoral Studies at Baptist Bible College in Clarks Summit, PA. He also earned a Master of Arts Degree in Social Sciences from Eastern Michigan University. Currently, Clare is in the final stage of completing a Doctor of Ministry degree in Strategic Leadership at Corban University.

Along with preaching and teaching, Clare loves to golf, hike, ski and cheer for the Michigan State Spartans!

Paul and Martha Davis have served in pastoral ministry since 1989. In their lifetime of ministry, they have led church plants, Christian schools and dynamic ministry teams. Additionally, they have given oversight to children’s, youth and college/career ministries. They enjoy pace-setting leadership as well as serving as educators, conference speakers and ministry trip facilitators.

In 2017, Paul became the seventh President of ABWE. Today, Paul and Martha are working hard to meet, support and encourage the ABWE global team, striving to embolden gospel-centered churches to become sending and supporting churches, connecting God-enabled donors to the visionary projects of our fields, and humbly working to build, heal and reignite relationships with ABWE partners past, present and future.

The Davises have four adult children who are maturing believers in Jesus Christ. Landon works as an accountant, Kierstin is employed in private education. Rachael is working as a consultant and is in grad school, and their youngest son Ian is a recent college graduate who works in finance.