ALLEN, SHELTON, AND DRUMMOND TO SPEAK AT BCF

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 4, 2010

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On Feb. 8 at 10 a.m., LINC-UP Ministries founder Richie Allen will preach in the R.G. Lee Chapel at The Baptist College of Florida (BCF) in Graceville, Fla. Allen is no stranger to BCF having earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology from BCF and serving as an adjunct professor and former member of the board of trustees.

Before founding LINC-UP Ministries, an organization established to build churches abroad, prepare men and women for ministry, and strengthen churches at home, Allen served as the pastor of First Baptist Church of Hilliard, Fla. A native of Gulfport, Mississippi, Allen earned a Master of Divinity in 1995 and Doctor of Ministry degree in 2002 from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.

On Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 10 a.m., Chairman of the Board of Directors for LINC-UP Ministries, Wayne Shelton, pastor of First Baptist Church of Hilliard, Fla. for the past 18 months, will be speaking in the chapel. Shelton is a 1989 graduate of BCF continuing his education at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., earning a Master's of Divinity from Beeson's Divinity School and working on a Doctorate of Ministry through Reformed Theological Seminary in Jacksonville, Mississippi. Prior to coming to Hilliard, Shelton and his wife of 29 years, Michelle, served in areas of ministry in Alabama.

John Drummond of St. Andrew Baptist Church in Panama City, Fla., will lead Wednesday's chapel services at 10 a.m. Drummond, who was appointed by Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt to the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force, also serves on the board of directors for both Embers to Blaze Ministries and CrossVision International Missions. He has led or participated in 26 short-term volunteer mission trips since 2001, and presently serves as the Global Outreach Team Leader for St. Andrew organizing trips for 2010 to locations such as Mexico, Ghana, India, Brazil and Haiti.

Drummond graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Construction Science from Clemson University and has received a Master's degree in Theological Studies from Liberty University.

For more information on the spring 2010 chapel schedule, please call at 800-328-2660 ext. 446.