We are BGC…Bringing People Together, Growing Churches, and Changing Communities!
~ Acts 1:8; Matthew 9:35-38; Mark 10:13-16
Our Leadership
State Officers
- Dr. James E. Coleman, Jr.
- President Pastor, Providence Transformation Church International (Baptist)
Lynchburg, VA
- Dr. Griselda A. Bayton
- 1st Vice President Pastor, Trinity Baptist Church Center Cross, VA
- Dr. Ricardo L. Brown
2nd Vice President
Co-Pastor, Fifth Baptist Church
Richmond, VA
- Rev. Joseph A. Fleming
3rd Vice President
Pastor, Third Baptist Church
Portsmouth, VA
Dr. Tracey D. Holley
Secretary Pastor, Mount Olive Baptist Church Culpeper, VA
Dr. Carl M. Johnson Assistant Secretary Pastor, Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Alexandria, VA
- Dr. Carla E. Lightfoot
Co-Treasurer
Pastor, Angel Visit Baptist Church
Dunnsville, VA
- Dr. George W. C. Lyons, Jr. Parliamentarian Pastor, Gillfield Baptist Church Petersburg, VA
- Dr. Sylvester T. Smith
Co-Treasurer and
Chairperson, BGC Foundation Board
Pastor, Good Shepherd Baptist Church Richmond, VA
Ministry Presidents
- Rev. Michael E. Shannon, Sr.
Clergy Ministry
Richmond, VA
- Dr. Johnie E. Hopkins
Men’s Ministry
Norfolk, VA
- Ms. Barbara Coleman-Brown
Women’s Ministry
Scottsburg, VA
- Ms. Alexandria Hunt-Quarles Youth Ministry Tappahannock, VA
Administration
- Dr. Leo Whitaker
Co- Director of the Lilly Grant
- Sis. Janiel L. Youngblood Accounting Consultant
- Dr. J. Elisha Burke
Sacred Spaces Consultant
- Dr. Linwood T. Blizzard, II
- Co- Director of the Lilly Grant
- Dr. Stephanie Wilkes
- Coordinator of Sacred Spaces
- Mr. Bruce J. Martin Operations Technician