ABOUT GEORGIA BAPTIST WOMEN
Georgia Baptist Women encourages, equips, and engages women and girls to discover and live out their purpose in God’s Kingdom.
Serving Churches
Woman’s Missionary Union
WMU assists churches with missions discipleship for preschoolers, children, youth and adults. Training and resources are provided for Anglo, African-American, Hispanic, Korean, and other language groups.
Women’s Ministry
Georgia Baptist Women encourages and assists leaders of women in the local church as they develop women’s ministry strategies through statewide training, leader retreats, networking and one-to-one consultations.
Pinnacle Retreat Center
Owned and operated by Georgia Baptist Women, this multi-purpose retreat center in Clayton, Georgia is open to all Georgia Baptists. June and July are reserved for our summer missions camp program for girls.
Georgia Baptist Women Staff
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Beth Ann Williams
Executive Director-Treasurer
770.936.5327
![Karen Pace 4 Karen Pace](https://georgiabaptistwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Staff_KP.jpg)
Karen Pace
Consultant
770.936.5328
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Tabitha Ferrell
Camp Pinnacle Director
706.960.9643
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Karen Elrod
Ministry Assistant
770.936.5320
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Rossy Rivera
Language Coordinator
Hispanic Women
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Lois Chon
Language Coordinator
Korean Women
Executive Board
Members manage the affairs of Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union of Georgia.![Lauren Sullens 10 Lauren Sullens](https://georgiabaptistwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Board_LaurenSullens.jpg)
Lauren Sullens
Georgia WMU President
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Pat Ford
1st Vice President
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Pam Murphy
Vice President of Finance
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Stephanie Heintz
Recording Secretary
Regional missions Mobilizers
Regional Missions Mobilizers are members of the BWMU Executive Board and serve as a resource for associations in their region.
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Leigh Hawkins
Northwest Region
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Vacant
Northwest Region
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Kay Cochran
Northeast Region
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Rhonda Pepper
Northeast Region
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Kim Jeffrey
West Central Region
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Keri Perkins
West Central Region
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Jeanette Gunn
East Central Region
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Cheryl Hitchcock
East Central Region
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Lynn Garnder
Southeast Region
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Wendy West
Southeast Region
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Martha Ann Carter
Southwest Region
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Cindy Schaeffner
Southwest Region
Equippers & Representatives
Equippers serve as a training resource for church and associational WMU age-level leaders.
Representatives promote discipleship and involvement to ethnic and African-American churches.
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Shannon Oberst
Preschool Equipper
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Melanie Linginfelter
Children’s Equipper
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Katie Johnson
Student Equipper
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Gail Silver
Adult Equipper
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Sue Smith
WMU Director Equipper
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Rossy Rivera
Language Groups Representative
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Esther Grissom
Sisters Who Care Representative
Volunteers
Volunteers give their time, energy and talents to lead Georgia Baptist Women in praying for missions, giving to missions, and generating awareness of ministry opportunities in Georgia and beyond.![Shery_400px Shery_400px](https://georgiabaptistwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Shery_400px.jpg)
Vacant
State Endowment Consultant
Promotes giving to the Capital Campaign, BWMU Endowments and the Esther Fund.
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Margaret Kelley
State Prayer
Coordinator
Promotes mission prayer needs for Georgia and Hearts Called to Pray prayer initiatives.
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Kellie Cochran
Assistant Prayer Coordinator
Promotes mission prayer needs for Georgia and Hearts Called to Pray prayer initiatives.
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Esther Grissom
Sisters Who Care Advisory Council
Promotes missions discipleship and involvement to African-American churches.
Liaison Groups
Georgia Missionary Parents Fellowship
Missionary parents who support their missionary children and each other through connecting, caring, and communicating.
Camp Pinnacle Alumni Association
CPAA supports Camp Pinnacle Summer Missions Camp and connects people whose lives have been transformed by God.