Officer - Bobby Brasher
Bobby was raised in North Louisiana and attended Louisiana Tech where he played baseball. He was named to the Coaches All-American in 1974 and drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 1976. Bobby began coaching in Louisiana then moved to Chapel Hill, Texas in 1989. That year, Chapel Hill won the 4-A State Football Championship. In 1999 CHAA became a idea and a six month time of prayer led to starting this ministry . Christian Hunters and Anglers now print their own magazine , operate a web store , produce outdoor gospel tracts and send speakers all over the nation speaking at wild game dinners , outdoor expo's and men's rallys .
He and his wife Linda live in Tyler, Texas with their two children, Seth and Grace. Linda works in the medical field and Bobby heads up the "At Risk" program for Chapel Hill ISD.
Officer - Don Barron
Director of Good Sam Outreach Center for Green Acres Baptist Church.
Treasurer - Amy Green
Amy Green lives in Bullard, TX with her husband Josh and their two children Garrett and Natalie. She is an active member of Bullard Southern Baptist Church. Amy is a Banking Officer at Southside Bank in Tyler, TX. One of her greatest hobbies is spending time with her family and friends. She is also an avid and accomplished hunter and loves to join her husband and children on hunting trips and outdoor activities. She has been a Christian for over 20 years and loves to share the love of Christ with others.
Trustee - Ron Wells
LIFE VERSE
"As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness". Psalms 17:15
EDUCATION
Lindale High School, Lindale, TX - 1962
Tyler Junior College, Tyler, TX - 1962-1964
Texas A&M University – Commerce, TX - 1966 Bachelor of Science
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, TX - 1969, Master of Divinity
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, TX - 1999, Doctor of Ministry
MINISTRY EXPERIENCE
Pastor, Hopewell Baptist Church, Tyler, Texas - 1964-1967
Pastor, Linglevile Baptist Church, Lingleville, Texas - 1968-1969
Baptist Student Ministry Director/Bible Instructor, Navarro Junior College/Trinity Valley Junior College, Texas - 1969-1973
Baptist Student Ministry Director, Texas A & M University - 1973-1980
Pastor, Parkway Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri - 1980-1982
Minister of World Missions and Discipleship, Green Acres Baptist Church, Tyler, Texas - 1982-1992
Pastor, Southside Baptist Church, Tyler, Texas - 1992-1997
Discipleship and Family Life Conference Speaker, Ron Wells Discipleship Ministries, Lindale, Texas - 1997-present
Director, Centrepoint Ministries, Tyler, Texas - 2000-present
INTERIM PASTORATES
First Baptist Church, Farmersville, Texas - 1998-1999
Calvary Baptist Church, Garland, Texas - 1999-2000
First Baptist Church, Van, Texas - 2000-2001
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Tyler, Texas - 2002-present
BIOGRAPHICAL OVERVIEW
I received Christ at 12 years of age in First Baptist Church, Lindale. I seriously learned about the Christian walk while involved with the BSM and became a disciple of His as a freshman at Tyler Junior College. I committed my life to serving Christ in full time ministry. I was a varsity football player and helped start Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Tyler Junior College. I met and married Beth Johnson while she was a student at TWU College of Nursing and I was attending SWBTS. We have been married for more than 30 years and have 3 children and 2 grandchildren. God turned my heart toward a call to ministry in student work after graduation from SWBTS. For 11 years I had the privilege of teaching and disciplining many college students across the United States. Missions and discipleship have been essential parts of God’s call in our lives whether in student work, pastoring or on a church staff. During my 10 years on staff at Green Acres Baptist Church we began 9 missions in Belize, missions in Nicaragua and Mexico and local missions in Tyler with the Koreans, Hispanics and Blacks. Beth and I also did long-term interims with Sylvania and Southside Baptist Churches in Tyler to develop them from a mission status to healthy growing churches. We later pastored 5 years at Southside Baptist Church growing from 150 to 350 in Sunday School. At this point we began to feel a strong call to ministry to families. I began pursuing a Doctor of Ministry Degree at SWBTS in August of 1997 and graduated in May 1999. My project was “Developing a Model for Mentoring Men to Be Spiritual Leaders in Their Families.” My wife and I trained as consultants for Hope for Home with Texas Baptists. We also will be presenting to churches “Family to Family,” a program sponsored by the North American Mission Board. We have opened an office in Tyler called “Centrepoint Ministries” to help develop lay-led family/marriage mentoring teams in churches. I am currently traveling to churches and universities throughout the state and country conducting family-centered revivals, marriage retreats, spiritual-growth retreats, and single/collegiate conferences. During the past four years I have also been in long-term interims at First Baptist Farmersville, Calvary Baptist in Garland, First Baptist, Van and, currently, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. These interims are part of a personal mission to assist churches to maintain healthy ministry and outreach. These churches have continued to prosper and grow spiritually through these interim times and have developed discipleship ministries and mission outreach.
Trustee - Sam Dawson
Sam Dawson has lived in Tyler, Texas for 28 years with his wife Kay - they have two children, Shannon, 28 and Trent 25. Shannon is gainfully employed at Trinity Mother Francis Hospital and Trent will hopefully be a college graduate in August 2002. Kay is an English instructor at Tyler Junior College and is the chief Executive Officer of the Family.
When Kay's husband graduated from Baylor in 1969, Sam expected to be drafted by the New York Yankees as a centerfielder to replace Mickey Mantle.
Unfortunately, that never occurred, but with the Ranger's pitching staff going south last year, Sam is still hopeful of being called up as a relief pitcher this summer. (He is hopeful EVERY summer.) Anyway, after 5 years in Tulsa, Sam and Kay returned to Tyler where Sam found steady work at Southside
Bank. Sam serves as President of the Bank and is active in several area organizations such as Camp Tyler Foundation, CASA for Kids, and ETMC.
Sam started bass fishing at age 4 and has just celebrated his golden anniversary in the sport this past year. He has met a lot of nice folks and cleaned a lot of beautiful fish, but most of all he enjoys getting up early in the morning- and watching the sun come up on the lake - there is where he sees the face of God.
Trustee - Eric Switzer
Fleet Resources
Trustee - Don Barron
Donny Barron, Bullard Southern Baptist Church
Trustee - Kent Abernathy
Kent Abernathy is a Partner & General Manager at McKaig Chevrolet in Gladewater, Texas . He and his wife Laura are menbers of First Baptist Church in Gladewater. They have a son Aaron and a daughter Blair. Kent is very active with the youth department of his church and a member of the Gladewater ISD School Board .
Kent is a great asset to CHAA by heading up our Fishing tournament outreach. Last April, he coordinated the out reach at the Texas Toyota Bass Classic at Lake Fork Texas with an attendance of 30,000 people. Presently he is planning outreach and logistics for CHAA to be present at the Bass Masters Classic 2009 in Shreveport , La.
He is an accomplished Bass fisherman.
Director of Safety & Survival - Josh Green
Josh Green has been a Commissioned Police Officer in East Texas for over 12 years. He is a graduate of the East Texas Police Academy. He is a certified Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education instructor and holds an advanced law enforcement certificate. He is also a firearms instructor, Use of Force instructor and Rapid Response to Active Shooter instructor. He is a member of SWAT at the agency where he is employed and is tasked with the duties of counter sniper and has been for nine years. He has attended the FBI Observer Sniper School, Colt armorer school and Glock armorer school. He has been a Christian for over 20 years and an avid hunter and fisherman.
Magazine Editor - Paul Bradshaw
Paul Bradshaw was born and raised in East Texas.
Magaine Business Manager - Kari Bradshaw
