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Dr. John Granger is known to many people in the area. He has been the leader of Coffee Baptist Association since 2000. 

Dr. John and his wife, Kathy have three children and eight grandchildren. 

He served in the Air Force during the Vietnam era.

He became a Christian in 1966 and felt called to preach at the same time.

He attended BBI, the University of Mobile, Southwestern Seminary, and New Orleans Baptist Seminary, from which he earned a Th. D.

Dr. Granger taught New Testament, theology, and Greek for the University of Mobile, Samford Extension, Florida Baptist College, and New Orleans Seminary. 

He has been Pastor of 5 churches. Now he's pastor of Church on Boll Weevil Circle. 

Michele is from Albany Ga. She is married to Andrew Smith. They have 3 daughters and 6 grandchildren. Michele  

graduated from Methodist University in Fayetteville, N.C., with an Associates of  

Arts Degree, majoring in Accounting.  She has attended Hillcrest Baptist Church since 1998  

where she has served in many different areas of ministry. She has been the  

Financial Secretary for the Coffee Baptist Association since May 2017.

Emily is a 2006 graduate of Kinston High School. After graduation she attended LBWCC for Medical Office Administration. Emily and her husband, Brad, were married in 2007. They have 2 sons, Elijah and Jonah. 

She attends Church on Boll Weevil Circle. She has worked with Coffee Baptist Association as Ministry Assistant since May 2018.

Steve Bio

Brad is from the big city of Kinston, AL. Brad and his wife, Emily, were married in 2007. They have two sons, Elijah and Jonah. He attended Enterprise-Ozark Community College in Enterprise, AL. Brad started in ministry as a counselor for the Royal Ambassador summer camp at Shocco Springs. From 2007 - 2009 he served as the Assistant Manager for the Vineyard Christian Retreat Center and returned to The Vineyard as Assistant Manager in 2019. In 2018, Brad surrendered to preach and in 2019 was licensed by the Church on Boll Weevil Circle where he serves as an Associate Pastor. Brad is passionate about ministering to both the spiritual and physical needs of all people and is always eager to help when needed.

 John, a native of Piedmont is a missionary with the North America Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.  His assignment with NAMB is to work with Hispanics in seven counties in the South East corner of Alabama (Southeast Alabama Baptist Hispanic Ministry Coalition).  His missionary work includes networking with established Spanish speaking churches and discipling, training, and planting other churches for Hispanics. He and his wife, Dana, live in Dothan, AL.  They have two grown sons, Daniel (Liz) and Luke (Karis).  Dana teaches math at Wallace Community College in Dothan.  John and Dana both graduated from Auburn University in 1987.  While at Auburn, Dana studied secondary math education and John studied the science of building construction.   After college, John served as associate pastor at Summerville Baptist Church in Phenix City, AL.  John finished his Masters of Divinity at New Orleans Baptist Theological in 1995. Before coming back to Alabama to work with NAMB, the Gunters were IMB missionaries in the Dominican Republic for 8 years where they planted churches among Dominicans in the capital city of Santo Domingo.  John regularly lead volunteer teams back to the Dominican Republic to assist in church planting and medical missions. John also serves as a chaplain with Marketplace ministries.