Rev. John S. Hamm

 

 

John began serving as our Director of Missions on August 1, 2007.  He grew up in a Christian home in Marion, Virginia.   He has been happily married to Susan Lorraine Lee, of Bristol, Virginia, for 30 years.  Susan has served as a church pianist and been very active in children’s ministry.  During her career as an elementary school teacher she taught kindergarten and first grade.

 

John is a graduate of Emory and Henry College and earned a Master of Divinity Degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.   He served three SBC congregations throughout his 27 years of pastoral ministry in Virginia and North Carolina.  His last pastorate was in Lumberton, N.C. where he served for 12 years.  He also served as a volunteer jail and hospital chaplain, and he was on the staff of the Carolina Bible College in Fayetteville, N.C. for five years where he taught Pastoral Ministries and Church Leadership. He is available to present a variety of church leadership, seminars and training events for local churches.

 

Throughout his ministry, John has been actively involved in association work and served in many leadership positions including interim Director of Missions.   He has participated in many volunteer mission team ministries which have included projects in West Virginia, Kentucky, Romania, and Ukraine.

 

John has a love for the local church and for those who know and serve the Lord Jesus.  It is his desire to see the association involved in a relevant ministry of church planting and strengthening existing churches as they share Jesus in their communities and around the world. He enjoys doing handyman projects around the house, gardening, travel, and reading military history.