Our Leadership
State Officers
Dr. James E. Coleman
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
Minsitry 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
Adminsitration
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