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The Reverend Brenda Iglehart, Dean
Pastor, First African Baptist Church Saint Simons Island 
4th Vice Moderator, Zion Missionary Baptist Association, Inc.
Retired Elder, United Methodist Church

                                           

 

                                                  
                                       The Reverend Dr. Dwight A. Moody           
                                        Founder and president of the Academy of Preachers             

 

                                         

The Rev. Dr. Dwight A. Moody is an ordained Baptist minister, and formerly served as pastor of churches in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky. The author of four books and numerous articles, he has also served as professor and dean of the chapel at Georgetown College in Georgetown, KY, and is an adjunct professor of Baptist Seminary of Kentucky. He earned his master of divinity and Ph.D. degrees from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville.

Founder and President, Academy of Preachers: Beginning in January, 2009, serving as Founder and President of a new national initiative of the Lilly Endowment, designed to identify, network, support, and inspire young people of all Christian denominations who aspire to be preachers of the Gospel: www.academyofpreachers.net

Dean of the Chapel: Served at Georgetown College in Kentucky from 1997 until 2008 as director of the religious life, preacher and worship leader, adjunct professor of religion, counselor to faculty, staff and students, and author.

Campus Experience 
Adjunct Professor, Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, 2004-present (Theology)
Trustee, Georgetown College, 1994-1997 
Adjunct Professor, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro, KY 1995-97 (New Testament)
Visiting Professor of Scripture, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh PA 1990 (Torah)
Adjunct Professor, LaRoche College, Pittsburgh, PA 1987-1990 
Founder and Chairman, Northeast Task Team on Theological Education, 1985-1989

Pastoral Experience
Hopewell Baptist Church, Holton, IN, 1975-1981
North Park Baptist Church, Pittsburgh, PA, 1982-1991
Third Baptist Church, Owensboro, KY, 1991-1997
Many interims (Midway, Rosemont, Georgetown, Lexington Avenue, Highland Heights, etc)

Education
Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY 1972, BA
Jerusalem University College, Jerusalem, Israel 1973-74, Graduate Studies 
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY 1977, MDiv
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY 1982, PhD

Other: Search Committees, Pittsburgh and Owensboro Associations, Georgetown College; Personnel Committees, Pittsburgh and Owensboro Associations; Supervisory Training, Home Mission Board; Public Radio Host, The Meetinghouse: Conversations on Religion in American Life; Keynote Speaker, Guest Preacher, Bible Teacher, Interim Pastor; National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion; Founder and Chairman, Festival of Faith, Owensboro, KY; Tour Guide, Israel and the Middle East; United Way of Allegheny County; Hospice of Owensboro; Commission on Christian Unity, Kentucky Council of Churches; Trustee, Georgetown College; 

Publications: Four books and many scholarly, popular, and sermonic articles.

Married for 40 years to Jan Gregg Moody; 3 grown children (2 married), 2 grandchildren.

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