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Julie Pennington-Russell is a prominent Baptist minister in the United States of America. She currently serves as lead pastor at the First Baptist Church of Decatur, Georgia. Her ministry has provoked controversy due to disagreements concerning women in church leadership. ==Biography== Pennington-Russell received a B.A. in Communicative Disorders from the University of Central Florida in Orlando in 1981, and an M.Div. from the Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Mill Valley, California, in 1985. She is currently in the final phase of completing a D.Min. at the George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University in Waco, Texas.〔 Her first position was at Nineteenth Avenue Baptist Church in San Francisco, where she was associate pastor and then pastor (1985-1998). She was then pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Waco (1998-2007), before being appointed to her current role as lead pastor of the First Baptist Church of Decatur in August 2007. Her other roles include trustee for Mercer University, member of the board for the Center for Christian Music Studies at Baylor University, and member of the board of directors for the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good. Her messages have been featured on the television broadcast ''30 Good Minutes'', Day1 Radio and at the Festival of Homiletics.〔 She is married to Tim Pennington-Russell, a website designer and aspiring poet and bass guitar player. They have two children, Taylor and Lucy.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Julie Pennington-Russell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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