Greg Ledbetter, President

Greg is pastor of Shell Ridge Community Church in Walnut Creek, an outstanding preacher, worship leader, and musician. He is the 2007 recipient of the Edward H. Rhoades Urban Ministry Award given by National Ministries of the American Baptist Churches, USA. He is a member of the Ministry of Worship TIM Group.

 

Charlotte Williams Myers, Secretary

Charlotte is Minister of Christian Education at Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church in Oakland. A graduate of the Pacific School of Religion, she has served as Executive Director of Downs Community Development Corporation, Director of Operations at Allen Temple Baptist Church and Director of Marketing for American Baptist Homes of the West. Her areas of expertise include non-profit administration and development of adult Christian Education curriculum. She has received many awards and recognitions for her work in ministry, and was Conference Pastor for the 2006 Western Regional Meeting of Church Women United in Tucson, Arizona. She is a member of the Joseph Cambell Study TIM Group.

Marie Onwubuariri, Treasurer

Marie has been serving as the Pastor of MacArthur Community Baptist Church in San Pablo since 2005. She graduated from the M.Div program with honors in 2004 from the American Baptist Seminary of the West. Marie has a B.S. in Management degree from Binghamton University and worked several years in the retail industry, both in New York, before moving to Northern California to answer her calling to ministry. She is an active member of the Asian American Baptist Caucus and several TIM groups, and has served as a leader on the Xtreme Team to Ghana and as an American Baptist Young Adult Delegate to the National Council of Churches of Christ/Church World Services General Assembly. Marie lives in San Pablo with her husband, Franklin, and her newborn daughter, Anaya.

Clark Flesher, Senator

August 2007 marks Clark’s thirteenth anniversary as senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Alameda. Under the church vision of making fully devoted Christ followers in a growing multi-ethnic extended family, the church has a paid multi-ethnic staff team that includes a Chinese-American Associate Pastor, a Mexican-American Youth Director, a Filipino-American Worship Director, an African-American Music Director and Euro-American support staff members. The church continues to grow in age and ethnic diversity. Clark has studied at Bethel Theological Seminary, Alliance Theological Seminary, United Theological Seminary, and the Summer Institute for Urban Ministries in New York City. Clark was a pastor in New York City before moving to California.

Katie Choy-Wong, At-Large

Katie is currently the senior pastor of New Life Christian Fellowship in Castro Valley. Prior ministries have been admissions director and instructor at American Baptist Seminary of the West, area minister for the American Baptist Churches of the West, national director for Asian Ministries, National Ministries, ABCUSA, assistant pastor and intern at Community Baptist Church, San Mateo, and the director of the Food Network, a ministry to the hungry and homeless for the Northern California Ecumenical Council. Katie is married to Arthur and has a college age son, Jordan.

Donald Ng, At-Large

Don is the Senior Pastor of the First Chinese Baptist Church in San Francisco since 1998. FCBC, founded in 1880, is a bilingual, bi-cultural, and multi-generational congregation in the heart of Chinatown. Don served with American Baptist Educational Ministries in Valley Forge, PA for over 20 years. He is a trustee of the American Baptist Seminary of the West and a member of the Joseph Campbell and Asian American Clergy of No. California TIM groups. Don is a graduate of Andover Newton Theological School in Boston.

Micky Holmes, At-Large