Welcome To The McDonough Bible Institute

J.J. TURNER, PhD., President of McDonough Bible Institute, has been a preacher since 1964 working throughout Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, and California. He has been instructor and administrator for four Christian Colleges, and past editor of Christian Family Magazine and Christian Bible Teacher.

J.J. and his wife Isabel reside in McDonough. They have two children and four grandchildren.

Dr. Turner has written numerous books designed to help leaders to lead more effectively. He has also written several inspirational books and books of poetry.

HERBERT MOORE, MBS, VP Public Relations, was born in Elberton, Georgia where he graduated from high school in 1971. In 1989, he attended Atlanta Christian College and received a BS in Biblical Studies, and also obtained degrees from Perimeter College with honors in 1988, Abilene Christian University 1983-1984 and Athens Technical College 1971-1972. As of June 2009, he earned a Master's from McDonough Bible Institute.

Herbert is married to Rosemary Mathis of Kansas whereas they celebrated their 35th anniversary on April 20, 2009. They also have five children and ten grandchildren.

Brother Moore has preached at several church of Christ congregations: from 1978-1980 he was in Wiesbaden, Germany, 1982-1987 he assisted the minister of Elberton church of Christ, from 1988-1991 he was co-minister with brother Owen Freeman at Old National church of Christ, and in 1991-presently he was selected as the minister of Old National church of Christ.

DAVID W. HAMRICK, DCM, VP Extension Studies, has been preaching since 1980. He is a graduate of Brown Trail School of Preaching, Freed-Hardeman University (B.A. in Bible), David Lipscomb University (M.A. in Religion), McDonough Bible Institute of Georgia (Hon. Doctorate in Christian Leadership) and has done graduate work at Harding Graduate School of Religion.

David has done local preaching in Texas, Tennessee, and Mississippi. He served as the Director of Extensions for Bear Valley Bible Institute of Denver for nine years during which he established numerous schools of preaching and Bible Colleges in six continents of the world. He served on the Board of Trustees for Parkview Christian School, has done extensive radio work, and writes for various brotherhood publications.

He and his wife Rhonda reside in Colleyville, TX with their two children Caleb and Bailey.

JERRY WHITMORE, DCM, Academic Dean , was born in Atlanta Georgia and has preached for 36 years, eight of which were spent as a full-time Bible Instructor, and one year as an Educational and Involvement minister. Most recently, he spent 10 years at Concord in Orlando, FL (1986-1996), nine years at Beattie Road in Albany, GA (1996-2005), and also preached in Texas and Louisiana.

Jerry attended Bear Valley School of Biblical Studies (Denver, Colorado) and received a BA from Harding University (Minor in Greek), and an MA from Harding Grad (Minor in Counseling). He has done additional work toward a M. Div. at Southern Christian, spent five years as an instructor at Whites Ferry Road School of Biblical Studies, three years as Chairman of Bible Department and teacher at Shreve Christian in Shreveport, directed Lectureship for two years at Whites Ferry Road, spent fifteen plus years in developing material and leading small (Bible-based) groups, he has taken twenty or so short-term Foreign Mission trips, seven of which were to India, two to Thailand, and the last 15 trips have been to Eastern Europe and the Ukraine.

DAREN L. SCHROEDER, Extension Studies Coordinator, has been preaching since 1994. He is a graduate of Freed-Hardeman University (B.S. in Bible and M.M. in Religion).

Daren has done local preaching in Tennessee and Texas. He (and his wife) served in the mission field of Iasi, Romania from July of 2000 until December 2004 helping to establish the Lord’s church there. Daren also assisted in the writing, translating, and the editing of numerous tracts and books while on the mission field.

Previous to his work in Romania, Daren was also involved in campaign work with several churches in the northeastern United States and in New Zealand.

He and his wife Julie currently reside in Godley, Texas with their three children, Braden, Kailey, and Aubrey.

AUBREY JOHNSON, Instructor is a speech graduate of Lipscomb University where he also received Masters degrees before completing his Doctor of Ministry in Christian Leadership through Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

He is the author of five books and a popular speaker for leadership seminars and other special events.

Aubrey is in his twelfth year as the minister of the Peachtree City Church of Christ.

Aubrey and his wife, Lisa, have three sons.