Reverend Craig A.

Clayton
613 Westcove Court ! Norfolk, Va. 23502 ! Phone: 757-971-0031! Email: livethemission@gmail.com

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Lori Clayton- wife Married on January 4, 1997. Lori graduated from Union University with a B.A. in Special Education with a certification for ages birth through adult. She taught in Alabama while Craig finished seminary. Now she homeschools our children and is heavily involved ministering to children in an inner city ministry through our local church. Children: Lydia- age 13, Graham- age 11, and Isabella- age 9 Birth: January 4, 1973, Ft. Worth, Texas Licensed/Ordained: First Baptist Church, Childersburg, Alabama January 25, 2000 Interests: Fishing, Spending time with my family, and Basketball Home Church: Brownsville Baptist Church, Brownsville, Tennessee
EDUCATION

M.Div Missions Emphasis, May 2000, Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham, AL B.S.B.A. Accounting/Christian Studies (double major), May 1995 Union University, Jackson, TN
MINISTERIAL EXPERIENCE

First Baptist Church Norfolk, Minister of Missions, Norfolk, VA, January 2008-September 2013 Responsibilities: Oversight of global missions partnerships and mobilization, church planting partnerships, training, and implementation, equipping leaders, Coordination of large-scale missions mobilizations (Big Serve). International Mission Board, SBC, Strategy Coordinator in Celaya, Mexico, 2002-2008 Responsibilities: Indigenous Church Planting, Coordination of Evangelism and Medical Volunteer Teams, Ongoing Discipleship and Leadership Training, Personal Evangelism. First Baptist Church, Clarksville, TN Ministry Assistant for Missions and Evangelism, 20002002 Responsibilities: Mobilization of a congregation toward global missions work including local ministry in public housing areas, local festivals, and outdoors ministry. Also assisting in the coordination of a visitation program on a large scale. Ararat Baptist Church, Jackson, TN Missions Pastor (part time), 1996-1998 Responsibilities: Coordination of a Travel Center/Truck Stop Ministry with Biblestudy and Preaching responsibilities. Also coordinating church planting efforts in a local mobile home park. Parkburg Baptist Church, Pinson, TN Youth Director (part time), 1993-1995 Responsibilities: Youth ministry involving Biblestudy and social activities.

Reverend Craig A. Clayton

613 Westcove Court ! Norfolk, Va. 23502 ! Phone: 757-971-0031! Email: livethemission@gmail.com

SECULAR EXPERIENCE

Preaching Resources, Jackson, TN Office Manager, 1996-1998 Responsibilities: General Accounting and office management Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham, AL Teachers Assistant for Dr. Robert Smith and Dr. Calvin Miller (part time), 1999-2000 Responsibilities: Facilitation of discussions and labs about the topic of preaching ministry. Union University, Jackson, TN Adjunct Professor (part time), Spring 2007 Responsibilities: Teaching of a Survey of Missions Course

REFERENCES:

Bill Graham, Missions Pastor, First Baptist Church Clarksville (retired) 435 Madison St. Clarksville, TN 37040 931-320-2164 graham@fbct.org Jay Albritton, Pastor of Chesapeake Fellowship (Fellowship of First Baptist Church, Norfolk) 312 Kempsville Rd. Norfolk, VA 23502 757-375-1772 jalbritton@firstnorfolk.org Phillip Herring, Minister of Education, First Baptist Church Norfolk 312 Kempsville Rd. Norfolk, VA 23502 757-377-0421 pherring@firstnorfolk.org Ken McLemore, Minister of Missions, Liberty Baptist Church, Hampton, VA 1021 Big Bethel Rd. Hampton, VA 23666 757-897-1390 Nations1@gmail.com