David Apple serves as the national director of consulting/training for CORE 7 and as associate pastor at Big Canoe Chapel in Big Canoe, Ga.
Ken Braddy is Lifeway’s director of Sunday School and a 30-year veteran of church education ministries in the local church. He is a blogger, author, trainer, and Sunday School practitioner.
David Francis retired from Lifeway as director of Sunday School in 2018. His books and accompanying training modules can be downloaded at lifeway.com/davidfrancis.
Bob Mayfield serves Oklahoma Baptists in the areas of personal evangelism and small groups. Bob previously served churches in Arizona and Texas as a minister of education.
Dwayne McCrary leads teams that create ongoing Bible study resources for Lifeway, is an adjunct professor at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and teaches ongoing Bible study groups in his church. Prior to coming to Lifeway he served churches in Texas and Tennessee.
Steve Parr is nationally known as an author, keynote speaker, practitioner, and advocate of church growth strategies. He currently serves as the executive director of missions for Georgia’s largest association of churches, the Gwinnett Metro Baptist Network. His signature book, Why They Stay, is researched based and examines what keeps kids connected to churches into their adult lives.
Bruce Raley has served on church leadership teams in Arkansas, Florida, and Tennessee. He also served as the director of education ministries for Lifeway Christian Resources for ten years. Bruce has a passion for leadership development and the creation of new Bible study groups.
Alan Raughton was adult ministry specialist at Lifeway for more than 24 years before moving back to the local church where he serves Nashville First Baptist Church, Nashville, Tenn. as pastor of Christian Education and Discipleship. A sought-after Sunday School trainer and speaker, Alan has written and co-written three books on Sunday School in addition to numerous articles on Sunday School and church health.
Allan Taylor is the executive pastor of ministries at First Baptist Church Concord in Knoxville, Tenn. He served previously as director of Sunday School & Christian Education at Lifeway. He has written two books, The Six Core Values of Sunday School and Sunday School in HD, along with four DVD Training series: Sunday School Done Right, Forward From Here, A Sunday School Strategy That Works, and The Inspired Teacher.
