Cumberland Road

Rev. Greg Tucker is the minister at the Faith Fellowship Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Knoxville, Tennessee.  He is a native from Milan, Tennessee and he and his wife, Rhonda, have two children and three grandchildren.  He is a graduate from North Greenville University and Beeson Divinity School.  He has served congregations in Tennessee, South Carolina, and Alabama. 
 
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Rev. Wes Johnson is Tennessean by birth but Texan by choice, having moved to Texas in 1982. Born and reared in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Wes accepted God’s gift of salvation during a Fifth Sunday Youth Rally at Richard City Cumberland Presbyterian Church at age 13. Nurtured in the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in his hometown, Wes was influenced by many ministries and mentors, including the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Campus Crusade for Christ (now Cru), Kay Arthur of Reach Out Ranch (now Precept Ministries), youth leaders from his home church, his parents, and his grandfather, Dr. J. Fred Johnson. 

Wes graduated from Bryan College and received a master’s degree from Memphis Theological Seminary. As an ordained minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination since 1982, Wes has served as a pastor or transition pastor to five churches in Red River Presbytery. 

Professionally, Wes is senior consultant for Transition Consulting, Inc.– a human resource consulting firm that provides search support, professional outplacement, organizational development, and executive consulting services to a wide variety of businesses worldwide. 

With more than 25 years' experience as a leader in the development and management of purpose- driven, people-oriented businesses, churches, and ministries, he is consistently called alongside individuals and organizations in transition to serve as a catalyst for growth and positive change. 

Wes is a former collegiate basketball player and served in the sport for 18 years as an NCAA and high school referee. Today, Wes remains involved as a game reviewer for NCAA Division 1 conferences. He and his wife, Nancy, reside in the Dallas, Texas area, have two adult children and six outstanding grandchildren. 

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Dale Irby is an attorney, substitute teacher, and elder at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Olive Branch, Mississippi.  In this faith conversation he shares the ethics of law coupled with faith, discerning new career paths, and overcoming a difficult period in his life. 
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Rev. Dr. Joe Butler is a Cumberland Presbyterian minister who came under the care of Leitchfield Presbytery in 1970.  He serve as stated supply beginning in 1971 and was ordained in 1975.  Joe is a graduate from Bethel University and Memphis Theological Seminary with M.Div and D.Min.  He has taught at Bethel for 12 years and at the Program of Alternate Studies 13 years.  He has also served as president of the Board of Trustees for Memphis Theological Seminary.  He has served as moderator of Kentucky Synod, several presbyteries and has served as stated clerk for three presbyteries.
In June of 2022, Joe retired from full-time pastorate in June, 2022.  Later that month, he was elected vice-moderator of General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is married to Laura and lives in Winchester, Tennessee.  Together they have three children and seven grandchildren.  Joe enjoys woodworking and refinishing furniture. 

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Jessica Neas is a new mother and a newly ordained elder at the Mohawk Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Tennessee.  Jessica shares how her faith, life, and motherhood have shaped her over the last several months. 

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Carla Bellis is a member of Orange Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Aurora, Missouri. She is involved in all levels of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church having served as Convention President of the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry, chair of the Nominating Committee for the General Assembly, a volunteer at three Presbyterian Youth Trienniums, and as a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Youth Conference Planning Committee. Currently she is serving on the Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She has served three terms on the Missouri Presbytery Board of Christian Education and as a staff member and director of youth camps at Camp Cumberland for most of her adult life. She serves on the worship team at her local church playing keyboard and managing the presentation technology. Carla served as a teacher and school counselor over 35 years. Carla has been married to Jim Bellis for 44 years and together they have three children and four grandchildren.

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Reverend Jenny Muraya is a Chaplain at Regional One Health Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.  She is graduate of Nairobi University and Memphis Theological Seminary.  She has two sons and one granddaughter. 

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Reverend Tami Terpstra, MDiv, BCC is an interfaith staff chaplain at a public safety net and Level I Trauma hospital in Denver, CO. Her special passion is in providing care to behavioral health patients experiencing severe spiritual and psychiatric crises. After a decade of seminary and three more years of chaplaincy training, her long-suffering spouse and only child (who practically overnight became an amazing young man) manage to keep a sense of humor and continue to cheer her on in this peculiarly wonderful work.

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Reverend Anna Brockman serves as an Associate Pastor at the Winchester Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She is a graduate of Bethel University and Memphis Theological Seminary. She lives in Winchester, Tennessee with her husband Wesley, their daughter Rachel, and their one-eyed pug Pepper.

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Rev. Karen Schmidt is a native of Nebraska, living in the Denver Colorado area for the last 31 years. She is married to her college sweetheart, Pete for the last 33 years. They have three children in their 20’s. A writer, Karen is a graduate of Denver Seminary with an Master of Divinity in Leadership. She is currently employed as a chaplain for Christian Living Communities. She has been an ordained Cumberland Presbyterian pastor since 2021. She is a member of 316 Denver, a Celtic Cumberland Presbyterian congregation in Denver.

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