New associational missionaries arrive

Steve Sells will assume his responsibility as the new associational missionary for Savannah Baptist Association on August 1. He previously had served as pastor of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Morganton, N.C., for 13 years. Sells has served in the pastorate since 1974. He comes to the association with his wife, Shirley.

Tim Millwood assumed duties as associational missionary in Rehoboth Association July 1. Previously, he served for 12 years as pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in Warner Robbins. During his time there the church grew from 30 to 540. Last year Friendship was listed as one of the top 200 giving churches in its demographic to the Cooperative Program and from 2000-2003 was noted as having one of the 100 fastest-growing Sunday Schools in the Georgia Baptist Convention.

Millwood is a 1993 graduate of Mercer University, where he is a trustee, and is currently enrolled at New Orleans Seminary pursuing a degree in missiology. He is married to the former Denise Almond of Gainesville and has three children: Jessica, 17, Austin, 8 and Micah, 2.

Bob Franklin began service as director of missions for the Macon Baptist Association June 2.

A native of Birmingham, Ala., Franklin comes to his position after serving as interim director of missions for the Northwest Baptist Association in Hernando, Miss. Previously he had directed the Associational Strategy Team of the North American Mission Board and served for 12 years as director of missions for Noonday Association in Marietta.

Franklin and his wife, Louise, have three sons: Lee, a physician in Montgomery, Ala.; David, pastor of Mabel White Memorial Baptist Church in Macon; and John, prayer minister at LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, Tenn. They also have eleven grandchildren.