GMF Children
Development Council

     Rev. Richard L. Hamlet, President and CEO, Global Ministries Fellowship

     • Ordained Baptist minister
     • MDiv Luther Rice Seminary, Atlanta, GA
     • BA in Business Administration, Rhodes College, Memphis TN
     • Previously served in pastorate and ministry staff positions in churches located in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia
     • Certified Public Accountant, State of Tennessee (inactive)
     • Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA)
     • Formerly certified by Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc.
     • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), active presently, currently a member of the CFA Institute
     • Experience as investment professional for fifteen years prior to ordination to Gospel ministry in 1997
     • Member evangelist of the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists (COSBE)
     • Member evangelist of the Fellowship of Baptist World Ministries, under GMF membership
     • Member Evangelist of the Fellowship of Tennessee Baptist Evangelists

     Rev. Rusty Shelton

     • Ordained Baptist minister
     • Bachelor of Science in Religion, Dallas Baptist University
     • Master of Divinity, with honors, Mid America Baptist Theological Seminary
     • Previously served on ministry staff of multiple SBC churches
     • Previously, assistant to Dr. Adrian Rogers, former pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church and former President of the SBC
     •Twelve years sales experience in insurance and security systems
     •Mission trips: Fiji Islands, Taiwan, Navajo Reservation
     

     Ruth Ann Shelton, Executive Director, GMF Children

       • Executive Director, GMF Children
       • Administrates GMF Childrens Ministry functions and child sponsorship program
       • BS in Special Education, Texas Women's University, Denton, TX
       • Paralegal Certification
       • Graphic designer
       • Previous experience:
              Coordinator and program director in churches located in Knoxville and Memphis, TN
              Personal assistant to Dr. and Mrs. Adrian Rogers
              Teacher with over twenty years experience in public, private, and home schools.
       • Mission trips: Taiwan, Scotland, Navajo Reservation