Danny Dean said he’s long had an appreciation for Southern Baptists, the work of the Cooperative Program and associational missions work. As a pastor in Florida, Mississippi and Alabama, he saw all of those from a local church perspective.
But he and his wife both felt that one day God might open the door for them to transition into associational work.
“My mom and dad were very active in our local church and good friends with the associational missionary,” Dean said. “I’ve had a good idea of what it all involved for a while, and God has laid it on our heart for a number of years that one day this door might open.”
And open it did — Dean now serves as associational mission strategist (AMS) for Butler Baptist Association, where he has served as pastor of Spring Creek Baptist Church, Honoraville, for the past decade. Throughout the years he’s gotten to know the association well, serving on its committees and as its moderator and getting to know the other pastors.
Right now, he’s serving as both pastor and AMS, but at the end of the year, he will transition totally into the AMS role.
“I’m very excited about all the opportunities,” he said. “The rural pastor needs a pastor, and that’s what I think part of this job is — to be that support.” (Grace Thornton)
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