About
About Us
The Gwinnett Metro Baptist Network is a partnership of 140+ churches working together to serve our congregations and seeking to advance the gospel in our communities and throughout the world. Ninety percent of our member churches are in Gwinnett County, but we are genuinely A network of metro area churches located in suburbs northeast of the city of Atlanta. Our churches are led by some of the finest pastors in Georgia and worship takes place in more than twenty languages each week. The styles of the churches vary, but the doctrine and the mission are well aligned. Our ultimate vision is to see “every church thriving and missionally engaged.”
The purpose of the Network is to help the pastors and the churches to be biblically healthy and to work together in mission partnerships focusing on the metro area and then extending nationally and internationally with an Acts 1:8 strategic commitment. The churches work both in partnership and simultaneously to accomplish these objectives. The pastors work to strengthen one another, to grow in their pastoral skills, and to impact the community in partnership with the Network. Each church is autonomous and voluntarily cooperates with other Network churches. The churches give of themselves but also reap unique benefits that come with being a part of the Gwinnett Metro Baptist family of churches.
We invite you to check out our churches that minister in your community and if you are a pastor, you need a Network like this. Be sure to check out the brief video to learn more about our ministry as well as our priorities. If you would like to know more, please contact our Director, Dr. Brian Parker at brian@gmba.org.
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Meet Our Staff
Dr. Brian Parker
Executive Director
Dr. Brian Parker has been serving in ministry for over 25 years. He has served at churches in Florida, North Carolina, and Georgia. He holds four degrees: 2 in the area of Speech Pathology and 2 in Christian Ministry. He holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary with an emphasis in Leadership.
Brian is passionate about evangelism and missions. His spiritual gifts are teaching, encouragement, and leadership, which he uses to make disciples through preaching, teaching, mentoring, and one-on-one coaching. He has participated in mission trips to 8 different states and 8 different countries (or US territories). He has preached to people of all places and ages including college students at the Baptist Campus Ministries of the University of South Florida, Middle Georgia, Valdosta State, and the University of Alabama. He has pastored churches that have led their associations in baptisms and has pastored a church that was a top 50 church in number of baptisms in the state of Georgia.
Brian and his wife, Kristi, have been married over 26 years. They have 6 kids: four boys and twin girls; plus 1 daughter in love, 1 future daughter in love, and a son, whom they have adopted in love.
Email Brian at brian@gmba.org
DAVID S. BRUSON, SR.
avid S. Brunson, Sr., has been the founder and senior pastor of Trinity Life Church in Dacula, Georgia, since 2002. He has over 20 years of youth ministry experience at Christ the King Baptist Church, Hopewell Baptist Church, and Antioch Baptist Church. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from DeVry University and a Master of Divinity from Luther Rice University. In the Atlanta Metro Area, he has served on the board of Directors for the Atlanta
Children’s Shelter and Rainbow Village, serving families in need. In Gwinnett, he serves with the Lawrenceville Coop, Unite!-Gwinnett, the Lazarus Project @TLC, and as the Vice President of the GMBN New Church Foundation. David has sent out multiple church plants through Trinity Life Church, including All Nations Metro Church of Roanoke, Holy Way Ministries, World Life Church, and Greater Love Missionary Baptist Church of Lawrenceville, Georgia. David is the loving, and devoted husband of his beautiful wife, Tara, who he believes is the most supportive member of his pastorate. David is also the proud father of 4 adult children (Dave Jr, Stephanie, Tajala, and Tcyan) and grandpa of 8 grandchildren (Talana, Dave III (Tre), Lucy, Anthony Jr, Scarlett, Mason, Carter, and Madison). Email David at david@gmba.org.
Assistant Executive Director
CASEY KIMBRO
Casey Kimbro is the Financial Administrator for the Gwinnett Metro Baptist Network. She was raised in South Florida and has had a background in finance for over 15 years. She met her husband, Pastor Caleb Kimbro when they were in middle school. They have 3 girls, 1 boy, Campbell, Collins, Cove, & Caris. Casey has a passion for ministry and loves working with her church and the Network to help fulfill the Great Commission. She enjoys hiking, reading and spending time with her family. Email Casey at casey@gmba.org.
Financial Administrative Assistant
Church Planting TrainerDAVID CARDOZA
David previously served as our network’s Assistant Director & Church Planting Catalyst until the end of 2024. David currently serves as the Associational Missionary Strategist for the Mulberry Baptist Association. While serving Mulberry Baptist Association, he continues to serve our network’s church planters in a contract role. David is a Gulf War veteran and a respected leader here in our network as well as in central and north Georgia. Email David at david@gmba.org.
MADISEN MAYFIELD
Madisen Mayfield is the Communications Director for the Gwinnett Metro Baptist Network. Madisen has been involved in church marketing and communications for over ten years, first starting out as a high school intern at a local church in her area. Madisen has lived in Gainesville, Georgia all her life and has been actively involved in churches within the Chattahoochee Baptist Association throughout her entire life. In addition to being the Communications Director for GMBN, Madisen owns a creative communications company called MK CRTV that specializes in equipping faith-based organizations and faith-based leaders in all things branding, communications, graphic design, and marketing. Madisen calls Chestnut Mountain Church in Flowery Branch home. In 2020, Madisen wrote and published her first book, Making Church Marketing Simple: The 6 Questions Every Church Leader Needs to Answers. Madisen is a graduate of Liberty University, obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: Digital Marketing and Advertising in 2018 and a Master of Arts in Strategic Communication in 2020. Email Madisen at madisen@gmba.org.
Communications DirectorDEBORAH ADDINGTON
At the age of 8, Deborah accepted Christ as her personal Savior and fully understands how God can and does speak to children. Her devotion to Him led her to surrender her life at a Christian camp when she turned 16. For over four decades, she has been passionately involved in Children’s Ministry, serving as the Children’s Director at three different churches, including the groundbreaking role of being the first full-time Children’s Director in Gordon County at Belmont Baptist Church.
Along with serving as a Kid’s Ministry Consultant for the Gwinnett Metro Baptist Network, she is the Director for IGNITE 3:16, Inc. in Georgia. Her primary focus and passion is to see children embracing God’s love, accepting Him as their Savior, and being guided to follow and serve Him throughout their lives and accomplishes that goal by connecting local churches with local elementary schools.
Residing in Adairsville with her husband, Donny, and their beloved little dog, Teddy, Deborah cherishes her three grown children, Mandy, Marc, and Matthew, and takes immense joy in being “Nana” to her five beautiful grandchildren, Maxton, Macie, Kai, Haley, and Kade.
Kid’s Ministry ConsultantStudent Ministry CoordinatorTODD JONES
An Atlanta native, Todd is a graduate of the University of West Georgia and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is married to Jennifer, and they have 3 children Trey, Maggie Hollis, and Colson. Todd served at First Baptist Grayson before coming to First Baptist Duluth in April of 2014. He has served in Gwinnett county since 2004. He has served in student ministry for 24 years.