Colomokee Leadership

At Colomokee we practice the form of church government that is most clearly modeled and taught in the New Testament Scripture. This is sometimes called elder-led congregationalism. In short, this first means that the church is shepherded by a group of Biblically qualified men, or “elders” (1 Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9) who seek to follow the Biblical pattern of church leadership (Acts 20:28, 1 Timothy 5:17, Hebrews 13:7, James 5:14, 1 Peter 5:1-4). Our vocational pastor is considered one of the elders, a “first among equals”, and co-leads the church with our layman elders.

Second, this means we are congregational in the historically Baptist sense. Christ, through the Scripture, is our ultimate governing authority and, by means of and in conjunction with elder leadership, the congregation actively participates in its own governance. We do not treat the church as a pure democracy. Rather, we seek to enlist all our members in our mission and God-given responsibility to keep the church faithful to the Bible. Direct examples of this in the New Testament include Matthew 18:16-17 and Acts 15:22.

Buddy Alderman

Buddy joined Colomokee in 2016 and first served the church as a deacon starting in 2017. He also serves as the lead teacher of our adult Sunday school class. He and his wife Rena have 3 sons, 8 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren, and are longtime residents of Blakely.

Larry Enfinger

Larry grew up in the Colomokee community and has been a part of the church for decades. He has served the church in a variety of roles and became a deacon in the 70s. He currently leads our young adult Sunday school class. He and his wife Peggy have 3 sons, 3 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren, and live in the Colomokee area.

Tom Kennedy

Tom joined Colomokee in 2005 and began serving the church as a deacon in 2008. He has ministered to the church in many ways, including currently serving as Treasurer and Sunday school coordinator. He and his wife Gayle have a daughter and are longtime residents of Early County.

Verna Sammons

Verna grew up in the Colomokee community and is a lifelong member of the church. His great grandfather was the first pastor of the church starting in 1889. Verna began serving as a deacon in the 70s. He and his wife Vivian have a son, 2 grandchildren, and live in the Colomokee area.

Josh White

Josh was called to serve as Colomokee’s pastor full time in May of 2019. Before coming to Colomokee he served previous churches in a variety of ministry roles, both as a volunteer and bivocationally. He and his wife Shannon live in Morgan and have four children.