Birth:     1953

    Family:   Married, two grown children

                one grandchild

• Eudora High School; Eudora, Arkansas; 1971.

• Ouachita Baptist University; Arkadelphia, Arkansas; 1975; BA Degree, Accounting Major.

• Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Ft. Worth, Texas; 1979; MRE Degree.

• NACBA Certification, 1990, Fellow Church Business Administration.

• SBCBAA Certification, 1990, Certified, Southern Baptist Church Business Administration.

• 1975 Assistant Controller, George Lindsey International.

• 1976 Medicare Auditor, Arkansas Blue Cross.

• Contributor (Part I) to A Maintenance Management Manual for Southern Baptist Churches, Convention Press, 1990.

• Author, Thy Kingdom Clean, National Association of Church Business Administration Publications, 1992.

• Contributor to A Guide to Southern Baptist Vocations, Convention Press, 1992.

• Contributor (Part 5) to Church Administration, A to Z, Convention Press, 1994.

• Founder, Developer, and Publisher of www.churchadminpro.com, a professional website for Church Administration Resource Sharing, 2003.

• Owner, Moderator, MetroChurchAdmin, a forum for church administrators serving churches with +2,000 in weekend attendance, 2005.

• Owner, Publisher, RonChandler.com.

• Commentary, "Leave the Cleaning to the Experts", Church Executive Magazine, March 2005; "Love that Goes the Extra Mile", Church Executive Magazine, November 2005.

• Contributor to Professional Practices in Church Administration, "Information Systems Training", NACBA Press, 2009.

• Certified Fellow in the National Association of Church Business Administration.

• President, Program Chairman, Mid-South Chapter NACBA, 1986-90.

• Certified, Southern Baptist Church Business Administration Association.

• President, Southern Baptist Church Business Administration Association, 1993-94.

• Licensed, National Association for Amateur Radio HAM Operator, 2006, KI4NQP

• 2008 National Conference Program Co-Chairman, National Association of Church Business Administration

RECOGNITION

• NACBA Maurice Saucedo Award, National Church Administrator of the Year, 2002.

• SBBOC Taylor Daniel Award, Outstanding Contributions to Business Admin, Southern Baptists, 2006.

• SBCBAA Hall of Honor Induction, In recognition of service to Christian vocational profession, church,
  denomination, NACBA, and other Christian organizations, commitment to lifelong learning, 2008.

   

MISSIONS

• Brazil Teaching Tour, Recife, North Brazil Baptist Seminary, 1996, participant.

• Dominican Republic Medical Mission, 1998, participant.

• Himalayan Expedition Team Leader, New Delhi, Ladakh, India, 2001.

• China Discovery Tour Team Leader, Beijing, Kunming, Xian, 2002.

Gifts & Temperament Inventory

• Spiritual Gifts:  Administration, Faith, Service, Leadership

• Temperament (LaHaye):  Melancholy / Phlegmatic

• DISC Profile:  Conscientiousness / Steadiness