Rev. Jerry Carmichael (senior Pastor)

Pastor Jerry Carmichael was born and raised in Johnson City, Tennessee, growing up in the Locust Street Church of Christ. After accepting Christ at the age of sixteen, he was encouraged to be involved in the services and activities, including teaching, delivering a short lesson, leading singing, serving at the Lord's Table, praying, and anything else that needed to be done. He served in the U.S. Navy as a Marine Hospital Corpsman in Cuba, Camp Lejeune, a Mediterranean cruise, and Vietnam. Jerry met his wife Martha Skeen in high school. They were married in June 1968, three weeks before he left for Danang, Vietnam.

Upon returning from Vietnam he began serving as Assistant Minister in Jacksonville, Florida. In 1971 Jerry went to Southern Christian College in Winchester, Kentucky for two years, graduating with an Associate degree in Bible, then to Milligan College in Johnson City for one year. In the summer of 1974 Jerry was ordained at his home church, and shortly thereafter  moved to Fisherville, Kentucky where he continued his education at the College of the Scriptures, receiving a Bachelor's degree in Bible in 1976.

Having served churches of Christ in Florida (Jacksonville), Kentucky (Sugar Creek and Fisherville), Indiana (Dugger, Tell City, and Linton), Tennessee (Galatin), Jerry retired in July 2009, but has continued preaching and now serves the Dugger First Christian Church.

Jerry has been involved in Woodland Bible Camp near Dugger as Director since 1978, served on the board of the camp and as the buyer for about 15 years. He has taught at the Portland Christian School of Biblical Studies (now called Kentuckiana Bible Collge) since 1985 and has served on the Executive Committee since about 1987.