Wyndee Holbrook
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – Wyndee Holbrook, a veteran campus minister in Kentucky, has joined the staff of the Academy of Preachers, an organization formed in 2009 to identify, network and inspire young preachers from multiple denominations.
“This is a big step forward for us,” said Dwight Moody, the former chaplain at Georgetown College and founding president of the initiative made possible by funding from the Lilly Endowment.
Holbrook, a Kentucky Baptist Convention campus minister for 21 years who worked recently on the development staff for Berea College, now serves as “lead catalyst” for the Academy of Preachers. Her job is to network with young preachers, partners and donors along the I-75 corridor between Cincinnati and Chattanooga. She will also direct a network of young preachers who serve as regional contacts and advocates for the academy.
Holbrook, an ordained minister who received a master-of-divinity degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1985, says after more than two decades as a campus minister she was ready for a change, but she missed the close bonds she used to have with students and still felt called to ministry.
She attended an Academy of Preachers event, and because it reminded her of campus ministry she wanted to know more. She approached Moody, who agreed to add her to the staff.
Based on the belief that the ministry is still a high calling for young people, the Academy of Preachers seeks to nurture the brightest and best to consider a vocation in ministry. While it does not seek to determine who is or is not called to preach, it attempts to inspire and nurture people roughly between the ages of 16 and 28 who feel a calling in that direction.
“Wyndee has a long history of working with our demographic of young adults,” Moody said. “She has an enormous amount of energy and enthusiasm that has already had an impact on our operations at the Academy.”
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