WAYNESBORO, Va. — Dale Tadlock, an associate pastor at First Baptist Church in Waynesboro, Va., has been named coordinator of a new provider of curriculum resources developed by Passport Inc., a Birmingham, Ala.-based student ministry.
Tadlock will become head of PASSPORT Media on Oct. 25 and oversee the production of an extensive list of new resources for youth and children, including both curriculum and program pieces. He also will serve as a summer team coordinator for Passport’s camps.
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“We are thrilled to welcome Dale to this position,” David Burroughs, president of Passport, said in a press release. “He has a long history of ministry among students and is a respected writer in his field. Dale understands the very specific and thoughtful, theological voice that the Passport constituency has come to trust in our programs. Churches have every right to expect that PASSPORT Media will produce curriculum resources with that same thoughtful theology. Dale understands that voice and is the right person to direct the production of PASSPORT Media’s resources.”
The 20-year-old Passport organization launched PASSPORT Media about a year ago as part of The Echo Initiative, designed to help churches discover God’s calling for both clergy and laity. The Echo Initiative was funded through a $750,000 grant from the Lilly Endowment.
PASSPORT Media’s first products were made available in August. Releases include Bible studies, devotions and weekend retreat resources for youth. A children’s Vacation Bible School and an eight-week Sunday school curriculum for youth are slated to be released by the end of the year.
Tadlock has been associate pastor-minister to young adults and students at First Baptist since 2007 and is currently president of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s Youth Ministry Network. Earlier he served churches in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, and he has been active in both the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Virginia and the Baptist General Association of Virginia.
He is a graduate of Mississippi College and holds a master of divinity degree from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary and a certificate in youth and theology from Princeton Theological Seminary.
Tadlock, who has written Passport curriculum, has also been published by NavPress, the YouthWorker Journal, the CBF and the Journal of Student Ministries.
He and his wife, Laura, have two children.
Robert Dilday (rdilday@religiousherald.org) is managing editor of the Religious Herald.