Bio

Name: Dr. Michael Shane Garrison

Location: Campbellsville, KY
Age: 35
Family: Married for 10 years to Jennifer.  We have two sons: Isaac (7) and Ethan (5)

Email us at:
shanegarrison01@hotmail.com
msgarrison@campbellsville.edu
jrgarrison@hotmail.com

Job:
Assistant Professor of Educational Ministries at Campbellsville University
President & Lead Consultant, Maple Trail Ministry Consultants
Transitional Pastor, Living Grace Church, Campbellsville, KY

Garrison Ministry Resume 2013

Education:
B.S.  Campbellsville University
M.Div.  Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
M.A.C.E. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Ed.D. in Leadership Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Interests:  Hanging out with my family.  Books, book stores, libraries, movies about books, my Kindle.  I am a complete NERD.  Back in the day I loved playing tennis and pretending to be a musician behind a guitar, piano or drums.

Hometown: I grew up in Lewisport, KY, near Owensboro.  I graduated from Hancock County High School way back in 1995.

Extended family: I have one brother, Chris, who has four sons: Dalten, Landen, Camden, and Jacen.  His wife is named Stevie.  My dad is named Danny and his wife is Denise.  I have a half-sister named Crystal and she has two children named Haley & Connar.

Ministry experience: Most recently I have been the Transitional Pastor of Living Grace Church and interim pastor for Lancaster Baptist Church in Lancaster, KY.  I have also served as interim for Bethany Baptist Church in Louisville and Parkway Baptist Church in Bardstown.  Before that I served for five years as the associate pastor of Main Street Church in Alexandria, KY.  I also served as a youth minister in Fort Worth, TX in two different churches (Trinity BC and First Bapt. Millsap, TX) and also as a Hispanic Youth Outreach director (The Cornerstone Community Center).

Maple Trail Ministry Consultants: I am the founder and president of Maple Trail Ministry Consultants.  We are a ministry consulting firm who specialize in helping churches and para-church organizations.  Our vision is to fulfill Ephesians 4:12 in “equipping the saints for the work of ministry.” We are based in Campbellsville.  To learn more about Maple Trail, go to: http://mapletrail.org or email mapletrail@live.com.

People who inspire me: John Piper, John MacArthur, Ted Taylor (Professor at CU), Robert Franklin (my former pastor) and most of all, my wife Jennifer.  She is just top-notch.