February 19th Speaker – Doug Short

The speaker for the February 19^th meeting will be Doug Short, Pastor at Ekklesia Blacksburg which currently meets at the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, VA.  The church is in the process of changing its name to “New River Valley Christian Fellowship.” 

Doug was raised near Columbia, Maryland and he received a B.S. in Social Studies Education from the University of Maryland and a Masters in Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina.  In 1997, Doug and his family moved to Middletown, Delaware to start their first church which was well-known for its community involvement.  In 2003, the Shorts relocated to Millsboro, Delaware to begin work on their second church where they had unique ministries to the beach and skateboarding crowds.  The Shorts relocated to the Blacksburg area in April 2007.  They actually moved on the 16th and spent their first week here volunteering on campus with the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief program, feeding and counseling students, police and other service personnel.  Doug has been married to Michelle (who he met in a college Bible study) since 1990 and they have three great kids: Kailee, Nathaniel, and Benjamin.  Please come out and join us for fellowship, worship, and the message that will be based on our 2013-14 theme, “Walk by Faith.”