Chuck grew up in the small west Tennessee town of Friendship, where he knew and was known by everyone within a radius of five miles. He became a Christian at the age of nine years old. His parents were Christians and his father served as an elder at the Friendship Church of Christ.

He graduated from the University of Tennessee Junior College which is now known as the University of Tennessee at Martin with an Associates Degree in Medical Science (Pre-Med). He spent the next 22 years as a Naval Pilot, serving 2 years in Vietnam as a combat reconnaissance pilot. While in the Navy, he earned a BA degree in Political Science and International Relations at Naval Bestgraduate School, Monterey, California, and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Rollins College.

While in the Navy, he had many opportunities to serve God at state-side and foreign locations in Italy, Africa and Thailand . He has baptized converts in places like bathtubs and the Indian Ocean off the coast of Vietnam . He had frequent visits to Thailand and worked with missionaries there for two years while station on the Island of Guam and in Vietnam.

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Jerry Frederick Dickinson was born in 1940 in Sumiton , Alabama to James and Beatrice Dickinson. While he and his parents lived in several locations, most of his growing up years were spent in the Birmingham area. He graduated from Auburn University in 1963 with a degree in Accounting.

Jerry met Joyce Finnell while his parents were living in East Tennessee . They were married in 1963 and have three children. In addition to Stephen, Jill, and Erik, they have seven grandchildren. Family has always been an important part of his life.

After living in Auburn and Atlanta , the family moved to Birmingham in 1966 where Jerry was employed by Alabama Power Company for over 23 years. He has worked as an International Representative for the RWDSU Labor Union since 1990. He was transferred to Florida in 2000.

Since being baptized at 16, Jerry has served in many capacities in several congregations. He worked as a deacon in two different congregations in the Birmingham area for many years. He became an Elder at Concord Street in January 2004 and works hard in visiting, counseling and church administration.

Born November 6, 1934 in Tampa , Florida , Bob comes from a heritage of German and Irish descent. His grandparents on his mother's side were staunch Germans from Bonn and Berlin and his father's ancestors settled in Eatonton, Georgia.

The German influence prevailed throughout most of Bob's youth. As an infant, he was in attendance most every Sunday at the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, where he maintained a perfect attendance record for 13 years straight. Bob's grandmother didn't even allow a bout with the whooping cough to break that record. In fact, she once drove her car right up to the Sunday School classroom window so that Bob could receive the lesson through the window.

In later years, Bob joined the Boy Scout troop that was meeting at the church building and it was there that he earned the highest Lutheran award in Scouting: The Pro Deo et Patri Award.

Bob graduated from Hillsborough High Scholl in Tampa and attended the University of Florida . He later worked at the Sunshine Biscuit Company, where he came under the influence of the Lord's church. It also was there that he met his wife-to-be, Gloria Daniel. "If you thought that my grandmother was a staunch German and Lutheran, Gloria was even more so as a Christian," Bob says. "She changed the biscuit company's name to SONSHINE and never faltered in standing up for Jesus. It is here that I started to rethink my beliefs."

The next event in Bob's life was his eight year enlistment in the United States Navy, where he served aboard the USS Hornet CVA 12, and when he married "the love of my life." He and Gloria were married on July 14, 19 56 by Bro. C.L. Overturf and four years later, in January 1960, Bob became a Christian. Bob and Gloria have three children, Robert Daniel Cawthon, Sandra K. Warrington, and Leslie Scott Cawthon. They currently have five grandchildren. Bob served as a deacon in San Diego from 1961 to 1974 and in Orlando from 1976 to 1999. In 1999, he was named one of the Shepherds here at Concord Street. Bob loves the Lord's church and wants it to hold fast to the truth. He approaches his work as an elder with humor and optimism.

In conclusion, Bob says, "I have come to the Lord through the dedication of another and it is my prayer that through my dedication to the Lord others will come too. Please, pray for me."

Anthony J. "Tony" Washington grew up in Charleston, South Carolina and is the oldest of eight children. He became a Christian at the age of 18. He was baptized on August 02, 1969 and attended the Union Heights Church of Christ.

After spending his youth in Charleston, Tony graduated from Chicora High School and enlisted in the United States Navy on January 13, 1970. Tony spent over 20 years in the Navy and achieved the rank of Chief Petty Officer. While in the Navy, he earned a BA degree in Business Administration at Columbia College in Columbia Missouri. Tony was on the commissioning crews of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, CVN-69 and Naval Hospital Orlando.

After retiring from the Navy in 1990, Tony went to work for the State of Florida at the Orange County Health Department. He is currently employed by the Lake County, Florida Health Department where he serves as a Health Educator Consultant.

He met Debra J. Cuningham while serving the Navy in San Diego, California. They have been married for over 36 years. They have three sons, Anthony II, McKethan, and Brandon and four grandchildren. Family and friends are very important to Tony and he is actively involved in the lives of his children, grandchildren and siblings.

The Navy afforded Tony the opportunity to serve God and worship and serve with many Christians, from Hawaii to North Carolina. Tony was stationed in Orlando, Florida from October 1979 through December 1982 and worshiped with the Concord Street Church of Christ. During that time he served as a Bible school teacher, quadrant leader, a deacon and in many other capacities. He returned to Orlando in 1985 and picked up where he left off. He became an Elder in April 2008.

Ulysses (UL) Campbell is a native Floridian residing in Orlando most of his life. He attended Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida with a major in mathematics education.  He met his wife Rhonda while attending FSU.

UL, as he is known, worked in the hospitality/food service industry for over 22 years, with the majority of his career in that industry, as an associte of the Ruby Tuesday Restaurants. Designated as a corporate trainer, he often traveled to different locations to train restaurant/kitchen staff to assure the uniform quality of the foods served to Ruby Tuesday diners. For the past 7 years he has been employed by Orange County I operations as a firefighter.

UL and Rhonda have one daughter, three sons and three grandchildren.

Ulysses began his service as a Shepherd in April, 2008.