Jon English Lee
Preacher
Pastor of Discipleship
Morningview Baptist Church
Montgomery, AL
Jon English Lee serves as Pastor of Discipleship for Morningview Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. He has earned a Bachelor’s degree from Auburn University Montgomery, a Masters of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a PhD in Systematic and Historical Theology from SBTS.
Jon English is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, a fellow for the Center for Pastor Theologians, and a professor and board member of Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary.
Salvador Blanco-Perello
Music Director
Iron City Church
Birmingham, AL
Salvador has served as the Music Director of Iron City Church since June 2022. He was born in Los Angeles and raised in the South. He came to faith in the 8th Grade and grew up in both Baptist churches and in the immigrant church his father pastored.
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He and his wife, JonEllen, were married in February 2021. JonEllen works at Lifeline Children Services where she is the Domestic Intake Coordinator.
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Salvador is a graduate of the University of North Alabama (Communication Studies) and is currently pursuing an M.Div at Beeson Divinty School (Samford).
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He enjoys music ministry for the opportunity it affords to learn rich theology through song.
Sam Sharples
Song Leader
The Worship Team
Iron City Church
Sam Sharples has been a member of Iron City Church since 2016. He and his wife, Adriana, live in Birmingham with their two Dachshunds. Sam works for the Aspire Movement, a non-profit mentoring organization that matches youth with adult Christian mentors for long-term mentoring relationships.
Singing about the good news of the gospel with his church family is one of Sam’s favorite activities and often the high point of his week.
