Randy Parks

Volunteer Member: Rev. Randolph Parks is chaplain and manager of spiritual care services at Newton Medical Center/Atlantic health system, a position he has held since June 2004. He is a board-certified chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains and has over 20 years of healthcare chaplaincy experience.
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At Newton Medical Center, he serves as the vice chair for the hospital’s bio ethics committee and also supports Newton’s palliative care team. An ordained Baptist minister, Parks holds a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University, a master’s of divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a master’s of theology degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. His two-year chaplain’s residency and clinical training were at the Weil - Cornell Medical Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Lennox Hill Hospital, NYC.

Co'reLOUS bRYANT

Moderator Elect: Co’Relous is the Senior Pastor at United Church of Lincoln in Lincoln, VT. He was ordained to the gospel ministry by Metro Baptist Church in New York, where he was a ministry associate, and licensed for ministry by Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Co’Relous has worked as a Mentor Leader at Communities in Schools of Jacksonville, Community Mobilization Manager at the Jacksonville Public Education Fund, and Director of Training and Major Accounts at the United Way of Northeast Florida. He has also worked at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida and State Attorney’s Office-4th Judicial Circuit, Office of the Public Defender, Bill White. 

Co'Relous was born in the small town of Perry, Florida but moved to Jacksonville, Florida at a young age to complete primary and secondary education. He attended New York University for his undergraduate studies and earned his degree in political science.  

Antonio Vargas Jr.

Moderator: Antonio is a native of Southeastern Connecticut and is a Master of Divinity candidate at Yale University.
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His passion and commitment to children and youth advocacy, education, justice, and worship embody his holistic approach and heartbeat for ministry: providing spaces where people are known and loved for total transformation. He was awarded Collegian of the Year, and was named by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship as one of “25 Young Adults to Know”.

Dorothea Lindsey

Past Moderator: Doretha Lindsay is the pastor of St Peter's Church of God in Philadelphia. Doretha received her MDiv from Reformed Episcopal Seminary in Pastoral Theology. She also has a background in business with an MBA and BS in Urban Ministry. In addition to her pastoral time at St Peters, Doretha has also taught classes at Community College of Philadelphia and worked in the health care field. Doretha brings a wealth of experience to BFN.