Pastor Dollison, age 51, was born in Indiana.
He graduated from Short Ridge High School in Indianapolis.
He is a graduate of Indiana State University in Terre Haute,
Indiana and Baptist Theological Seminary of Indianapolis.
He has been pastor of First Missionary Baptist Church in Winter
Haven, FL since March 1992. He was formerly a pastor with
the Prince of Peace Missionary Baptist Church in Terre Haute,
Indiana.
Pastor Dollison is the Chief of Chaplains for WHPD.
He has been a chaplain with the department since 1998, when the program
was first instituted.
Pastor Pounds, a native Floridian, is 43 years old and
graduated from Hallandale High School in Hallandale, Florida. He
graduated from Florida A&M with a Bachelor's degree in Sociology in 1987.
He then enrolled at Harding University working in the graduate degree
program towards a Master's degree of Divinity.
Pastor Pounds has been the pastor of Hilltop Church of
Christ in Winter Haven since June 2006. Prior to this he was a
minister at the Westside Church of Christ in Rockford, Illinois.
Pastor James was born in South Carolina and is
54 years old. He
graduated from Mt. Carmel High in Jackson, Kentucky in 1972 and Southern
Wesleyan University with a Bachelor's degree in Theology.
Pastor James has been the pastor of Christ Community
Church in Winter Haven since June 2002. He previously served as
the Senior Pastor of Trinity Wesleyan Church in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Pastor
Craig Smelser, age 44, was born in Michigan. He graduated from
Three Rivers High School in Three Rivers, Michigan in June 1982.
He graduated from Harding University with a Bachelor's
degree in Accounting in 1986 and continued at Harding in the graduate
degree program towards a Master's degree of Divinity. He has been
the pastor of Central Church of Christ in Winter Haven since July 2001.
Previously he was a minister at the Donalsonville Church of Christ in
Georgia.