Kelly E Pope, Senior Pastor email address Kelly graduated from Emory, Candler School of Theology and has preached throughout the Mississippi Conference for many, many years. He has a big heart, a gifted voice and a commitment to spreading the message of God’s love to all people. He came to us in 2004 from St. Paul UMC in Ocean Springs.   Daniel Herring, Associate Pastor email address Daniel joined us in June of 2009 as an associate pastor.  He is originally from Morton and is a graduate of MSU. His wife and two children join him in serving our congregation.  Daniel will sit and visit, he'll preach and pray, and he'll play his guitar; you just have to ask   Linda Rickman, Associate Pastor email address Linda, a graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary, has served BFUMC since 2003 and is the Associate Pastor of Discipleship, which includes children's, education and prayer ministries. She is an enthusiastic, dedicated minister with a great love for God, persons of all ages, worship, and local United Methodist churches which she has served for over 30 years.                   Mike Howington, Director of Youth Ministries email address Mike, a LA native, now has a handful of years with Brandon Youth in his repertoire. Mike connects with the youth through his many varied activities of prayer breakfasts, youth retreats, softball (he leads the team in home runs), Bible Study and so much more. He leads, mindful of his example to our young people.