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John Thielepape has been Director of Missions for the Parker-Palo Pinto Baptist Area since June, 2006.  The PPPBA is headquartered in Weatherford, Texas, and serves two Baptist associations (Parker and Palo Pinto).  John served as the Pastor of the Meadow Lane Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas  for eleven years from 1995-2006.  Prior to that, he served as a Pastor in Cleburne, TX and as Youth Minister and later Associate Pastor in Burleson, TX.  From 1983-85, John was a Journeyman Missionary with the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board stationed in Kitwe, Zambia.

John was born in Austin, TX and moved with his family to Nashville, TN at the age of five, and graduated from high school in Nashville.  He attended Baylor University in Waco, TX and Belmont University in Nashville where he earned a BBA in Management.  He earned the Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX with a concentration in Christian Ethics and Pastoral Care.

John has previously taught Leadership and New Testament at the Theological College of Central Africa.

John is trained in MasterLife, Prepare/Enrich, and has completed the training required to serve as a court-appointed mediator in the State of Texas.

John lives in Weatherford with his wife Charlotte (Lottie) who teaches midde school in the Weatherford public school system.  They have two children, a daughter Kelcie (12) and son Sean (3).