Dr. Gene Baillie

Dr. Gene Baillie grew up in rural Nebraska, the oldest of six children and the first member of his family to attend college. He and Gini were married during his first year of medical school. After medical school, pathology training, and two years of public health service, Gene practiced pathology for 35 years in Anderson, South Carolina.

For many years, he taught technologist and pathology courses at a national level, and he was elected to the board of the American Society for Clinical Pathology, serving as their President in 2002-03. He has written several medical articles, including one with his daughter Becky about Biblical Leprosy.

Gene and Gini raised three biological children, Becky, Kim, and Heather, who are now married, have blessed their parents with eight grandchildren. The Baillies also raised four foster sons who were part of a family of eight children. All eight children are considered part of the Baillie family, as are their children. The Baillie family also includes many spiritual children and grandchildren as well. Gene and Gini have been blessed to have traveled on mission trips to Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Jamaica, Republic of Congo, and Liberia. They have also been a part of planting four churches, including one in Australia, where Gene worked for five years teaching pathology to medical doctors.

He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. Over the years, the Baillie home has served as a site for newly-started churches and as a place for Gene and Gini to teach inductive Bible studies. For over a quarter of a century, Gene has been passionate about reading the Bible through each year, and he has encouraged many others, by weekly accountability, to do the same.

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Sam Woodward

Samuel Woodward grew up in Brentwood Tennessee. After finishing high school at Christ Presbyterian Academy in Nashville, he enrolled at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Sam grew up in a Christian home and went to a Christian school, but his exposure to the Bible and its truths was like most of ours–mostly in a wide variety of individual “feedings.” Sam had the privilege to journey to Israel, Jordan, and Egypt on a Holy Lands’ tour providing him visual and physical information to help him reflect upon the Scriptures.

Elsie Newell and Connie Cox

Elsie Newell and Connie Cox wrote the inductive Bible study Heaven. Over the years, they have written many studies together. Elsie has been counseling and teaching the Bible for over 40 years in her home, at churches, and throughout the Carolinas. She currently has her studies at Christ Reformed Church in Anderson, SC. Elsie is a widow. She was married to Newt Newell for 53 years. They had 3 children and Elsie has 12 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Connie co-labors with Elsie and is the wife of Howard Cox. They have 2 children and 8 grandchildren.