Kali is married to Nathan, and they live in Clinton, Arkansas where he serves as the Senior Pastor of First Baptist. Originally from Poinsett County, Kali is delighted to call Arkansas “home” again after living in North Carolina for 12 years while Nathan attended seminary and served in various pastoral roles. She loves her 2 big fur babies - Mina & Rosie, ASU Red Wolves, football, coffee, and all things Christmas. 

Kali has spent over 20 years in higher education serving students on community college and university campuses. Before returning to Arkansas, she served as a college dean and loved assisting students through the enrollment process alongside her team. According to Kali, the only thing better than being on a college campus is the local church and seeing Jesus transform lives! 

Over the years, Kali has served in several ministry areas including students, singles, and guest services. She currently leads the Women’s Ministry Team and co-teaches the high school girls’ life group at Clinton First Baptist. Kali says, “It is both humbling and amazing to be part of what God is doing especially in the lives of women. He always does ‘immeasurably more’ (Eph. 3:20), and I am excited to connect with and support women’s ministry leaders in our region.” 

If you are a women’s ministry leader in the North Central & Little Red River Associations (Clinton/Heber Springs areas), Kali would love to connect with you! You can connect with her at kali.j.brown@gmail.com.

Shelly is married to Michael Chandler, and lives in Conway, Arkansas, with her three boys and her two boy dogs. She is a graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where she received a master's degree in theological studies. Shelly has served at the local level within her church as the Women's Ministry Director.

Shelly has a passion for women to know God through His Word: “God has gifted me with a burden for everyone who comes under my teaching to walk away with a passion for His Word.”

Shelly loves serving the women in the Conway region and would love to connect with you! Register for this Network Gathering in February and connect with her at shellmchand@gmail.com!

Cheryl and her husband Ted have been married for over 39 years and they recently moved to Gentry from Northeast Arkansas, along with their 1 year-old Golden Retriever, Malachi. They have two adult children: a daughter and son-in-law who live in Conroe, TX and a son and daughter-in-law and their three precious grandchildren who live nearby in Gentry. 

Cheryl is a member of FBC Siloam Springs and currently serves on the Women’s Ministry Team and Fellowship Team. She also teaches in the Children’s Ministry. Cheryl has worked in women’s ministry leadership teaching bible studies and organizing women’s events for 25 years. She served for many years with the Black River Baptist Association, and coordinated a yearly women’s event for the churches in that area. 

Cheryl loves serving others and God.  “It makes my life complete and I love seeing other women come together to study, worship and to serve our Jesus.”

We are excited to have Cheryl join our Network Team as she serves the women of Northwest Arkansas! You can connect with Cheryl at grammybp@yahoo.com. 

Janna has been married to her husband, Jim, for almost 29 years. They moved to Jonesboro from Evans, GA with their 2 children in 2010. They have a son, Gresham who is 15 and a daughter, Kendall, who is 24, and added a sweet son-in-law, Will, in May of 2023.

After attending Ouachita Baptist University, Janna graduated from UAMS College of Nursing in 1995. Since then, she has been an OB-GYN nurse, a nail-technician, a pre-school teacher, a music teacher, a school secretary, homeschool teacher, and just an all-around, random, “jack of all trades”, but her favorite jobs have been wife and mom!

Janna is a member of Highland Drive Baptist Church in Jonesboro, where she and her husband teach a College and Young Adult small group. She is also involved in Choir and sings on the praise team. Janna has been the Co-Leader of Women’s Ministry, since 2011. She loves ministering to women of all ages and also learning from women of all ages! God has blessed her over the years by placing Godly women in her life who have influenced her, loved on her, and spoken Truth over her and she finds it a joy to get to do that in return for whomever God places in her path.

If you are a women’s ministry leader in the Jonesboro, Northeast Arkansas area, Janna would love to connect with you! You can contact her at j2kmax@yahoo.com.

We invite you to get to know Shannon Calhoun. Shannon is a wife, a mom of two daughters, and a Hunny to her precious granddaughter! She loves her church, the Church at Rock Creek in Little Rock where she serves on staff as Women’s Ministry Director. Game nights with family and friends are her favorite. She loves slow mornings with coffee, early mornings near the ocean, Christmas movies, and outdoors in the fall!

You can catch Shannon’s personal testimony on a past episode of Inspire on the Go podcast-it's a powerful example of how God moves in the lives of everyday women. Shannon says she has a desire “to cultivate real community and strong friendship in our network group so we can unite together in wisdom and truth to encourage our women inside our local churches. I want it to be a safe group to ask questions and share ideas so we can then go into our local churches refreshed and strengthened to better equip our women.”

If you are a women’s ministry leader in the Greater Little Rock/Central Arkansas Metro region, Shannon would love to connect with you! You can contact her at scalhoun@churchatrockcreek.com

Janet Porter and her husband Jack have been married for 53 years and live in Hot Springs. They have 3 children and 10 grandchildren. Janet is a member of First Baptist Church in Hot Springs and she serves as the co-leader of Women’s Ministry, as well as the Rising Prayer Ministry. 

Janet is also a past Teaching Leader of Bible Study Fellowship Evening Women’s Class. She loves attending exercise classes at FBC Fitness and spending time with her grandchildren. Her passion for ministering to women is to equip them in their knowledge & love for God & His Word that leads to serving Him wherever He may call them. If you are a women’s ministry leader in the Hot Springs area, Janet would love to connect with you! You can contact her at janetporter8@gmail.com.

Cheryl is the Network Leader in the Batesville, North Central area. She is the wife of Ronnie Toon, Independence Baptist Associational Missions Director. She is the mother of three children and grandmother (Pippa) of 5 grandchildren. She is currently a high school English teacher and serves as the IBA Women’s Ministry Team Leader. She is also a member First Baptist Church, Batesville, AR, but travels to the other churches in the association with her husband. 

Cheryl has been a conference leader and speaker for 30 years and has a passion for leading and encouraging others to grow into a deeper walk with God. If you are a women’s ministry leader in the Batesville, North Central AR area, Cheryl would love to connect with you! You can contact her at ctoon@aol.com.

Emily serves as Director of Connections & Ministry to Women at her local church, East Side, in Fort Smith, which also happens to be her home church since 1996. She provides oversight to ministry to women, guest services, new member assimilation, and next steps. She has served in various capacities for the past ten years and was on staff at a local crisis pregnancy center prior to that. 

She and her husband, Travis, have been married almost five years and serve as a current open home through Connected Foster Care, having served a total of 10 children as a couple and as a single before marriage.  

A young leader herself, Emily is a firm believer in the generations, eliminating obstacles, and figuring out how we can serve and disciple better together. All of this being molded from life experience and the examples of women who have discipled her. 

If you are a women’s ministry leader in the Fort Smith region, Emily would love to connect with you! You can contact her at emily@myeastside.tv.