Our Staff

Dr. Prosser served the senior leadership team of CBF from August, 2002 until September, 2017. In the following years he has served as a Catalytic Coach and Consultant for CBF.  Prior to his time at CBF, he was a career congregational Christian educator in local churches in Kentucky, Georgia, and North Carolina.   Though his title changed in several reorganizations, his challenge throughout the years has always been to help make the Fellowship more relevant to its constituent congregations.   

He has written the “Prayers of the People” article for fellowship! magazine since 2011.  His focus on spiritual formation has been directly responsible for the deepening of prayer experiences for individuals and congregations across the fellowship and beyond.  He has also written extensively around adult learning, creativity and leadership.  

While recently retired from CBF, he continues a  busy schedule as writer, coach and speaker. He has been an adjunct professor at several of CBF's partner seminaries, author/co-author/contributor to more than 15 books and over 50 professional articles. 

Bo holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration, an MRE and M.Div. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and his Doctorate from North Carolina State University in Adult Education. He is a storyteller, improvisational trainer and professional coach. 

He is married to Gail, has two adult daughters, and two sets of grand twins.  In his spare time, he writes music (he has performed at the world famous Bluebird Café in Nashville) and collects Coca-Cola memorabilia and old baseball cards.

Jeff Mobley has served as a bi-vocational Minister of Music for St. John’s for 22 years. He is a native of Portsmouth, Virginia. He graduated from Old Dominion University in 1976 with a B.A. in English. Following graduation, Jeff was employed by the State of Virginia as an Employment Counselor for the Virginia Employment Commission.  

 

In 1982, Jeff and his family moved to North Carolina in order to attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC. During his seminary career, he was Minister of Music and Youth at Inwood Baptist Church in Raleigh. He completed his Master of Divinity with Church Music Degree in May 1985. 

 

Jeff was ordained by his home church, Western Branch Baptist Church in Portsmouth, Virginia, in November 1986 while serving as Minister of Music and Youth at Burrows Memorial Baptist Church in Norfolk, Virginia.

 

In February 2020, Jeff retired from the NC Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing, a division of the NC Department of Health and Human Services, where he was employed as the division’s Accessibility Resources Manager. He was recognized and awarded for his innovative and creative work with the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf-Blind populations not only across the state but on the national level as well.

 

Jeff was married to the late Becky Mobley and had one son, the late Jeff Mobley, Jr.

Justin Lockamy is serving as our Director of Youth and Children Ministries. Justin is a native of Raleigh and has served with St. John’s since 2019. He graduated from NC State in 2020 with a B.A. in Political Science. Currently, Justin is attending Campbell University Divinity School pursuing a Master of Divinity.  

 

Justin has been involved with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina’s campus ministry to the Raleigh Area colleges and universities since 2016. During this time he has been a founding student, group leader, Ministry Intern, and Interim Campus Minister.

 

Justin is married to Anna and they have a dog named Merida. Together they love watching Disney movies (Brave is Justin’s favorite) The Office, and Cheering on the Hurricanes and NC State. Justin also enjoys reading and translating the Hebrew and Greek texts of the Bible. Justin was ordained by St. John’s in 2022.

Having grown up in East Tennessee, close to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Lydia graduated from Carson-Newman College, in Jefferson City, TN, with a  Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, and certification in School Counseling.  She loves to play the piano, hike and camp, cook, and work with middle school students.  

 

Lydia is married to Stan Elliott, and is mother to adult children Amy Lyda and Daniel Elliott, as well as grandmother to Dean and Wells Lyda.