Our Staff

Associational Missionary

Dr. Marc Bewley is the Associational Missionary for Blue Water Association. He and his wife Lisa have 3 grown sons-Tyler, Austin, and Zachary.

Bro. Marc's first pastorate was in West Branch, Michigan. He was appointed there by the Baptist State Convention of Michigan and NAMB (then Home Mission Board) as a church planter. His next pastorate was a small mission church in Roselawn, Indiana. While in Indiana he led five mission trips to central Mexico, served on the state executive board and Associational moderator.

In 1992, God called Bro. Marc to pastor in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The church encouraged him to again lead mission trips and continue his education. He attended night school at Covington Seminary, and received a Masters and Doctoral degrees in Ministry. Bro. Marc has also taught many classes during his tenure at the seminary in Old and New Testament Survey, Homiletics, and Hermanuetics.

In 1999, God led his family to Bogota', Colombia. While in Colombia he helped to merge two English speaking churches into one. His family had ministries with street children, helped other missionaries start Bible studies and church, and began a Bible study in the US Embassy in Bogota'.

Bro. Marc has served in Blue Water since February, 2008.

Ministry Assistant

Sue Hodnett has served in the Blue Water Association on the Administration Team since 2002.

In September of 2008 she joined the staff as an Ministry Assistant. She also serves on the Associational Church Strengthening Ministry Team representing WMU and Missions Education.

Sue is a partner of Lakepointe Church.

Sue has a passion for Missions and serves on the WMU Council of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan as Vice President to the Blue Water Association. She is currently serving on the Executive Board of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan and Bambi Lake Committee.

Sue and her husband Wayne are the proud parents of four children; Christina , Jonathan, Joseph and Daniel.