Darrell
Chatraw, our Senior Pastor, was born and raised in Bainbridge,
Georgia. After graduating from Bainbridge High School in 1969, he
attended the University of Georgia where he met and married his
wife, Margaret. He received a bachelor's degree in math education
and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force.
Darrell's Air Force career
spanned 9 years. During that time he served as an Instructor Pilot
and flew the A-10 Wart Hog in Europe. It was there he felt a
definite call to ministry and was ordained into ministry by
Friendship Baptist Church in Melton England. After separating from
the Air Force, Darrell and Margaret eventually settled in
Orangeburg, SC where they pioneered and pastored New Covenant
Church. They served there 13 years, and then moved to Americus, GA
and pastored Cornerstone Church for 7 years.
In August of 2004, Darrell
resigned as pastor of Cornerstone Church and moved to Milton,
Florida, to plant a new Vineyard Church in the Milton/Pace area.
Darrell and Margaret have
three children. Their oldest son, Jason, is President of
Ampelon Publishing, a
Christian publishing company. Jason and his wife, Janel, have one
daughter, Faith. Aaron, their middle son, is a Captain in the USAF
flying tankers out of Wichita, KS.
Their daughter, Malinda and her husband Tim Billings, are both
officers in the USAF stationed at Tinker AFB, OK.
