Compelled by the Gospel, PPL equips Presbyterians to champion human life at every stage.
OUR BOARD
Lowell Avery
I have been involved with PPL for about 25 years, and serving on the board since 2010.
PPL is important because we are helping the church address the most important and urgent social issue of our time.
Patty June
I found a receipt from PPL in a friend’s home in 1984 and contacted PPL later that year. I have been on the Board of PPL since the fall of 1986.
PPL is important as a voice for the most vulnerable among us and God’s love for every human He created...
Pediatrician
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Belinda Williams, MD
FACP Geriatric Medicine
Board-certified Internist
I completed a medical fellowship in Gerontology with a focus in Geriatric Gynecology in Birmingham, Alabama.
I am a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Homewood, Alabama. The compassion of Christ compels me to uphold the sanctity of life in fellow image bearers. Moreover, I am thrilled to be a part of an organization that unites Presbyterian and Reformed denominations to protect life. What we do for the least of these, we indeed do for Him.
Board President
John Sheldon
I serve as current President of PPL's Board of Directors, beginning that role in 2007. I am a retired pastor of First Presbyterian Church, PC(USA) now PCA in Ocean City, New Jersey, and I live with my wife Laurie in Pennsylvania. We are parents of nine children and grandparents of 6.
Craig Kephart
I have been with the PPL Board since 2012. After graduating from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 1988, I was a local church pastor for over twenty years and most recently served as a Mid-Council Leader in the presbyteries of Washington and Upper Ohio Valley.
My wife, Kathy, and I live in Washington, PA. Our three sons are all married and we enjoy four grandchildren.
Ray Dunkelberg
Retired Physician
I am a retired physician and a member of an EPC congregation. Within the past year I have given sanctity of life sermons, talked to an adult Sunday School Class about the value of every human life and participated in sidewalk demonstrations. I am also an avid supporter of our local Women's Care Center and the local Young Lives organization.
Board Vice President
I serve as Vice President for Internal and Legal Affairs for PPL and am an attorney in Chambersburg, PA. My wife, Renee, and I are the parents of three children. I am an active member of Presbyterian Church, PC(USA) of Falling Spring and have served on PPL's General Assembly team for a number of years.
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Justin Marple
Rev. Justin L. Marple and his wife, Shelby,
are licensed foster now adoptive parents
with Niagara County in western NY. Their children include Sahara, Josiah, Arwen,
Chloe, Lilly, and Elizabeth. He is a graduate of
of Gettysburg College, in Gettysburg, PA,
and Westminster Theological Seminary,
near Philadelphia, PA. He is pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Niagara Falls, NY.
He has served on PPL's Board of Directors
since 2008 and Executive Committee since 2012.
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John Hopkins
Rev. John Hopkins graduated from Westminster College (PA) and Fuller Theological Seminary (CA) before heading into missions in the Philippines, where he worked with the Billy Graham Crusade (1977). John served several other churches in PA, FL, NC, and SC, followed by the oversight of pastoral care for sixty Associate Reformed Presbyterian missionaries out of Greenville, SC.
After working in foreign missions, John shifted to Bible Education in SC public schools and helped start a sidewalk pro-life counseling ministry. Previously, John was pastor of Murrells Inlet Presbyterian Church, SC, and also a hospice chaplain in Rock Hill, SC, while pastoring two Presbyterian churches in Clinton, SC, near Presbyterian College.
With high regard for God’s providence, John began serving as pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Kittanning, PA, in July 2024. Supporting him are his wife, Glenda, and adopted son, Jacob. His three married children are Erin, Evan and Elliot, and are the parents of his seven grandchildren.
Stephanie Johnson
My husband, Rev. Stan Johnson, and I have served at First Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC, since 2003. We have six
adult children and nine grandchildren,
along with three rescue pups that are like
our children!
In 2017, God called me to start a pro=life ministry at our church (The Light and Life Ministry), a local chapter of PPL. Our
mission is to “speak truth, change hearts,
and save lives.” We achieve this by raising awareness in our church and community of the devastating effects of abortion through providing educational resources and
events.
We also share the transforming power of Christ’s love, grace, and forgiveness to
those women and men who have lost a
child due to abortion.
Rev. Justin L. Marple and his wife, Shelby, are licensed foster now adoptive parents with Niagara County in western NY. Their children include Sahara, Josiah, Arwen, Chloe, and Lilly. He is a graduate of Gettysburg College, in Gettysburg, PA, and Westminster Theological Seminary, near Philadelphia, PA. He is pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Niagara Falls, NY. He has served on PPL's Board of Directors since 2008 and Executive Committee since 2012.