Danny Wood has served as pastor of Shades Mountain Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, for 21 years. He graduated from Auburn University with a degree in Business Marketing and began a career in marketing with AT&T in Birmingham. After 8 1/2 years in the business world, he was called to full-time ministry. He attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and received a Master of Divinity degree in 1986, then was called as pastor of First Baptist Church of Ruston, Louisiana, in 1988. In March 1997, he was called to Shades Mountain, and in 1999 earned the Doctor of Ministry degree from Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham. Danny’s wife, Janice, is an artist and decorator. They have one daughter, Lauren.
