Tracy C. Jessup
Minister to the University 
Suttle Hall - Rm. 103
(704) 406-4279

Tracy Jessup is the Assistant Dean of Students and Minister to the University. A graduate of Gardner-Webb University with a B.A. in Music, Tracy earned the M.Div. degree at Samford University's Beeson Divinity School. He is currently enrolled in a Ph.D program in Educational Leadership in Higher Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Tracy also teaches in the undergraduate department of religious studies and enjoys the opportunity to serve the local church through interim pastorates, pulpit supply and preaching revival services. He and his wife, Teresa, have two children, Christian and Anna.

Neal Payne
Director of Student Ministries
Suttle Hall - Rm. 104
(704) 406-4278

Neal Payne joined the staff in the Office of Campus Ministries on August 14, 2006. Neal graduated from Gardner-Webb in 1997 with a major in Religious Studies. He also graduated from GWU Divinity School in 2004 with a Master of Divinity in Religious Education He was ordained in 2004. The previous 8 years he has served as a youth minister at two different churches.
He and his wife, Amber, have two children, Ethan 5 years old and Bethany 2 years old.

Teresa Davis
Campus Ministries Secretary
Suttle Hall - Rm. 105
(704) 406-4277

Teresa Davis came on board with Campus Ministries June 2003. She is the wife of Rev. J. Eric Davis and has two sons, Alex, who is a student of GWU and Tyler, a senior at Burns High School. She is very involved in her church, Double Shoals Baptist Church, and enjoys singing, camping and being around people. She has a passion for missions and for college students.