The Baptist Joint Committee is pleased to have three summer interns working with our staff in Washington, D.C.

Joey Fuson of Greenville, S.C., is a 2013 graduate of Furman University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Political Science and Religion. He is the son of Jim and Jill Fuson and is a member of First Baptist Church of Greenville. He plans to attend seminary in the future.

Lauren Hovis of Winston-Salem, N.C., is a 2013 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she earned a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Political Science and Global Studies. She is the daughter of Larry and Kim Hovis and a member of Ardmore Baptist Church in Winston-Salem. After her internship, she plans to pursue work related to policy, advocacy and international development.

Ashley Sims of Arnoldsville, Ga., is a 2007 graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Management. The daughter of Charlie Escoe and Joyce and Danny Sniff, she is a Moyers Scholar at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. She is married to Jamie Sims, and they are members of Via Faith Community in Winston-Salem. This fall, she will begin law school at Wake Forest University to complete the dual J.D./Master of Divinity program.

From the June 2013 Report from the Capital. Click here for the next article.