DDM President & CEO...

Welcome to the DDM website. We appreciate your interest in our ministry. Developmental Disabilities Ministries operates throughout Georgia with a residential program that includes 15 group homes along with several apartment ministries and supported living. In serving adults with intellectual disabilities, our goal is to provide a loving, caring environment in which residents are assisted and encouraged to reach their full potential.

A fully accredited non-profit Christian social service agency, DDM has a reputation of providing quality care by a staff that is well trained and motivated to serve the residents placed in their care. We also take pride in our beautiful well-maintained residences. And we have effectively partnered with other providers to make sure that each of our residents is involved either in gainful employment or a suitable day program.

We are working on trying to make this website as user-friendly as possible for prospective staff; prospective residents and their families; clergy, social workers and caregivers looking to make referrals; and the general public interested in our ministry and how they might offer support. Through this website you will learn something of our history; the background and credentials of our staff; the logistics of our homes and the ministries they provide; the make-up of our Board of Trustees; and the partners upon whom we depend for financial gifts and other forms of support. Please feel free to contact our office at (888) 340-5820 (toll free) if you have unanswered questions or suggestions about how we might enhance this website.

Most importantly, we want you to know the primary motivation behind all that we do as individuals and as an agency. We feel that we have a Christian mandate to love and serve people with disabilities. The love and care we show to them is reciprocal. People with disabilities are often the bravest, most noble, and appreciative people on earth. This ministry is therefore both a Christian responsibility and a rewarding opportunity.

We would love to have you involved in our ministry.

William Neal, President/CEO, bneal@ddmga.org

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Biographical Information

Dr. Bill Neal has served as President/CEO of Developmental Disabilities Ministries since July 1, 2007, when he was elected to succeed Dr. Richard Davis. Dr. Neal has served as Development Director for DDM since 2005.

Prior to joining the DDM staff, Dr. Neal served as Editor of The Christian Index, Director of the Department of Student Work for the Georgia Baptist Convention, Associate Editor of The Christian Index, and Campus Minister at Columbus College. He won numerous awards from the Baptist Communicators Association during his time with The Christian Index.

Neal is a graduate of Columbus College, in his hometown, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he earned both a Master's degree and a Doctor of Ministry degree.

Dr. and Mrs. Neal reside in Stone Mountain and are members of Decatur First Baptist Church. They have a grown daughter and three grandchildren.