Vernon Handley
Director of Biblical Counseling
Office: ext. 327
Vernon Handley is a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech and a retired engineer. In 1986 he graduated with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree, moved to Huntsville for his first and only “real” job (at Dynetics), married his high school sweetheart (Tammy), and joined Whitesburg Baptist Church. In 1991 he earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering from UAH. He and Tammy reared six children and have four grandchildren. In addition to serving as the Director of Biblical Counseling at WBC, Vernon also serves as a Deacon and a Life Group leader. Vernon also volunteers with the Boys and Girls Club of North Alabama and with Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief as a chaplain, chainsaw worker, and ham radio operator.
Vernon’s formal training in biblical counseling began with classes at Whitesburg Heritage Bible College. In 2018 he attended the ACBC Fundamentals training course and in 2019 he attended the ACBC Advanced Track. He received a Certificate of Biblical Counseling from NABC (formerly E4GW) in 2019. Although he has been discipling men for decades his first formal counseling experience was in 2019. Since retiring from Dynetics in 2020 Vernon began counseling more often in formal settings with NABC and Whitesburg Baptist Church. He is currently in Phase 2 of the ACBC Certification process.