Our Leadership Structure and Staff
“Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ,” wrote Paul almost 2000 years ago (1 Corinthians 11:1 NIV).
Have you ever met someone and thought, “This person just seems to know God”? That’s the quality that we look for in a leader at Believers Fellowship—someone whose life reflects the character of God.
At Believers Fellowship we recognize two distinct but complementary offices of servant-leaders that have responsibility in managing the affairs of the church:
Elders
The elders serve the congregation as shepherds (pastors) and overseers by leading, guiding, guarding, teaching, and praying. The board of elders gives special attention to governing the church, keeping it focused on its mission, caring for the spiritual welfare of its people and providing counsel, direction, and support to the staff. Some of our elders also serve on the staff in pastoral ministries.
Deacons
The deacons complement the ministry of the elders and serve the church in a variety of practical ways. The deacons give special attention to managing and administrating help for worship services, the Lord’s Supper, facilities, finances, special projects, and caring for individual and family needs as they arise.
Ministry Directors and Staff
The staff of Believers Fellowship carry out a variety of leading, serving, and administrative functions in the church. From our teachers to our home group leaders to the people who keep our facilities in top shape, we want the leaders at Believers Fellowship to show us what it means to follow Christ.
Matt Edwards helps plan our Sunday morning worship services, teaches about 50% of the Sundays, leads our community outreach efforts, and develops staff members.
Jeremiah is in charge of spiritual formation and helps with teaching on Sundays.
Shawn plans and directs all the musical and creative elements that go into making a Sunday morning happen.
Johnny serves as the Student Ministries Director with an emphasis on the High School Ministry and their families.
Steve’s duties range from solving staff IT problems to emptying the recycling tubs on Thursday afternoons.
Jon is the Student Ministry Associate Director. He oversees middle school student ministries but also has a hand in developing high school students.
Heidi is in charge of all that is Children’s Ministry.
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Cathy helps support Children’s Ministry.
Haley helps support Children’s Ministry.
Brooke works part-time as the Executive Assistant to the Ministry Director.
Stacy is our Office Assistant, supporting office communication and function. Stacy and her husband began attending Believers Fellowship with their family in October of 2005. Stacy is here at BF on Wednesdays and Thursdays. If someone made a movie about your life, what would the title be and who would play you? Why? If someone […]
Philip prepares the stage and tech booth for Sunday morning and other events at the church.
Karen handles all of the duties associated with the nursery during Sunday morning services.
Matt is serving as the Worship Intern.
Gary works part-time and teaches occasionally on Sundays.
John is the Facilities Manager and also serves as an elder.
Emily is the Director of Women’s Ministry.
Kate has been at the church since August of 2017 and she has helped husband Shawn with Creative Arts Ministry, mostly working with media and lighting. This Summer, Kate is working with the Children’s Ministry Team! She’ll be working on special events as well as helping plan and prepare for the Fall. Kate is a […]
Davey serves as an elder at Believers Fellowship.
Tim serves as an elder at Believers Fellowship.
John serves as an elder at Believers Fellowship.
Dick serves as an elder at Believers Fellowship.
Mike serves as an elder at Believers Fellowship.
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Kevin serves as a Deacon at Believers Fellowship and also feels blessed to work with our youth.
Ashton serves as the Deacon Administrator.
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Dave helps to manage the activities between the first and second services.
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Emily is a BFSM summer intern and will work with the middle school students. She’s been a middle school mentor here at BF for a little over a year but is now taking on the role of an intern. Emily will be giving messages, going on mission trips, and planning fun nights for the kids. […]
Johnathon is one of the BFSM middle school interns this summer at Believers Fellowship. Through this role, he will be handling some teaching in youth groups and Sunday morning meetings, help support Jon and Johnny in their planning of ministry events including mission trips, and work with students throughout the summer by loving on them […]
David serves as one of two BFSM high school summer interns who will serve the high school ministry through teaching, serving opportunities, and through serving the students to the best of his ability. David arrived at the end of May and is looking forward to spending his summer with the BFSM students. If someone made […]
Natalie is a BFSM summer intern working directly with the high school ministry and assisting with the middle school group. She flew in from Chicago at the beginning of May to step into this internship. What is your favorite book (outside of the Bible)? Why? My favorite book is the Hunger Games, the series was […]