We have a great Staff Team at Wright. They have years of experience and training to help you in your walk with the Lord Jesus. We also have a volunteer Leader Team as well who help with care ministry, prayer needs, and certain other ministries at Wright (elders). Below you can find an introduction / basic info on these who are stepping up to be point people at Wright (1 Corinthians 12-13; Acts 20; 1 Timothy 3). We're glad to partner with you to serve the Lord together! See you Sundays at 10:15 am for Worship together.
Senior Pastor - Dr. Dave Keuss
Senior/Lead Pastor Dr. Dave Keuss is passionate about helping you know the Lord more and take any next step the Lord would have for you in a Christian life. He is a Bible-based, but also practical preacher, teacher, counselor. He's married to Nicole and has three wonderful kids who love to locally play basketball and soccer, or go mini golfing.
Dave is an experienced Pastor and Preacher, and has a doctorate from Liberty University's Rawlings School of Divinity in Virginia, and a second theological masters degree from Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and a first Masters of Divinity (M.Div.) from Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. These are known as Bible-
based schools who train pastors, missionaries, and more.
He's active at a local airbase as an Honorary Commander, as a way to experience what local enlisted and contractor folks see and live, and then from that be a help to our church and community to care for them.
Pastor enjoys leading teams on missions, emphases, and Christian trips of note. He also is able to offer biblical counseling as needed to members.
Dave's wonderful wife Nicole and he have served in ministry together for the Lord for many years. They have extensive experience in both established and new church starts. They met on eHarmony while living in Kentucky. Dr. Dave also is a published Christian author and writer, and he loves cooking barbecue, hiking, reading, and outdoor sportsmanship. He hopes to meet you soon!
Worship Pastor - Wes Ratliff
Worship Pastor Wes is a skillful worship leader who has a heart for people. The Lord called him to serve in worship through experiences in college. He has led worship for denominational events, for various churches, and is an active musician as well in the area. Wes loves leading a talented worship team, worship band, and choir. There's also room for you to join in, or play an instrument, just let Wes know. Pastor Wes brings years of wisdom and insight to Wright Baptist Church worship and has a pastoral heart as well for you and your family. Wes enjoys some very cool outdoor sports and has many years of experience in sea fishing. His wife Donna is a key part of our worship team and also a key part of certain church events annually.
Office Reception and Small Group Materials - Taylor Evans
Taylor is our front reception point for the office area at Wright Baptist Church. Taylor has church experience and she joins us with in assisting and helping members with connections to ministries, with general church info, and upcoming events and calendar.
She loves helping people get connected to a ministry area, and helping others get the key materials that the church leaders have for our various ministry areas at Wright Baptist Church.
Youth Ministry Leader: Michelle
Michelle is a great Youth Leader at Wright, who loves the Lord Jesus, invests in the Youth, and cares about their growth in the Christian faith.
Michelle is connected to many local ministries for students and it is our honor to have her with us on the team, helping to care for and guide Youth to know more about Jesus Christ.
Children's Coordinator - Donna Ratliff
About Donna's Passion for Kids:
Donna loves helping kids to know more about Jesus as Savior. She is experienced in church & education teamwork key roles. She has previously and now is guiding, leading in Kids Ministry. Donna is a key player here on our Sunday 10:15 am Children's Church Teams (the "Heir" Force in the Air Force "themed" Hanger Kids Zone) and Kids Small Groups hour (9 am).
She is also a resource if you want to connect with Wednesday Kids Ministry volunteers. In general, Donna is who you might contact after attending, to set up ways to volunteer and go through training for Children's Ministry. We appreciate her passion for others.
Facilities and Facility Impressions - Rick Kalla
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Rick is a part of our impressions team by involvement in upkeep and maintenance at Wright Baptist Church. He is also active in various ministries of the church as a valuable contributor to those.
Rick brings experience in construction techniques, maintenance tech, building interior systems, signage, and repair knowledge to facilities, to high touch connection points in the church, and operational facility systems to Wright.
If you need to contact Wright about repair work or improvement works, often you'll be in touch with Rick.
Elders (Lay Pastors) Team - a Bible-based Lay Shepherd Team
This Bible-based idea is found in key New Testament Scriptures. This volunteer team (elders/shepherds) helps with leadership at Wright Baptist Church. In the Bible, that term, "elders," is interchangeable with shepherds or pastors, is used over and over in the Book of Acts chapter 20 by Luke or Paul's Letter of 1 Timothy 3, or Paul's Letter of Titus chapter 1, etc. So the elder team helps with shepherding at Wright.
Wright Baptist Church is blessed to have a lay elder team that works with the Senior Pastor (also an Elder) to assist in general prayers, caring for members, praying for the sick (James 5), and ministry and operations as needed. Each elder has unique spiritual gifts from the Lord to help care for people, some excel at certain areas, and others at other areas, to make up a team approach. The elders team up with staff Pastors to form a Pastoral team together.
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