Dr. Bill Patterson

Dr. Bill and Marcy Patterson's main focus has been Bible translation and church planting, but they have also worked in training Bible translators, establishing Bible institutes, developing ministries for youth and children, and speaking in conferences. Dr. Patterson is the President of Mount Abarim Baptist Mission International and the Director of the Bethesda Children’s Homes in Tlapa, Mexico. They are member missionaries of Worth Baptist Church.

Dave Delaney is the pastor of First Baptist Church in Long Beach, CA.

Bill and Sharon Smith are IBFI missionaries to the country of Brazil.

In June of 1994, Brian Cone accepted Christ as his saviour at youth camp. He soon felt the Lord calling me to preach which led me to enroll in seminary. For the last several years he has had the priviledge to serve full time on staff at Joshua Baptist Church. During this time, he served as the Bus Director, Youth Pastor, Children's Pastor, Missions Director, and Sunday School Superintendent. At a missions conference in 2009, he began to feel the call on his life in regards to missions. While seeking the Lord's will, with the guidance of his pastor, Dr. Wolfenbarger, the Lord revealed to him the country of Thailand. During his survey trip to Thailand, the Lord made his call certain.

Serving the Lord in Thailand has been quite interesting for Bro. Cone. They have had challenges but they have also had lots of blessings. He counts it a privilege to be able to teach the Young Professionals Sunday School Class every Sunday as well as Preaching twice a month. Learning the language has been quite difficult since it is a tonal language. But, we know that with God all things are possible.

Bro. Carl Hodsdon is a missionary to Lurin, Peru with Mount Abarim Baptist Mission International.

Bro. Danny and Michelle Jones are missionaries to Mexico/Rio Grande Valley area. They are also member missionaries of Worth Baptist Church.

Missionary to Mexico

Bro. Glen South serves as Church planters to the country of Turkey.

Bro. Harold Gilmer, South America Director, Church Planter and Bible Translation in São Paulo, Brazil.

Bro. Harold Gilmer is member missionary of a Worth Baptist Church to the country of Brazil.  Bro. Gilmer is sent through the Mount Abarim Baptist Mission International.

Missionary to Slovenia

Bro. Joshua Marquardt is serving as a Member Missionary.

Bro. Joshua Marquardt is serving as a Member Missionary.  Before leaving for the mission field, Bro. Marquardt joined the Worth Baptist Church staff as the Children's Pastor in August 2023. He graduated from West Coast Baptist College in Lancaster, CA with a Bachelor in Biblical Studies in 2021. Before joining Worth, he served in the college ministry at Lancaster Baptist Church in Lancaster, California for two years under the leadership of Dr. Paul Chappell.

Bro. Larry McKinney, Missionary to North American Indians.

Larry and Regina McKinney serve as Independent Baptist Fellowship International Missionaries to North American Indians. Their sending church is Trinity Baptist Church located in Grand Prairie, Texas.

Bro. Mark Haynes is a missionary to the Navajo Indians.

Senior Pastor of Bible Baptist Church in Chickasha, Oklahoma

Pastor Stephen Volante was born just outside Boston, but was raised in both Rhode Island and Western Massachusetts. He married his high school sweetheart Laurel Towne from Northampton, and trained to be an engineer at Holyoke Community College in Holyoke, Massachusetts. After working ten years in many types of building construction, Steve felt God’s call to the ministry. He received his training at Heritage Baptist Institute of the Bible, in New England.

During a mission’s conference in his home church pastored at that time by his father, John Volante, he surrendered to serve the Lord as a missionary wherever God would call him. On a mission’s trip to Ghana to visit John Hayes, God spoke clearly to Steve’s heart. He and Laurel left to serve the Lord in Ghana in August of 1995. God was mightily blessing the work, and many were receiving Christ as Savior. However, in March of 1997, God called Laurel home to glory. Steve returned to the USA broken wondering how God would help him raise their three dear children alone. Like only God can do, he brought Missionary Michelle Tilson into Steve’s life to help him live and dream again. They were married on August 29, 1998, and returned to Ghana a year later to continue the work God had entrusted to Steve’s care.

Pastor Stephen Volante was called to be the senior pastor of Bible Baptist Church in Chickasha, Oklahoma on July 1, 2019.

Independent Baptist Fellowship International missionary.

Bro. Walter Stevens, a dedicated missionary to The Roma, also known as the Romani people, currently serves as President of Roma Outreach Missions Association (R.O.M.A.), located at Bible Baptist church in Bradenton, FL. ROMA. is an organization helping not only to reach the Gypsies of the world but also other misplaced and marginalized people.

Bro. Zachary Gillit is a member missionary of Worth Baptist Church currently serving in Brighton, United Kingdom. Pastor at East Birmingham Baptist Chapel, working with Crown Christian Heritage Trust.

Dr. Ellis is the national field representative for the FBFI (Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International) Commission on Chaplains which endorses chaplains to serve in the U.S. military.

Dr. Don Sisk was called to preach at the age of 21.  He has pastored several churches, including some during his college years and another in Kentucky four years after graduation.  Before beginning his missionary work in Japan, he served as associate pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Harvey, Illinois.

In 1965, he went to Japan with Baptist International Missions, Inc.(BIMI)  There the Lord established two churches, on in Osaka and one in Kobe.  Dr. Sisk also helped to establish the Kansai Independent Baptist Bible School and became the first president of the school.  He served as Far East Director with BIMI for ten years and then continued with the mission agency as President and General Director for nineteen years.

From 2003 to 2017, Dr. Sisk serves as the chairman of the Missions Department of West Coast Baptist College, a ministry of Lancaster Baptist Church in Lancaster, California.

Dr. Sisk currently serves as President/General Director Emeritus of BIMI.  The mission has 800 plus missionaries serving in over 100 fields around the world.  He has traveled and preached in approximately eighty different countries.  He travels to preach in mission conferences, Bible colleges, seminaries, and churches around the world, encouraging and training missionaries.

 

Dr. Ken Fielder serves as the Director of WorldView Ministries. With a focus on unreached people groups, we are committed both to the training of Bible translators and to the translation and publishing of Scriptures.

Dr. Mike Patterson was a Missionary to Mexico and the President Emeritus of Mount Abarim Baptist International (mountabarim.org). Dr. Mike preached for over fifty years, serving the Lord as a missionary, church planter, and director of the Bethesda Children’s Homes in Tlapa, Gro. Mexico. Dr. Mike and Mrs. Becky Patterson are members of Worth Baptist Church.

Dr. Ralph G. McCoy, 1915-1996, began his missionary service in 1954. After fruitful ministries in Northern Mexico and Central America he began a new work in Southern Mexico. The unique demands of this multifaceted work necessitated the founding of what has become the Mt. Abarim Baptist Mission International, Inc. in 1967. Mount Abarim works closely with and is operated under the authority of the local church.

 

Dr. Ron Maggard along with his wife Frances have been in missionary evangelism for over 30 years. He is currently pastor of Iglesia Bautista Faro de Luz in Jupiter, Florida but travels extensively to evangelize, educate and establish workers and churches worldwide.

Bro. Kim Hayes is the pastor of Bible Baptist Church in Chickasaw, Oklahoma.

Director of Nicaragua  Baptist Missions & Vice President of Bible Institute

Paul Rowland, General Secretary at Trinitarian Bible Society

Bro. Rom Ribeiro, Missionary to Brazil

Bro. Terry Terry serves as the pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in Boyd, TX

Charles Keen is Pastor Emeritus of First Baptist Church/Milford Ohio and the Founding Pastor of Bearing Precious Seed and First Bible International.

Dr. Chris Lamb is the pastor of Glen Iris Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Dr. David Gibbs III, National Center for Life and Liberty

Dr. David Teis, Liberty Baptist Church of Las Vegas, NV

Pastor Denis McBride was born in Texarkana, AR. He received Christ as His Savior the summer after he graduated from high school. Sensing God would have him serve in Christian ministry, he chose to attend a Bible college and graduated with a theology degree.

He served as a youth pastor for 7 years and taught history and Bible for 10 years before coming to Pensacola. He has been a favorite A Beka Academy Bible and history teacher for over 25 years. In August of 2011, he was called to be the pastor of Campus Church. With a genuine love for families and a heart for young people, Pastor McBride delivers earnest, practical Bible messages.

Edward Barclay serves as the Senior Pastor of First Baptist. In 2011, God used the Barclays to plant a growing church in Loveland, Colorado. In 2021, First Baptist voted Edward to become its next pastor. Both Edward and his wife April grew up around the Ohio River valley and love ministering and serving others in their local community with their four kids.

Evangelist from Joshua, Texas.

Dr. House continues to minister in local Church revivals and evangelistic Crusades all across America.

Dr. Jim Schettler, West Coast Baptist College of Lancaster, CA

Dr. Raymond Barber, beloved pastor, author, and preacher, passed away on June 25, 2025, at the age of 92.

 

Dr. Raymond Barber was born on August 12, 1932, in Danville, Virginia, to Rev. Robert J. Barber and Maggie Star Barber. Dr. Barber was a graduate of Texas Wesleyan University and Bible Baptist Seminary. He held honorary doctorates from several institutions.

He served in several churches before becoming pastor at Worth Baptist Church in 1962. Under Dr. Barber's leadership, the congregation grew rapidly, requiring the purchase of property for a new church building. He led the church in three building programs, including the present facility at 4900 Campus Drive.

Dr. Barber also taught for over thirty-five years at the Bible Baptist Seminary and the Norris Bible Baptist Seminary. In 1984 he founded the Independent Baptist Fellowship International and the Norris Bible Baptist Seminary. He served as president of both institutions for twelve years. After his retirement in 1997, he served as president emeritus of the IBFI and NBBS and Pastor Emeritus of Worth Baptist Church.

He was an internationally known preacher who spoke at numerous Bible conferences, colleges, and special meetings and authored over twenty-six books and booklets.

Dr. Raymond W. Barber’s life verse was Galatians 6:14: “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me and I unto the world.

Dr. Richard Wallace, Temple Baptist Church of Flower Mound, TX

Dr. Roger Green, Evangelist and International Speaker from Grace Baptist Church of Franklin, OH

Pastor of Worth Baptist Church

Dr. Willie W. Weaver was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but spent his formative years in Louisiana. He resides in Burleson with Carolyn, his wife of fifty years. God has blessed Dr. and Mrs. Weaver with two children and five grandchildren.

With a keen heart for missions, Dr. Weaver has always led strong, missions-minded churches known for innovative leadership of missions conferences. His desire is to continue pastoring, to win precious souls, and to take the Gospel to every creature.

Answering God's call thirty-five years ago, Dr. Weaver first pastored People's Baptist in Harrisburg, Virginia for seven years; then Calvary Baptist in Connersville, Indiana for twenty years, and beginning in 1997 through the present, Worth Baptist in Fort Worth, Texas. His local church background includes time as a youth director, and twenty and twenty-seven years in television and radio ministries respectively.

Dr. Weaver has served as Secretary, Vice-President and a three year term as President of the Independent Baptist Fellowship International (IBFI). He was also the President of the Norris Bible Baptist Institute (NBBI) for three years and has served as editor of the "Searchlight", the official publication for the IBFI. Dr. Weaver is presently an instructor at the Crown Southwest Norris Seminary, teaching various courses. He holds a B.D. degree from the Bible Baptist Seminary and an honorary D.D. from Louisiana Baptist University.

Dr. Weaver faithfully served as pastor of Worth Baptist Church from 1997 to 2015.

Pastor Iglesia Bautista Monte Abarim, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Pastor Tyler Gillit became Worth’s Senior Pastor in January of 2016 after he served on staff for eight years. Pastor Gillit graduated with a Bachelor of Biblical Studies Degree from The Crown College in 2006 and a Master of Ministries Degree from Crown Seminary in 2007 and a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2024. He and Tori were married in 2006 and they have two children, Will and Anna. He is passionate about expository preaching and making disciples in Fort Worth and around the world.