Pastor Scott Cowling

Bro. Adam Garber is the pastor of NorthSide Baptist Church, in Nolanville, TX.

Director of Children Ministries at Worth Baptist Church

Charles Pugh assumed the pastorate of First Baptist Church of Cottondale, Texas in November of 1997. After graduating from Tennessee Temple in 1977, he served as Youth Pastor in Arkansas City, Kansas for eight years and pastored four years in Bryson, Texas. Under the leadership of Pastor Pugh, First Baptist Church of Cottondale has doubled their average attendance, hired additional staff, built a family life center, and started various children’s and youth programs. Pastor and his wife Tina have four children and nineteen grandchildren.

 

Bro. Cory McGuire serves as the Director for Camp Liberty in Oakwood, Texas.  Camp Liberty is ministry dedicated to helping local churches reach, disciple, and minister to teens and juniors.  Cory and his wife, Heidi, are members of Worth Baptist Church.

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

Pastor of Lighthouse Baptist Church

Bro. Earl Sides joined Worth Baptist Church in 2016 as our Disciple Director.

Jeremy and Joneia Bennett
Missionaries to Brazil

Bro. Jeremy Hall, Missionary

Bro. Jimmy Henderson is one of our local Sunday School teachers.  His family is very active at Worth Baptist Church.

The Director of the Bridge to Recovery program at Worth Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas. Bro. John and his wife, Holly, are actively involved in the local ministry of the church.

Bro. John Peeples
Mission Director of IBFI - Independent Baptist Fellowship International

Website:  www.ibfi.us

Bro. Joshua Marquardt serves as the children's minister at Worth Baptist Church. He is a graduate of West Coast Bible College a ministry of Lancaster Baptist Church in Lancaster, CA.

Bro. Larry Norman is the former Associate Pastor of Worth Baptist Church.  He serverd under Dr. Barber and Dr. Weaver.

Missionary to Honduras

Missions Pastor Falls Baptist Church N69 W12703 Appleton Avenue Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 262.251.7051

Micah and Emily both graduated from Maranatha Baptist University, Micah with a BA in pastoral studies and MA in Bible, and Emily with a BA in piano pedagogy. College is also where they met and fell in love. They were married in August 2022. They began traveling with the Southland Ministry Team in the fall of 2022. Micah has grown up both traveling on an evangelistic team with his family and working most of his life at Southland. Since high school, he has had a passion for full time ministry and has a growing burden for youth ministry. Emily grew up in SC, MD, and WI in a pastors home and also has a desire to use her gifts to serve the Lord. Micah oversees the Audio/Visual department and leads the ministry team.

Missionary to Cape Verde, Africa.

Bro. Paul Gaymon is the Pastor of Faith Baptist Church on Brown City, MI.

Rick Rust received Christ as his Saviour at age 16. He then followed the Lord in believers baptism, and served in the local church in many ministries. In the twelfth grade Rick was lead to be in full-time ministry and then enrolled in Baptist Bible College Canada, where he graduated with a bachelor degree in 1987.

Rick married his wife Tammy in 1988 and now have three married children and five grandchildren.

In 1999, the Rust's were lead to plant a new church in the Toronto, Canada area. While pastoring there, the Lord lead the church to reproduce itself by planting another church in the Toronto area.

In 2007 the Lord lead the Rust’s to Toledo, Ohio to pastor the Liberty Baptist Church. While serving there, again the Lord lead this church to reproduce a new church by planting a church in the greater Toledo area.
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Rick has also served as a board member for BCPM for almost 20 years. After the home going of the ministry’s director, the Lord burdened the Rust’s to serve full-time in helping start churches. We are proud to serve with the Rowland’s in this great cause.

Rick and Tammy Rust are members of Immanuel Baptist Church and are accountable to the local church. Should there be a problem with them in the ministry, Immanuel Baptist Church will take the appropriate action and inform Baptist Church Planting Ministry and all churches investing in the ministry.

Bro. Rom Ribeiro, Missionary to Brazil

Ron Valerio
Missionary to Dominican Republic
https://www.ibfi.us/index.php/mission-agency/missionaries/ron-kathy-valerio 

Missions Pastor, Worth Baptist Church, and Missionary to Ghana West Africa

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.

Steve is currently serving as the mission’s pastor here at Worth Baptist Church, while serving as the General Director and African Director for Mount Abarim Baptist Missions. Steve still serves as the senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, in Techiman dividing his time between the USA and Africa.

Missionary to Uganda

Bro. Tony Sengmany

Independent Baptist Fellowship International missionary.

Bro. Will Berry, a graduate of Heartland Baptist Bible College, currently serves as the Youth Paster at Rochester Hills Baptist Church in Rochester Hills, Michigan.

Pastor Will and his wife, Shandi, started Arise Baptist Church in 2017. It is their desire to lead people into a personal walk with God by leading them to know Jesus as their Savior and as Lord of their life.

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. Al Reichman comes from a long line of orthodox rabbis. His paternal grandfather, an orthodox rabbi, immigrated to the United States from Austria. His first exposure to the Gospel was at the age of 8, when a friend invited him to attend a Vacation Bible School. Despite his active attendance in church, it was not until he was a teenager that he finally came to accept Christ as his Savior.

In 1975 he enrolled in Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. Upon graduating in 1979 with a BA in Theology, Al was ordained. He and his wife, Michele, embarked on a 17 year pastoral ministry and the continuation of his education. He earned his Master of Theology and Doctor of Theology degrees from Bethany Theological Seminary in Dothan, Alabama.

In 2013 the Lord led Al to launch Ahavath Messiah Ministries (Love of Messiah Ministries), where he continues to labor to bring the Gospel to Jewish people, as well as encouraging and teaching churches to do the same.

Al and Michele Reichman are members of Worth Baptist Church.

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.

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

Dr. Dan Knickerbocker

Dr. Jonathan Stewart is the President of Norris Bible Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.

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.

Pastor Emeritus of Worth Baptist Church

Dr. Raymond Barber has been in the Gospel ministry for more than sixty years. He pastored Worth Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas for thirty-five years and now serves as Pastor Emeritus. Additionally, Dr. Barber has taught Bible college classes, founded the Independent Baptist Fellowship International and the Norris Bible Baptist Institute. He served as President of the Independent Baptist Fellowship International and the Norris Bible Baptist Institute for twelve years.

Currently is President Emeritus of the IBFI, serves on the Executive Board of the IBFI, and is chancellor of Crown Southwest Norris Seminary. He is a member of the Executive Board of the Sword of the Lord Foundation and the Mt. Abarim Baptist Evangelistic Association.

He is the author of several books, booklets, and pamphlets, among which are: What the Bible Teaches, A Dozen Diamonds from Daniel, Family Portraits, Family Success, Profile of a Preacher, Golden Moments with God, Heaven's Hymnbook.

Barber continues to travel extensively throughout the nation preaching in revival meetings, Bible conferences, mission conferences, Bible colleges, fellowship meetings, and gatherings such as the national Sword of the Lord conference and the national meeting of the Independent Baptist Fellowship International.

Dr. R. Terry Riggsby, Senior Citizen's Minister of Worth Baptist Church

Dr. R. T. Riggsby served as Associate Pastor of Worth Baptist Church from 1999 to 2014. He and his wife, Peggy, have been members of Worth Baptist since 1984 when Bro. Riggsby came to Fort Worth, Texas, to begin the Norris Bible Baptist Institute, a ministry of the Independent Baptist Fellowship International.

Dr. Riggsby is currently serving as administrator/teacher of the Norris Bible Baptist Seminary. He served in that post from its inception in 1984 until 1999. During this time, he also served as Managing Editor of the "Searchlight" publication, and office manager of the IBFI. He became administrator again in 2014.

Prior to coming to Fort Worth, Bro. Riggsby, served as administrator and teacher of Calvary Baptist School in Holland, Michigan, which he began in 1978, and served on staff at Calvary Baptist Church for six years.

His first full-time ministry was at his home church, Dayton Baptist Temple, Dayton, Ohio, where he served as administrator and teacher as Temple Christian School, which he helped establish in 1967 and later served as administrator from 1974-1978.

Dr. Riggsby served in the public school system for ten years in his home town of Vandalia, Ohio, where he was teacher, assistant principal at the Morton Junior High for six years, and then became principal of the Vandalia Elementary School for four years.

He holds a Bachelor's Degree from Ohio University and Master's Degree from Wright State University. He was awarded an honorary Doctor's Degree from Louisiana Baptist University in 1997.

Bro. and Mrs. Riggsby were both saved in 1965 and have served the Lord in many capacities over the years. They have been in Sunday school work for thirty-eight years and currently teach the Liberty Sunday School class. They have four children, Mark, Amy, Rebekah, and Joshua and ten grand children, all of whom live in the Fort Worth area.

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.

Evangelist Andrew Johnson launched into full-time music evangelism in December 2019 after serving 11 years on staff as the Music Minister for Worth Baptist Church. Since that time, the Gospel ministry has taken him and his family all over the country preaching, teaching, and training others with their unique blend of church music.

Director for Bridge to Recovery

Pastor Scott Cowling has been on staff at First Baptist of Bridgeport located in Saginaw, MI since 1995. Since 2001, Pastor Scott Cowling has had a tremendous ministry with their addictions ministries. He spends his time counseling, managing the transitional housing, and ministering in a number of different ways.

Pastor, Worth Baptist Church

Pastor Tyler Gillit was called to be Worth’s Senior Pastor in January of 2016 after he served on staff for eight years. During that time, he served as the Youth Pastor and Associate Pastor, founded the WBC chapter of Reformers Unanimous, and developed our short-term missions program.

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. 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.