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Pastor for Administration and Spiritual Development
Mike joined the staff in 1996 as Pastor for Young and Median Adults and then in 2004 moved into the administration role. In addition, Mike gives leadership to the use of technology in the church, overseeing the website, all print publications, and email publicity.
Prior to joining the staff in 1996, Mike served in Baptist student ministries at San Jacinto College, Texas Wesleyan College, and Baylor University. A native of Snyder, Mike is a graduate of both Texas Tech University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Patti, are the parents of three children, Katie and her husband Luke Palmer, Blake, and Brett.
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Pastor for Missions
John came to First Baptist at the beginning of 2008 to begin his work as pastor for missions.
John was raised in the Houston area before attending Baylor University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served as a youth pastor in Lorena, Texas and then for the past 13 years at Williams Trace Baptist Church in Sugar Land, Texas.
John and his wife, Beverly, have three children Marshall, Collin, and Nathan.
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Pastor for Worship and Music
Todd is a native Texan and the son of a Baptist pastor. He
graduated from Alamogordo (NM) High School and went on to earn a
Bachelor of Science degree in music education from William Jewell
College in Liberty, Missouri in 1982. He completed a Master of Music
degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1985.
Todd met his wife, Michele, while a student at William Jewell. She
was also a music education major. She completed her degree at the
University of Texas at Tyler in 1988 and has been employed as an
elementary school music teacher. Todd and Michele have two children:
daughter, Mackenzie, and son, Landon. Todd was ordained to the Gospel
Ministry in 1985. He lists his interests as being coaching, golf, and
computers.
Before coming to Abilene, Todd served at First Baptist Church,
Henderson, Texas, for over six years and has served full-time as
minister of music in the following churches: First Baptist Church,
White Settlement; First Baptist Church, Grapevine; First Baptist
Church, San Marcos. He also served as music assistant at Green Acres
Baptist Church in Tyler. Todd is a member of the Centurymen and the
Singing Men of Texas.
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Pastor for Senior Adults Palmer started serving as Pastor for Senior Adults in February 2006. Palmer has spent most of his ministry working with college students. He was the Baptist Student Union director at Sul Ross University, South Plains College, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, and, from 1979-01, here at Hardin-Simmons University. He also served as minister of youth and adult education at Columbia Baptist Church in Falls Church, Virginia. Since his retirement in 2001, he has been involved with two local congregations as interim music minister. Palmer has degrees from both HSU and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Palmer and his wife, Patsy, have two children, Stephanie Markgraf and her husband Jim live in Midland with the two grandchildren, Jon Michael and Christopher, and Michael and his wife Barb, who currently live in Frankfurt, Germany where he sings opera.
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Pastor for Young and Median Adults
C.V. came to Abilene as Pastor for Youth in 1999 where he served in that position before he moved into the Young and Median Adult position in 2004. He gives leadership to all adults between the ages of 20-60 both married and single. He also works with the Men's Ministry and coordinates the small group Bible studies for men.
Before coming to Abilene in 1999, C.V. served in similar ministry positions in Bryan, Lubbock, Shallowater, Slaton, and O'Donnell, C.V. is a graduate of Texas Tech University. He and his wife, Shelly, have two children , Bryan who lives and works in the Dallas area, and Lauren who is married to Reed Staffordl.
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Pastor for Students
After serving in a variety of positions in the church, Cody was serving as Pastor for University Ministries for two years. Then in May of 2008 the youth and university positions were combined into the current pastor for students position. He leads the ministry to students from 6th grade to university.
He is a graduate of Wayland Baptist University with a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Education with a Minor in Psychology and a Master of Divinity from Logsdon School of Theology. During his college days, he served as both youth intern and interim youth minister at First Baptist Church in Littlefield, Texas. Upon graduation from college he moved to Muleshoe where he served as youth minister for four years.
While working on his Master's degree, Cody served as interim youth minister here at First Baptist, and then moved into the university role. He spent two years here as a part of a residency program through the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship which concluded in the summer of 2007 when he continued on in his present position.
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Director for Children's Ministry
Becky Tucker joined the staff in the fall of 2011 to take leadership of the children's ministries. Becky comes to First Baptist with a great deal of experience of working with children. A
graduate of Hardin-Simmons University with a BBS in recreation, Becky taught in
the public school system for 20 years here in Abilene at both Jane Long and
Thomas Elementary schools. Becky brings a wealth of experience and a deep love
for children to this position. She and
her husband, Gary, President and CEO of First Technology Services with First
Financial Bank and faithful member of our television crew, have two children,
Clayton and Britney.
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Director for Preschool Ministry
Candy started at FBC working in the missions office and moved into the preschool role in the spring 2011. She comes with quite a bit of experience in church work specifically with children, but until now from a volunteer standpoint.
Candy is mostly from Abilene, graduating from Wylie High
School and an active member of Lytle South Baptist Church
for the 14 years. She is married to Eddie Rains, who
works in automotive sales. They have three children; Kristian, Morgan, and Chance.
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Director for the Family Life Center
Keith Post comes to us having served in a variety of ministries and positions. Most recently he was a Athletic Specialist for the city of McKinney Parks and Recreation Division. Prior to working for the city of McKinney, he has coached and taught high school in Princeton, Texas; served as the recreation minister at FBC, McKinney for 10 years; pastored churches in Childress and Loraine; and as youth minister in four different churches in Texas and Arkansas. Obviously Keith has a wide background in ministry and recreation and brings a wealth of experience to the position.
Keith and his wife, Cathy, have three children, the oldest daughter is married; the middle son having just graduated
from HSU and working in the Dallas area; and their youngest daughter is finishing her college degree. Keith graduated from Wayland Baptist University with a degree in Christian Studies, with an emphasis on recreation.
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