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Staff
Pastor Hilton started serving in August of 2007. He has been married to his lovely wife Amy for 14 years and God has blessed them with three precious children. He is a graduate of Piedmont Baptist College in Winston-Salem, NC with a B A in Biblical Studies and also has received his MDiv from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has served as an Associate Pastor of FBC in Roanoke Rapids, NC and as Pastor of Dawson Baptist Church in Enfield, NC. He is a North Carolina native, born and raised by wonderful God loving parents. His father is a retired Southern Baptist pastor. After 16 years of full time ministry, Pastor Hilton feels that the most important thing he can do in this life is to reach people with the gospel of Christ and equip the saints to do the same.
Favorite food: Homeplace fried chicken!
Favorite music groups: Casting Crowns and Bethel Baptist Praise Team
Hobbies: I love to spend time with my family and when I can break away I have been known to fish, hunt, and hit a little white ball in the woods, fairway, and the greens (mostly woods).
Gregg joined the staff at Bethel in February, 2009. Gregg is a graduate of Pensacola Christian College in Florida where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees in music. He began his involvement in church music when he first sang and played piano in church at the age of 5. After his family moved to Tennesse at the age of 10, he grew in his understanding of music and developed his talents while involved in a large church ministry and Christian school in the areas of vocal music, piano, and drama, as well as a choir accompanist. After studying piano in Pensacola with Daniel Nagy and world-renowned pianist Daisy de Luca Jaffe, Gregg won the piano competition at the Gospel Music Association's (GMA) Seminar in the Rockies in 2003.
With a strong traditional music background combined with his passion for contemporary worship, he has been able to blend those styles together as a worship leader. Gregg has served as a worship leader in Florida and Virginia for almost 10 years, and he currently teaches part-time at Liberty University in their worship department (http://www.liberty.edu/academics/arts-sciences/worship/). He has been to Jessica since June 2006, and they have one child - Dawson - who was born in 2008.
Recently, the addition of missions responsibilities were added to Gregg's ministry at Bethel. Gregg and Jessica serve full-time as the Worship & Missions Pastor. During the summer of 2007, Gregg and Jessica spent 3 months on the mission field in Mexico and the Dominican Republic, a mission field they have been to 4 times. They are excited about the opportunities God is providing for increased involvement in the area of missions - both locally and globally.
He has several favorite verses, including: Philippians 1:6, I Peter 5:10-11, and Isaiah 43:1-3.
Music Favorites: Steven Curtis Chapman, FFH, Chris Tomlin, Michael Buble, Norah Jones, Chopin, Rachmaninoff
Hobbies: Playing with Dawson, piano, tennis, volleyball, arranging music
T. Ivey Adams - Associate Pastor of Care
Pastor Ivey Adams started here on April 1, 2008 as our Associate Pastor of Care. His ministry is concentrated on ministering to the sick, shut-ins, and families who have experienced the passing of a loved one. Pastor Adams has a pastor’s heart and whenever you see him, he is representing Bethel Baptist Church as one of our pastors. Ivey and his wife, Dolly, were members of Bethel from 1970-1976 while Ivey served as Director of Child Care at the Virginia Baptist Children’s Home. They returned to Bethel in 1999 upon his retirement from the pastorate at Beulah Baptist Church in Rocky Mount. Since retirement Bro. Ivey has served as interim pastor in several churches.Pastor Adams graduated from Troy State University, Troy, Alabama and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas. He has also studied in the child care field at University of North Carolina and Virginia Commonwealth University.
Chris Clowser is our Director of Student Ministries. Chris and his wife Sheilia have been members of Bethel for 16 years. Their children, Samantha and Cameron, have both grown up and been baptized here at Bethel, and Chris was ordained as a deacon here. Sheilia has been active in both the Children and Youth ministries for the last 12 years and is currently teaching our middle school Sunday school class. Chris started as an adult Sunday school teacher, but he has been actively teaching in the Youth department for the last 13 years. The whole family has been trained and certified (including counseling classes) in order to qualify as a special needs foster care home.
Chris says, “I honestly believe that God has called me to full-time Youth ministry and that I am no longer ignoring His calling for my life. Even though God has already blessed me with spiritual mentors here at Bethel, I plan to further my formal theological education to help develop and strengthen our Student ministries. I have complete faith that God will continue to equip me as His servant as I look to remain in the center of His will. I would like to thank our church family for your prayers, faith, and continued support as my family and I embark on this new and exciting chapter in our lives. Thank you for the privilege and responsibility of leading our Student ministries as we strive to grow in God.”
Kelley is a lifelong member of Bethel Baptist Church. Having grown up at Bethel, she feels exceptionally blessed to be called to serve here on staff. Kelley & her husband David have been married 10 years. David is a hardworking guy that also finds himself very busy here at Bethel. They have a fun and very energetic 3 year old son, Gavin.
Kelley's passion has long been in the preschool ministry. Volunteering in preschool since she was a young teenager has developed her heart for young children. She truly believes there is no age too young to hear about Christ and his love for us. Kelley often states, "Teaching preschoolers about God and the love He has for us is a most important life lesson. They learn so much from singing, playing and leaders showing love. The preschool department is where it all begins!"
She's very excited about our growing weekday preschool program here at Bethel. Kelley spends many hours researching and studying how to make it the best preschool in the area. "I truly believe the Lord is calling Bethel to open its doors to our local preschoolers to teach them about the love of our Savior, as well as their ABCs".
1 Timothy 4:12 Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
Proverbs 22:6 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
Linda Johnson - Administrator
Jamie Highfill - Financial Secretary
Frank Wade - Sunday School Director
Judy Stockton - Instrumentalist
Margie Byrd - Instrumentalist
Sheila Barger - Volunteer Church Hostess
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