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Meet Our Staff |
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Pastor Ernest grew up in a family of nine that lived at various times in Mississippi, Louisiana, and California. After moving to Arkansas, he came to know Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior at the age of sixteen. God called him into Christian ministry when he was a senior in high school. He graduated with degrees from Williams Baptist College, Ouachita Baptist University and Southwestern Seminary. In over twenty-five years of Christian ministry, Pastor Ernest has served in a variety of church staff positions: Youth Pastor, Education Minister, Minister of Missions, Associate Pastor and Pastor.
Pastor Ernest is committed to preaching and teaching the inerrant word of God, to worldwide evangelism and missions beginning at home, and to providing quality pastoral care to God’s family and beyond.
Together with his wife Sherri, an elementary school music teacher, they have two children: Robert and Lindsey. Pastor Ernest enjoys reading, travel, NASCAR and football. He is a lifelong Dallas Cowboys fan.
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Josh was born in Texas but raised in Arkansas. His parents moved to the family farm in Viney Grove when he was two and has lived around here ever since. He grew up as most farm boys do, herding cattle, building fence, bailing hay and often going fishing and swimming in the Illinois River which runs through the family property.
Josh's parents always played music and sang so it came naturally to him. He began playing the guitar at the age of 14 and has been playing ever since. Josh graduated from Prairie Grove High in 2001 and completed his Bachelors of Science in General Business in 2005 from the U of A. He met his beautiful wife, Hannah, in kindergarten at Prairie Grove and she later led him to Christ their freshman year of college. They have been married five years and love to travel, go camping and enjoy life to the fullest. They have a beautiful daughter named Edy Jane and a little dog named Elly.
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Susie is first and foremost a wife and mom. She has been married to Duncan Hudson for 27 years. Together they have two boys, Ernie who is active duty Navy, and Duncan Wayne, a college student living in San Diego. As a Navy family, they have lived in 5 states in the USA and in Italy. Traveling and moving has been a way of life. They have been very fortunate to visit places and make friends all over the world.
Susie was born in Helena, AR but grew up in Memphis, TN. She graduated from University of Memphis with a BSED in Elementary Education and an MSED in Counseling and Personnel Services. (Go Tigers!)
The greatest blessing in life is to grow up in a loving, nurturing Christian home. This was Susie’s experience and the most important factor in her Christian life. It was a natural desire to give her heart to the Lord and live for Him, following the Godly example of her parents. Not every child has this advantage.
As director of the church's Children’s Ministries, Susie’s goal is to provide all children with a loving, nurturing environment in which they are fed spiritually and emotionally, laying a strong foundation in the life of each child, with the hope that each child will accept Christ as their personal Savior.
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Michele Cate was born and raised in Northwest Arkansas. She attended Prairie Grove for one year, then moved to and graduated from Fayetteville. She also attended the University of Arkansas and Northwest Vocational School. Michele and her Prairie Grove native husband, Mark, have been married for 21 years and have two children, Brandon (and wife Leah), and Tara. Michele and her husband also have a poultry farm and raise beef cattle. A brand new empty-nester, Michele enjoys reading, traveling and occasionally helping Mark in the hayfields. She has served at First Baptist from 2000-2004 and from 2007 to the present.
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