Hillcrest Baptist Church

 Senior Pastor – Chris Goolsby

Worship Leader – Gary Watts

Minister of Education/Administration – Jamie Holden

Interim Student Pastor – Chase Sims

Interim Minister of Children - Natalie Epperson

Financial Secretary/Ministry Assistant – Rachel Gibson

Ministry Assistant – Tiffany Hicks

Ministry Assistant – Rhonda Bryant

Ministry Assistant – April Epperson


Senior Pastor

Chris Goolsby - chris@hillcrestbyram.org

Family
Married to Lisa Ferguson Goolsby, wife of 25 years
Christopher Goolsby, son - junior at Mississippi College
Lauren Goolsby, daughter - freshman at Mississippi College

Passion in Ministry

To effectively communicate the love of Jesus through the preaching of the Word under the guidance and inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

Favorite Verse

Philippians 3:12-14
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. (NIV)


 

Worship Leader

 

Gary Watts- gary@hillcrestbyram.org

Gary has served on staff since June of 2009.

Family

Married to Gay Stewart: August 13, 1988.

Daughter: Olivia Grace, born September 6, 1993

Passion in Ministry
To lead people to seek God's face.

Favorite Verse
Amos 5:4 - Now this is what the LORD says to the family of Israel: "Come back to me
and live! (NLT)


Minister of Education and Administration

Jamie Holden, Ph.D. - jamie@hillcrestbyram.com

Jamie has served on staff since April of 1999.

Family
Married to Gary Holden: October 7, 1978
Daughter: Becky, born October 10, 1979—married to Nick Chiasson, October 17, 2006
Son: Ben, born April 2, 1981—married to Missy Martin, October 8, 2005

Passion in Ministry
To see others develop to their full potential as followers of Christ and to help them get connected to a place of service in their church family.

Favorite Verses
Philippians 1:6 . . . being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. (NIV)

Romans 12:4-5 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.  (NIV)



Student Pastor


Family


Passion in Ministry

Favorite Verse