Senior Pastor – Chris Goolsby

Transitional Worship Leader – Gary Watts

Minister of Education/Administration – Jamie Holden

Student Pastor – Luke Epperson

Financial Secretary/Ministry Assistant – Rachel Gibson

Ministry Assistant – Tiffany Hicks

Ministry Assistant – Rhonda Bryant

Ministry Assistant – April Epperson

Building Superintendent – Paul 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)

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

Luke Epperson - luke@hillcrestbyram.org

Luke has served on staff since February of 2002.

Family

Married to April Holley Epperson: May 31, 2003.

Daughter: Kayla, born March 31, 2008

Passion in Ministry
To preach God’s word, lead lost people to Christ, and see students come to “Know God and Make Him Known.”

Favorite Verse
Romans 8:37-39 - No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (NIV)