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)
Transitional 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
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)