MEET OUR STAFF
Brad Ball
Senior Pastor |
Dr. Brad Ball (D. Min in Expository Preaching, Union University, Jackson, TN) became the Senior Pastor at Bethsaida Baptist Church on August 3, 2014. Brad was a lost church member when he received the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior at the age of 24. In the next year, God called him to the gospel ministry and to preach His Word. Then God led him to his wife Janice and they were married in 1991. Six months later they moved to Memphis, TN and Brad enrolled in Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis, TN and in 1995 received his Masters of Divinity.
Brad is the founder of Triple-Threat Discipleship. This is a ministry that he started after his dissertation at Union. He did his dissertation project on creating a reproducible discipleship model. He plans to come out with his first book on this in the next year or so. Brad has served at churches in TN, MS and FL as Associate Pastor, Church Planter and Senior Pastor since 1992. He is originally from Chattanooga, TN and Janice is from Huntsville, AL. Brad enjoys spending time with Janice, reading, golf, watching ESPN, playing with their dog, Pepper, and working out in the yard. He is somewhat of a sports nut since he grew up with a father who coached for 30 years in the public school system in Chattanooga. He coached for three years at Christian Collegiate Academy in Gulfport, MS. Because of his background in sports he uses parallels from sports that apply to our walk as Christ followers. Brad is leading Bethsaida Baptist Church to value: * Expository preaching and the importance of the Word of God in our lives * Authentic Worship and the need to worship the Lord Jesus Christ passionately * Intentional Disciple-making * Evangelism and Missions You can contact Dr. Ball through email and you can follow him on Facebook and Twitter @Triple_ThreatD. |
Rev. Sam Wilson,
Music Minister |
Sam was born in Petersburg, VA and moved with his family in 1976 to Macon, GA. He joined the Army Reserves after high school and soon thereafter met his future wife, Kim. They were married in 1981. In 1987, Sam received his state license in heating & air conditioning. In 2002, he received his degree in Church Music from Toccoa Falls College. Sam has begun work on his Masters in Divinity through Luther
Rice Seminary. Sam currently serves as an instructor in Air Conditioning Technology at Middle GA Technical College in Warner Robins. He has served as Minister of Music at Bethsaida since 2005. Sam and Kim have two wonderful children, Caleb and Hannah. |
Stephen Fraser,
Student Pastor |
Stephen came on staff in June 2016. Stephen was born in Fenton, Missouri in 1991 but soon after Stephen moved with his family to Beaumont, Texas in 1999. When he was a freshman in high school, his family moved to Conyers, Georgia in 2007. Stephen will tell you, that even though he was born in Missouri and lives in Georgia, he is a Texan at heart. After Stephen graduated high school, he attended Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Stephen received his Bachelor of Science degree in Religion and specialized in Youth Ministries, he graduated in May of 2014.
While at Liberty, Stephen was involved in many different areas of ministry. During the summers, Stephen served as a Camp Counselor and a Coordinator of Volunteers at a Christian camp in North, Carolina. Stephen also served as a Student Ministry Intern at a churches Rustburg, Virginia and Woodstock, Georgia. While serving as an intern in Woodstock, Georgia, he met his beautiful wife Ashten. They have been married since October 2016. Ashten loves to work with students and has a passion for student missions. They welcomed their first child, a girl, Penelope, on June 26, 2019. Stephen enjoys watching movies, he is a history buff, he loves the outdoors especially playing ultimate frisbee and resting in his hammock, but is most importantly passionate about reaching students and seeing their lives changed through the gospel. Please feel free to connect with Stephen through: |
Kristen Price, Secretary
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Kristen came on staff at Bethsaida Baptist in September of 2013.
She works Monday through Thursday 10am to 4pm &Friday 10am to 3pm. She was born in Dublin and has 2 children Jessie and Sidney. 
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Active Deacons:
Scott Knight
Joe Allen
Matt Lybrand
Caleb Wilson
Brad Bullard
Scott Knight
Joe Allen
Matt Lybrand
Caleb Wilson
Brad Bullard