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Our Staff
"And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers for the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry" Ephesians 4:11-12
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Brother Tom James - Senior Pastor
Bro. Tom joined the ministry team in October 2004. He has previously served three other churches as pastor. He holds a B.A. from Stetson University and a Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is married to his best friend, Jan; and God has blessed their family with three beautiful children: Leah, a graduate of North Greenville University in Tigerville, South Carolina. Leah currently lives in North Carolina and is married to Jonathan Wilson. Andrew hopes to begin taking classes at Western Kentucky University and Aaron is a Senior at South Warren High School.
Bro. Tom is an expository preacher who is passionate about the Word of God. He has a heart for seeing those who do not know Jesus Christ as their personal Savior enter into a personal relationship with the Lord. Eastwood, under Bro. Tom's leadership, hopes to have an on-going mission partnership on each continent before 2014. Currently, the church has on-going annual mission partnerships on 4 of the 6 continents (excluding Antarctica). His life verse, Galatians 2:20, serves currently as the theme verse for Eastwood.
GO TOPPERS & NOLES!
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Greg Swack - Associate Pastor of Senior Adults & Pastoral Care
Greg was born in Bowling Green and grew up at Eastwood. He graduated from Western Kentucky University in 1995 and was "Big Red" his senior year. He graduated from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2003. He began serving on staff at Eastwood in August, 1998. He loves ministering alongside those in the "second half" of life and he believes the "second half" should be the best half! He enjoys WKU sports, traveling, playing piano, and spending time with the rest of the "Swack clan."
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Dana Ellis - Associate Pastor of Worship
Dana Ellis is Eastwood’s energetic Minister of Worship and Music since October of 2005. He is also known as “Mr. Happy”, a nickname given by some of the children due to his enthusiasm and joy evident during the spirited worship services. He and his wife Phyllis, who works at Briarwood Elementary, have two grown and married children. Heather, and her husband Kevin, live in Nashville while Toby, and his wife Jennifer, live in East Texas.
Dana grew up in Dallas, Texas, so you will certainly get his attention when talking about the Dallas Cowboys or NBA Mavericks. He plays a variety of instruments including piano, bass, guitar, and drums. He loves all types of music and has been part of a semi-professional Gospel Quartet (The Heightsmen) for 18 years. He feels strongly in leading others in worship to our Lord Jesus Christ and has a deep desire to see people grow, not only musically in that experience, but spiritually. When not at church, you will find Dana fishing or working in his yard. Both he and Phyllis love Kentucky’s trees with gorgeous fall colors and the sweetest people on God’s green earth.
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Ed Jent - Associate Pastor of Education
Ed was born in nearby Franklin Kentucky. He graduated from Western Kentucky University in 1986 where he played baseball for the Hilltoppers. He graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1988. Ed and his wife, Tricia, have two children Hunter (20) and Spencer (18). Ed enjoys golf, fishing, hunting and following the Hilltoppers.
Ed loves working with all aspects of education and is passionate about seeing people in Sunday Morning Bible Study. He has taken mission trips to Southeast Asia, Poland, Guatemala, Honduras, Chile, and England. He also participated with Athletes in Action (Palau, Philippines, Guam, Saipan, Yap, Korror and Japan).
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Michael was born in Nashville, Tennessee and grew up in nearby Hendersonville. After graduating high school, Michael attended Mississippi State University and Middle Tennessee State University while wrestling with a call into vocational ministry. Realizing that God had called him to student ministry, Michael graduated from Boyce Bible College (2006) and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (2009). Michael and his wife, Traci, have three children - son Landon (2) and twin daughters, Ellie and Whitney (1).
Michael is passionate about building relationships with students, teaching them how to study and know God's word, taking students on mission trips, and encouraging them to become the young men and women God has called them to be. Michael also enjoys traveling, hiking/camping, and North Carolina Tar Heel basketball.
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Lonnie Atwood - Associate Pastor, Plano Campus
Lonnie grew up in Lebanon, Tennessee before joining the U.S. Marine Corps in 1997. After serving for four years, He married Catherine in 2001, and settled back in middle Tennessee. While in the midst of struggling with a call to the ministry, his family moved to Bowling Green and joined Eastwood in 2006, and he soon graduated from Liberty University with a B.S. in Religion. After submitting to the Lord’s call on his life in 2008, he enrolled at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, where he hopes to finally graduate with a Master of Divinity in 2013. Lonnie came on staff as Associate Pastor of the Plano Campus in March of 2011. He and Catherine have four daughters, Ella (9), Abby (7), Eden (2), and Ireland (1). Lonnie is most passionate about studying and teaching the Word of God and spending time with his family. He is excited about growing in the grace and knowledge of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and ministering in His Church.
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Mark Whitaker - Associate Pastor of Worship, Plano Campus
Mark's family is originally from St. Louis, but he grew up in Franklin, Tennessee and Bowling Green. He graduated from Bowling Green High School (GO PURPLES!) and Campbellsville University with a degree in Church Music and is currently a student at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. Mark met his wife, Wendy, at Mission Fuge in Charleston, South Carolina, they have been married for two and a half years, and they have a child on the way! His parents live in Bowling Green and attend Eastwood's East Campus and his brother lives in Springfield, Missouri with his wife and two children where he is also a pastor. God's way of keeping Mark humble is by making him almost 6 1/2 feet tall and terrible at basketball.
The desire of Mark's heart is to see the Gospel (the story of Jesus Christ who died in our place for our sins and raised that we might also have eternal life) be abundantly clear in all expressions of worship and service of the people at Eastwood. Mark is an Eagle Scout, a band geek, a choir nerd, an avid movie buff, and has a collection of ethnic instruments from around the world.
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Dr. Don R. Mathis - Staff Evangelist
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Jan Stickle - Director of Preschool / Children's Ministry
Jan joined the staff of Eastwood Baptist Church in July of 2000, as Director of Preschool and Children’s Ministries seeking to provide a safe, loving, accepting, and fun environment in which children will come to know Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. Jan has been married to Fred, her best friend, for 35 years and has four children, two wonderful children by marriage, and five grandchildren.
Jan attended Cedarville University and Western Kentucky University graduating with a B.A. in education. Several years later she completed her M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy.
Jan is passionate about spending time with her family, loves music, and will always be a faithful Cleveland Browns fan!
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Sandy Enlow - Business Administrator
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Joy Sharp - Education/Children's Ministry Assistant
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Kristyn Hall - Worship Ministry Assistant
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