We are excited to welcome two uniquely gifted ministers to our GABC staff on January 2. Over the course of the last several months, the Personnel Committee has worked to fill our staff vacancies in the areas of youth and music. After reviewing resumes and assessing the needs of the church, the Personnel Committee decided we could fill both positions and address our growing children’s ministry.
Together these two candidates bring to us over 40 years of combined ministry experience. The Assoc. Pastor for Youth and Music will be a 20 to 25-hour position. The Assoc. Pastor for Children will be a 10 to 15-hour position. These additions represent an investment in both the present and future of GABC!
Associate Pastor for Youth and Music – Ann Carter
Ann Carter is currently the Minister to Students at Richmond’s First Baptist Church where she has served in various youth ministry capacities for the past 20 years. Before joining the staff at First Baptist, Ann had a 10-year career in state and local politics. She was born and raised in Richmond where she graduated from Godwin High School and the University of Richmond. Immediately following college graduation, Ann spent two years in Kyoto, Japan teaching English instilling in her a sense of wanderlust that just won’t go away. She is a second year M.Div. student at Union Presbyterian Seminary. Ann is married to David and is mom to young adults Ellie, Claire, and Mary Wise who is a senior in High School. Ann loves reading several books at a time, singing in several choirs at a time, spending time with the family either at home on the back deck or on an adventurous road trip, and every morning finds her with a large mug of coffee to fuel whatever is next on her calendar.
Associate Pastor for Children – Darie Lee
Darie (rhymes with ‘Marie’) was born and raised in Hopkinsville, KY. She is currently the Director of the River Road Early Learning Center. She received a BA in Psychology and Sociology from Georgetown College in Georgetown, KY and a Master of Divinity in Christian Education from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. She has served as Children’s Minister in churches in Kentucky, South Carolina and Virginia. She was ordained by First Baptist Church of Mauldin, SC. She and her husband, Rusty, have 3 children – Abby, Zach and Jonathan. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, photography and crafting.