Our Team
Kyle Kearbey
Founder & DirectorI reside in Albion, Illinois, with my lovely wife and two children. I am constantly humbled and thankful to my Risen Lord for calling me to preach the Word of God and serve in the high calling of pastoral ministry. I am privileged to serve as the Pastor for Preaching at Grace Fellowship Church.
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Andy Cain
Website & Media SpecialistAndy Cain is a Bible teacher for the Kingdom of Christ. He preached his first sermon on January 4, 2009, and resides with his family in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. He is the Founder & Director of God Centered Theology.
Board Of Directors
John Miller
Board MemberHe serves as Pastor of Redeemer Baptist Church in GA and the Vice-President of Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary. John received his Master of Divinity from Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 2007 and received his Master of Theology degree in Biblical Studies from Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in May of 2018.
Josh Case
Board MemberJosh Case, his wife Katie, and his family live in southeast Illinois, where he is a farmer and serves as a pastor at Grace Fellowship Church. He is an avid coffee lover (specifically, Squirrely Joe’s coffee).
Kirk Wellum
Board MemberKirk Wellum is principal and professor of systematic theology, biblical studies, and pastoral studies at Toronto Baptist Seminary.
Tim Haupt
Board MemberOriginally from Neosho, MO, I graduated from high school in 2001 and attended Southwest Baptist University. I graduated from SBU in 2005 with a degree in mathematics. I attended Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis, TN, graduating in 2008 with an MDiv. In 2022, I received a Ph.D. in Historical Theology from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, writing my dissertation on the ecclesiology of John Bunyan. I was the pastor of FBC Buffalo for five years before coming to First Baptist Nixa in January 2014.
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Ray Rhodes, Jr.
Board MemberRay Rhodes, Jr. serves as the founding pastor of Grace Community Church of Dawsonville, GA, and President of Nourished in the Word Ministries. He has served four congregations over three decades of pastoral ministry, and for fifteen years, he has led Nourished in the Word. Ray has published several books and holds theological degrees from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div.) and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (D.Min.). Ray has long been a Spurgeon enthusiast, and his doctoral thesis focused on the marriage and spirituality of Charles and Susannah Spurgeon.