Staff

Stephen G. Hatfield, Ph.D.

Pastor

Stephen graduated from Ouachita Baptist University in 1976. He received his Ph.D. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Stephen has pastored churches in Venus and Grandview, Texas, and in 1989 he moved to North Little Rock, Arkansas, to pastor the Baring Cross Baptist Church. In April 1993, the Hatfields returned to Texas, and he is currently serving as Senior Pastor here at First Baptist Church, Lewisville.

Ministry Assistant · Shirlee Stewart sstewart@fbclewisville.org

Brian Dodridge

bdodridge@fbclewisville.org

Executive Pastor

Brian joined the FBC staff in June of 1999. Brian is from Phoenix, Arizona where he attended Grand Canyon University and received his Bachelor’s in Christian Education. He received his Master of Arts in Christian Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Brian is married to his high school sweetheart, Deanna and they have two daughters, Dakota and Jernigan. Brian has previously served the North Phoenix Baptist Church in Phoenix, AZ.

Ministry Assistant · Becky Johnson bjohnson@fbclewisville.org

Truett King

twking@fbclewisville.org

Associate Pastor/Pastoral Care/Sr. Adults & Missions

Truett joined the staff of First Baptist Church of Lewisville in January 1998. He earned his undergraduate degree BA in Speech and Drama with minor in Religion. Truett received his Master of Religious Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in May of 1979. Truett has served churches in Topeka, Kansas; Rogers, Arkansas and Hot Springs, Arkansas as Associate Pastor/ Minister of Education. He has served as a foreign missionary to South Korea as Religious Education Consultant to the Korean Baptist Convention appointed by the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. For 11 years he was a consultant to churches in 15 states with LifeWay Christian Resources’ Church Growth Group. He has lead conferences in churches, state conventions and national level on a variety of topics in the area of Christian Education and church growth. Before full time ministry Truett taught Sunday School, Discipleship and Mission Education as a layman while working in medical research.

Ministry Assistant · Margaret Luse mluse@fbclewisville.org

Kelvin L. Reed

kreed@fbclewisville.org

Associate Pastor/Music & Worship

Kelvin joined the FBC staff in February 2009. He is from Clearwater, Florida where he grew up developing a love for music in the church. He attended college in the hills of East Tennessee at Carson-Newman College where he received his Bachelor’s in Music Education. He received his Master of Arts in Christian Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Kelvin is married to Holly and they have three children - Hallye, Macy and Garrett.

Ministry Assistant · Arianne Voss avoss@fbclewisville.org

Mikel Porter

mporter@fbclewisville.org

Student Minister

Mikel joined the staff in December, 2004. Previously, she lived in Waco for six and a half years where she completed her undergraduate degree BA in English Literature at Baylor University. She recently earned her Masters of Divinity at Truett Theological Seminary. She married Chris Porter in October 2008 and they had their first child in December, Lawson Noel. Mikel grew up here at First Baptist Lewisville and is thankful to have the opportunity to serve and love on students at her church home. She has previously served as Associate Student Minister at First Baptist Church, Woodway, Texas.

Ministry Assistant · Nanette Foster nfoster@fbclewisville.org

Wayne Cotton

wcotton@fbclewisville.org

Children's Minister

Wayne joined the staff of FBC in May, 2007. He earned his undergraduate degree in Religious Education from Howard Payne University in 1991 and received his Master of Christian Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in May of 2000. Wayne has served on staff at several churches in Texas, as a Children’s Minister, Student Minister and Education Minister. Wayne and his wife Jana moved to the Lewisville area from DeSoto. They were married in 1992 and have a daughter named Zoe, who was adopted from China. Wayne has a passion for ministry with children and their families. He desires to help them discover and develop a life that is focused on worshipping Christ in words and deeds.

Ministry Assistant · Helen Boyles hboyles@fbclewisville.org

Sherry Shaw

sshaw@fbclewisville.org

Preschool Minister

Although born and raised in North Carolina (a Tar Heel) her parents lived in Fort Worth, Texas for 20 years, longer than they ever lived in any one town while she was growing up. Sherry earned her Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina in 1990. After college she worked in management with Family Christian Stores serving stores in North Carolina and Texas. She enrolled in the Master of Arts in Christian Education program at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1993 and graduated in May of 1997 with her MACE with a concentration in Childhood Education. She has served in preschool and/or children’s ministries in the following churches: First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas; Kingwood First Baptist Church, Kingwood, Texas; First Baptist Church of Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia. She has led Preschool and Children’s conferences for LifeWay, BGCT, Union Baptist Association in Houston, Texas and BGMB of Virginia. She has also published articles in the Sunday School Leader and the In Ministry with Children magazines. Her latest passion fulfilled was being able to collaborate and write new Christian’s curriculum for children published by LifeWay entitled I’m a Christian Now. She loves preschool ministry because of all the varied ways she gets to touch lives for Jesus and plant seeds of faith in the lives of so many little ones.

Ministry Assistant · Helen Boyles hboyles@fbclewisville.org

Susan McClelland

smcclelland@fbclewisville.org

Associate Preschool Minister

Susan moved to Lewisville in 1992 and has been serving in Preschool Ministry since then in one capacity or another. As Associate Preschool Minister she oversees the Child Development Center, provides and supervises childcare for church events, and assists the Preschool Minister in planning and implementing programs for our little ones. Susan is a native Oklahoman and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma with a degree in Family Relations/Child Development. She has been married for over 30 years to her soul mate, Ken. Together they have two sons, one daughter-in-law and one adorable grandson, Avery Charles McClelland!

Shirlee Stewart

sstewart@fbclewisville.org

Pastor's Administrative Assistant/Church Administrator

Shirlee joined First Baptist in 1967. Before joining the staff at First Baptist she worked as an executive secretary and a financial bookkeeper. She has served First Baptist Church as a volunteer in the church media/library; directed a preschool department, and taught a children's department as well as served on several committees. She joined church staff in 1986 and has served in several areas of ministry. She has also served as the financial bookkeeper and office manager before becoming the church administrator in 2000. Shirlee and her husband David enjoy traveling and family.

Administrative Support:

Becky Johnson bjohnson@fbclewisville.org

Administrative Assistant/Office Manager

Lynda McBurnett lmcburnett@fbclewisville.org

Financial Services Coordinator

Rob Corzatt rcorzatt@fbclewisville.org

Facilities Manager

Sandy Hankins shankins@fbclewisville.org

Food Services Coordinator

Tim Zednick tzednick@fbclewisville.org

Technology Director

Child Development Center cdc@fbclewisville.org