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Pastor
Glenn Graham Jr.
E-mail Address: ggraham@eastmemorial.org
Glenn
is a native of Alabama and has served as the pastor of East Memorial
since May of 1994. He has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in
Finance from the University of South Alabama and the Master of Divinity
Degree from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Glenn has
pastored churches in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and
Kentucky. Glenn has served on local, state and national
levels in the Southern Baptist Convention.
Minister of
Administration
Bryan Easley
E-mail Address: beasley@eastmemorial.org
Bryan, a native of
Alabama, has resided in Prattville since graduating from Auburn
University in 1984. After serving in many capacities as a layman, Bryan
surrendered to the ministry full-time and was ordained at East Memorial
in May 1999. He served as Minister of Education for three years and now
serves as the Minister of Administration. Bryan has served Southern
Baptist on the associational and national levels and currently serves
on the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Minister of Education
Mark Otstot
E-mail Address: motstot@eastmemorial.org
Mark accepted
Christ as his personal savior in July of 1988. He has been a
member of EMBC for over 10 years and surrendered to the call to
ministry in the fall of 2004. He has a B.S. in Microbiology
from The Ohio State University, and has attended Southeastern
Theological Seminary at their satellite branch in Tampa, Fl. Mark
believes that the foundation of a healthy and growing church rests in
the ability to clearly and accurately teach the foundational truths of
God’s Word for it is ‘theopneustos’ – God-breathed and is “…profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped
for every good work.
Minister of Music
Michael Evans
E-mail Address: mevans@eastmemorial.org
Michael Evans was
born in Montgomery, Alabama into a Southern Baptist Pastor’s
family. Being raised in a godly home, Michael accepted Christ
at age fifteen. His family traveled in full-time evangelism
for six years, singing and preaching in revivals, concerts, and
crusades among hundreds of churches. Through that ministry
Michael understood God’s call into full-time music ministry.
He studied church music at Samford University and completed his
Bachelor’s of Arts degree in vocal performance at University of Alabama
at Birmingham. He understands that, “Worship is more than a
song-service; it’s what happens when we surrender our thoughts and
hearts to praise God for who He is.”
Minister of Evangelism
Tim Williams
E-mail Address: twilliams@eastmemorial.org
Tim has been
serving the Lord in evangelism for over 23yrs. He has a masters in
Religious Education from Luther Rice Seminary. He has led in overseas
crusades in India, Phillipines, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Japan, Korea and
Ukraine. Tim heart is reaching the lost with the Gospel of Jesus Christ
through evangelism and mission opportunities.
Minister to Children
Jason Kennedy
E-mail Address: jkennedy@eastmemorial.org
Jason accepted
Jesus Christ as his personal savior at the age of 13. He
surrendered to the call to ministry in 2002. Jason became a part of the
East Memorial staff in 2004. Jason is currently pursuing a Masters of
Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; also Jason is
working toward his certification in National Association of Nouthetic
Counselors in Biblical Counseling. I’m excited to be serving Jesus
Christ in the Children's Ministry. In our ministry, we so desire to
give God glory. We understand that God loves lost people, and so do we.
Our mission is to reach them with the good news of Jesus Christ; to
disciple them to become devoted followers of Christ.
Minister to College
& Young Singles
Gene DeVaughn
E-mail Address: gdevaughn@eastmemorial.org
Gene has served as
a student minister for ten years, and he and his wife Lesley joined the
East Memorial family in March 2005. They are proud parents of their two
daughters, Reagan and Gracen. Gene’s desire is for students and their
families to have a genuine walk with Christ, and to be effective and
productive in their walk with Him.
Minister to Youth
Jeremy Moore
E-mail Address: jmoore@eastmemorial.org
Jeremy accepted
Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior at the age of nine, and surrendered
his life to full time Christian service in 2004. He received
his undergraduate degree from Bryan College in 2008, and is currently
working on his masters of divinity degree from Luther Rice
Seminary. Jeremy and his wife Abigail grew up in Prattville,
and are excited about serving at East Memorial. Matthew
22:37-40
Minister of Singles
and Counseling
Joseph Davis
E-mail Address: jdavis@eastmemorial.org
Joe served at EMBC
in full time ministry from 1998-2004 and recently returned to EMBC to
serve as the Minister of Singles and Counseling Ministry. He and his
wife, Gail, have two grown children and six grandchildren. Joe earned a
Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Wayland
Baptist University, Master of Divinity Degree from the New Orleans
Baptist Theological Seminary and his Doctorate of Biblical Studies in
Biblical Counseling from Master's International School of Divinity. Joe
is a certified counselor with the National Association of Nouthetic
Counselors (NANC), the International Association of Biblical Counselors
(IABC) and is a member of the Association of Biblical Counselors (ABC).
Joe served his country in the United States Marine Corps for 24 and a
half years and is originally from Anadarko, OK. He and his wife Gail (a
Precept leader) reside in Prattville.
Minister of Senior
Adults & Pastoral Care
Dave McLemore
E-mail Address: dmclemore@eastmemorial.org
David and his wife
Sandy are natives of Kentucky. For 33 years they traveled
extensively with the U.S. Air Force. During that time they were
stationed twice at Maxwell AFB and, while here the second time, David
felt a call to the ministry of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Not knowing
what the Lord had in store, he stepped out in faith and retired from
the Air Force. It was not long before the opportunity to be the
Minister of Administration at the Academy came open. After serving in
that position for 3 academic years he moved to become EMBC's Minister
for Senior Adults and Minister for Pastoral Care. He has been serving
in those positions since June, 2007. He and Sandy have one daughter,
Davina, and two grandchildren, Kathryn and Emma. Davina's husband,
Carl, is in the Air Force and they are currently stationed at Ramstein
AFB, Germany. David has a Master's Degree in Guidance and Counseling
from Ball State University.
EMCA ADMINISTRATOR
Jerry Watkins
E-mail: jwatkins@eastmemorial.org
Jerry and his wife
and high school sweetheart, Dawn have 3 children, Taylor, Aaron and
Carli Rae. Jerry and family moved their membership to EMBC in 2001 and
have since served in various ministries of the church. Jerry was
ordained as a deacon at EMBC, served in various lay positions prior to
entering full time vocational service at EMBC in 2007 as the
administrator of the church academy, EMCA. Jerry and Dawn graduated
from the University of Alabama in 1992. Jerry graduated and completed
graduate school at the University with degrees in Aerospace
engineering, 1992, 1994. Prior to joining the EMBC ministerial team,
Jerry worked as a professional engineering consultant for a structural
engineering firm and as an engineering supervisor and district and
region projects engineer for UPS. "A passion and a love for people
moved me out of the mainstream professional world into full time
ministry. A wise man once advised me to find my passion and pursue it
and assured me that I would be successful maybe not in the world's
eyes, but in God's eyes and in my own heart. I am passionate about
people and my love for the Savior. I am truly blessed to be on staff at
my church and I thank my pastor and my Lord for the opportunity to
serve here at EMBC."
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