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First Baptist Church 200 Zebulon Street Barnesville, GA 30204
Telephone 770-358-2353
Garth Forster has been senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Barnesville since June of 1992. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, where he came to know Christ at age 15. He is a graduate of Auburn University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where he earned a Master of Divinity degree.
Prior to coming to Barnesville, he pastored Calvary Baptist Church in Gadsden, Alabama, and Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Boyd, Texas. He is married to the former Suzanne Pittman of Gadsden. They have two children: a son, Brent, and a daughter, Savannah. Garth's hobbies include woodworking and hunting.
Pastor Garth desires to see First Baptist in Barnesville become a church that pleases the heart of God by reaching out in love to those who don't know Christ and by building up in faith those who do know Him. fbcpastor@fbcbarnesville.com
Garth Forster Senior Pastor
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Russ was born and grew up near Baltimore, Maryland. He met his wife, Pat, while working as an interim pastor for a mission church in central Maryland. He and Pat have two grown daughters.
He attended Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, graduating with Master of Divinity and Master of Religious Education degrees. From there he pastored a mission church, was a youth minister in a church in Baltimore, and then spent seventeen years as Associate Pastor of Education and Youth at a church in Pasadena, Maryland. Russ joined the FBC staff as Associate Pastor of Education and Administration in August of 2001. fbced@fbcbarnesville.com
Russ Jenkins Minister of Education and Administration
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Emily is a graduate of Brewton Parker College in Mt. Vernon, Georgia, with a major in Music Education. She also has a Master of Divinity degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Born and raised in Barnesville, she has been a member of First Baptist Church here for 25 years.
Emily works with the preschool and young children at First Baptist, and her main objective is to help serve the parents and children of our community. In her own words, "Our desire is to bring children to Jesus and create and maintain a safe and welcoming atmosphere in which to teach our children God's love and care for them. Emily is married to Patrick Meadows and they have two sons, Noah and Elijah. ermeadows@att.net
