Staff of First Baptist Church of Waterloo
Rev. Jonathan Singer, Pastor
Contact Pastor Jon at jnssinger@gmail.com.
Susan Price, Office Manager
Susan Price has been the Office Manager since 2010. She previously directed the children’s choir and was the Christian Education Director for 12 years. Prior to 2010, she was the Director of Music for 10 years at First Baptist. She is active in the community with the recent arrival of Chin and Karen refugees from Burma and traveled to Thailand and Malaysia to discover the journey the refugees have taken from their home country to our community.
waterloofbc@yahoo.com
Rev. Carol Teare, Minister of Music
Rev. Teare has the distinction of being the only pastor in the church’s history to have been born, baptized and ordained by First Baptist Church. She was the first woman to be installed as Senior Minister and has filled pastoral and music ministry roles from 1976-1998 and 2010-present. Rev. Teare served as pastor to a Burmese refugee congregation from the state of Chin from 2011-2013.
Dr. Randall Harlow, Choir Accompanist/Organist
randallharlow@hotmail.com
Dr. Melody Steed, Children’s Choir Director
Candace Newman, Children’s Ministries Director
Bishop Barnes, Custodian
2024-2025 Officers
Church Moderator
Bob Jenkins
Church Vice Moderator
Toby Teare
Finance Committee
Gene Van Gorder, Bryce Anderson, Toby Teare
Church Clerk
Terri Anderson
Ministry Teams
Diaconate Team
Kristin Stanford, Chair – The Diaconate Team, made up of seven individuals, oversees all aspects of what happens in the sanctuary, from filling the pulpit and filling communion glasses to filling the services with worship leaders, greeters, ushers, and a variety of music designed to find a means of expression for each person. The team is also responsible for evangelical functions with membership and benevolent response to local emergencies. They are also involved in providing a variety of ways for people to find social connections, friends and a place to belong.
Trustees Team
Dave Schlette, Chair – The Trustees take care of purchases and labor involving the maintenance, renovation, and repair of the church building. They also oversee the various community organizations who meet and rent space in our facility.
Christian Education Ministry Team
Anne Lange & Carol Teare, Co-Chairs – The Christian Education Team have oversight of the learning and transformational growth of our members and visitors from infancy to the golden years. Its reach includes Sunday morning classes and other opportunities during the week for youth, adult men and women, as well as other small groups, and the resources in our library.
Christian Outreach Team
Shirley Baldwin, Chair – The Missions Team oversees our support of international missionaries assigned to us by the American Baptist International Ministries and the missionaries we support in the United States assigned by The American Baptist Churches USA and Mid-American Baptist Churches, which includes our regional area of Iowa and Minnesota. This team also oversees missions trips in which our members are involved and all local outreach events and activities that support our commitment to be a missional church inside and outside the walls of our church building, in our community and beyond.
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