Crestway Baptist Church

Many young people who either "grew up" in our church or attended here while they were in college and/or seminary are now serving the Lord in full time ministry. We try to keep up with what God is doing in their life, family and ministry on this page.

Jonathan, Chad, Courtney and Elijah Mize at this years Valentine's Banquet at his church. Chad is pastor of Pisgah Baptist Church in Pisgah, Alabama. They have been there a little over a year and God is giving them a fruitful ministry there.Their church website is www.pisgahbaptist.com

Bobby Craig, Heather and Evangeline. Bobby is Minister of Music at East Pickens Baptist Church in Pickens, SC.
Bill and Sharon Goodwin met while they were at Crestway. God has given them two children, Thomas and Rebekah. Bill is pastor of Lincoln Baptist Church, in Lincoln, Alabama.
Rob and Renee Stansberry met and married while members here. After finishing Samford Renee passed her boards to be an RN. Rob graduated seminary and is planning to get his Ph.D from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. God has given them three children, Jacob 7, Benjamin 4 and Katie 18 months. Currently Rob is available to speak at revivals, Bible and youth conferences.
Cohen and Amie Ezelle are missionaries to Belize. They were members here. Cohen's mother and father are active members of our church family. We sponsor the Ezelle family through Global Outreach. Their primary ministry is in Boom Creek where Cohen teaches local pastors as well as working with the Christian school there. God has blessed them with four children (left to right) Levi, Iva, Samuel and Nathanael. Their web site is www.goezelle.com.

Howard Harden with wife, Joy and four children, Brenda, Rachel, Levi and Jesse


Howard was a member of Crestway while he attended Samford. After graduation he graduated from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Howard has been the pastor of First Baptist Church of Homestead, Florida since 2003. The church website is www.fbchomestead.org. Check it out to see what God is doing there.

 

Terry & Cheryl Walters

     Terry says you'll have to go way back and think real hard to remember the young man with glasses and hair that attended Crestway back in 1975, some called me "Yankee". He had met Pastor DeFore and Youth and Music Minister Darryl Pursely along with many of the youth on a mission trip to Haiti in 1974 and was so impressed with them that he moved here from Illinois for several months the next year. Terry worked as a volunteer right along side of Darryl learning what youth and music ministry was all about and did some of the work on the inside of the building project, which became the new sanctuary. While at Crestway, Terry felt called into the ministry and returned to Illinois, married Cheryl and entered the youth and music ministry in Arkansas. He later moved into the pastorate and got his B.A. from Williams Baptist College in Arkansas. They served several churches in Arkansas, Memphis and Indiana before returning to pastor in their home state. They planted the church in Pana, IL in 2001, where they continue to serve. Terry & Cheryl have two children and three grandchildren. You can check in on them at www.cccpana.com or on Facebook.
Stephen Stake was at Crestway while he was a student. He has worked as a missionary in Mexico. He then worked two and a half years with the Apache Indians. He has been in Baltimore for the past year working on his Doctorate in Public Health at Johns Hopkins. He is praying for God's guidance in where to serve after he finishes school. Below is a portion of his latest news letter.