Pastor Jim Barr, Senior Pastor
(A.A., B.A., M.Div., D.Min.)

Pastor Jim Barr was saved as a young adult, a first generation believer in his family. In 1990, after graduating from Calvary Baptist Seminary, he and his family, along with six other families, helped form Heritage Baptist Church, and have watched God’s blessing and provision through these decades. He has four married children, all busy serving in their present locales. Pastor Barr also serves as the Dean of the Heritage Bible Institute.

Pastor Luke Rex, Youth Pastor
(B.A., M. Div.)

Pastor Luke Rex came to saving faith in Jesus Christ in April of 2000. Though he grew up in a mainline church he never heard the Gospel preached until then. After his decision to trust Christ, God began to call him into full time ministry in 2001. In response to this calling he enrolled at Northland Baptist Bible College (B.A) and then Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary (M. Div). Pastor Luke joined the HBC ministry in 2006 and has been faithfully ministering with his wife Kelly and their four young children.

Minister of Music, Stephen DeWalt
(B.S., M.A., M. Div. in Progress)

Pastor Stephen DeWalt was raised in a Christian, missionary family and placed his faith in Christ at a young age. After graduating from Clearwater Christian College in 2009, the Lord directed him to begin studying at Calvary Baptist Seminary (graduated, M.A. in Theological Studies, 2011). Pastor DeWalt joined the ministry of HBC in January of 2010 as the Minister of Music. He married his wife Sara, a Christian School Teacher, in the summer of 2010.



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