Pastoral Staff   

Senior Pastor - Richard Tintle

Pastor Richard Tintle began his ministry at the  First Baptist Church on the first of January 1990.  He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biblical Literature from Northeastern Bible College in Essex Falls, NJ in 1978.  He took graduate courses in Jerusalem, Israel at the American Institute of Holy Land Studies in 1979.  He has had pastorates in Owego, NY and Laceyville, PA.  He and Melody, his wife, enjoy being in the country and ministering to the broad spectrum of people in the community.  During the time of the Tintles' tenure, the church has gone through many physical expansions.  The Lord has very graciously blessed with both the physical facilities and a wonderfully dynamic congregation.

Assistant Pastor - Ronald Hall

       Pastor Hall and his wife Judi came to First Baptist Church in June of 2003.  Judi is involved in the children’s and music ministries as well as home-schooling our five children: Elizabeth, Nathan, Rebecca, Daniel, and Joshua.  Pastor Hall earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and a Master of Divinity from Baptist Bible Seminary.  He spent ten years in the oil refining industry before being called into full-time pastoral ministry.  Pastor Hall’s responsibilities are focused on Christian Education and include Sunday School Superintendent, children’s ministries, and other educational and discipleship ministries of our church.