Helping Hands
Our Team
We may be biased on this one but we have a great team here at Hillcrest.
JIM LOCKE
Senior Pastor
Jim Locke is the Senior Pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church of Pensacola, Florida, where he has served since 2005. Prior to following God’s call to Florida, he served for ten years as the senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Forsyth, Missouri, near Branson.
A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Pastor Locke is an honors graduate of Vanderbilt University, and completed his graduate studies in Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He has been married for nearly 40 years to his wife Judy, and has two adult children and two grandsons.
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Staff Leadership
Jim Locke
Senior Pastor
HEATHER BALL
Preschool Director | Nine Mile
BRIAN BARLOW
Missions & Evangelism Pastor
CALVIN CAPPS
Facilities Manager
Jim Carmack
Community Development Director
GAVIN CRANE
Production Director
BRIAN DAVIS
Associate Worship Pastor | IT
DAN DAVIS
Campus Pastor | Spanish Trail
Doug Kimsal
Executive Pastor
Savanna Kreuser
Creative Communications Project Manager
Pat Mobley
55+ Pastor | Pastoral Care
Ken Parnell
Recreation Director
Dustin Scott
NextGen Pastor
Dale Simmons
Pastor of Disaster Response
Dalton Smith
Connect Pastor | Spanish Trail
Karen Stark
Finance Director
Matt Tripp
Worship Pastor | Spanish Trail
JEREMY WEIDLICH
Student Pastor
Heath Wilson
Connect & Biblical Soul Care Pastor
Megan Woodham
Kids Ministry Director
Brad Woods
Worship Pastor
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Support team
DEREK BROWN
Student Ministry Associate | Spanish Trail
Caleb Browning
Production Assistant
RENEE COLON
Worship Ministry Assistant
Kayla Crane
Kids Ministry Worship/Production Coordinator
LAURIE CUMMINGS
Preschool Ministry Assistant Director
Logan Fischer
Worship Intern
Debbie Godwin
Receptionist & 55+ Ministry Assistant
Zulma Hestres
Connect and Biblical Soul Care Ministry Assistant
Kris Hyche
Student Ministry Assistant
Melanie Johnson
Kids Ministry Assistant
Michalyn Kimbrough
Kids Ministry Resource Coordinator
Rita Malone
Senior Pastor's Ministry Assistant
Laura Meyer
Childcare Coordinator
Amy Pappal
Director of Preschool and Children | Spanish Trail
Tucker Philley
Recreation/College Intern
HEATHER SALON
MDO Assistant Director
Amy Sebasty
Facilities Steward | Spanish Trail
Sarah Sebasty
Accounting Assistant
Rosemary Staples
Preschool Ministry Assistant
Katie Thrower
Kids Ministry Associate Director
