The Pastor Search Committee is no longer actively seeking resumes' from individuals interested in being considered for the position of pastor for our church. A select number of strong potential candidates are being prayerfully evaluated and reviewed, with the belief that God will surface our next leader from that group.
We are grateful for the prayer support given our church during this search process, and we look with anxious anticipation to what He has in store for our future.
Juan Hernandez -Music Minister/Interim Pastoral Leader
Dr. Juan Hernandez began serving as our Minister of Music in March.Juan currently serves the Lord in the newly created College of Fine Arts and Production at Grand Canyon University. His 20 years of church music ministry experience includes Church of the Open Door (Leavenworth, KS), Canyon del Oro Baptist Church (Tucson, AZ), Monroe Congregational Church (Monroe, CT), and the First Baptist Church of West Los Angeles. Juan has earned a Bachelor of Arts in Church Music (The Master’s College), a Master of Music in Choral Conducting (Yale University), and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting, with a Minor in Piano Performance (University of Arizona).
David Jakes -Interim Minister of Administration
After his retirement as President of Arizona Baptist Children's Services, David served in a voluntary postition as Assistant to the Pastor from August 2007 to April 2011. When the church's Senior Pastor moved to Michigan, David was asked to return to the ministerial staff as a paid employee in his current position.
David is married to Nancy L. Jakes, who is President of Baptist Senior Life Ministries. The Jakes have four grown children (Andy, Josh, Laura, and Tony) and have three grandchildren (Austin, Colin, and Mauve). David and Nancy enjoy attending professional sporting events and traveling in their motor home.
Heriberto Osobampo -Pastor of Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana
Pastor Heriberto Osobampo was called to start a Hispanic congregation in our church and began the work in May of 2008. His 26 plus year of service as church planter and pastor includes two church plants in México, one in Los Mochis, Sinaloa and other in Xalapa, Veracruz. He alsowas pastor of Primera Iglesia Bautista Edén of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Iglesia Bautista El Divino Salvador of Nueva Rosita, Coahuila, and Iglesia Bautista San Pablo of Nava, Coahuila. He served as a studentmissionary in Iglesia Bautista Aposento Alto of Naucalpan, Estado de México. Heriberto earned a degree in Theologyfrom the Seminario Teológico Bautista Mexicano (Mexican Baptist Theological Seminary) of Lomas Verdes, Naucalpan, Estado de México.
Heriberto is married to Siomara Martinez. They have two daughters, Aida and Deborah, and one beautiful granddaughter, Mia Gabriela Jimenez.
Pam Hill -Children's/Preschool Ministries Coordinator
Pam is serving in her 21st year at FSBC Phoenix ministering to babies through 6th graders and their families. Beginning with the Preschool Ministries in August 1989, she added the Children's Ministries in early 2007. She has been married to David for 32 years and they have two boys. Tim (23) lives in California and Nathan (11) is in 5th grade. Pam enjoys family time, reading, camping, crafts and going on field trips with Nathan's class. David is a retired high school chemistry teacher with a second career as a pharmacy technician and very involved in Children's and Preschool Ministries.
Tim Franks -Minister to Students
AKA - DJ Timbits, began serving at FSBC in May 2010. He graduated in 2005 from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois with a B.A. in Communication. In 2009 he graduated from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky with an M.A. in youth ministry. He is married to the most beautiful and unbelievable godly woman in the world, Alicia Chappel. They were married on November 6, 2010. Tim enjoys any activities that include Alicia, plus anything to do with watching or playing sports, reading and talking about theology.
