Jim has a BA from Greenville College and MDiv and DMin from Southwestern

Seminary.  He has been in the ministry for 35 years; 30 of those years have been here at South Avenue.  As a caring and compassionate minister, Jim has walked with many of us through good times and challenging times. His heart is always for God's people.  As Associate Pastor, Jim leads our Sunday School, has administrative responsibilities as well as many Pastoral Ministry opportunities.

Jim and his wife, Linda, have been married 37 years and have two children.  Their son, Tim, is currently Pastor of Halteman Village Baptist Church in Muncie, Indiana.  Their daughter, Kimberly, works for an architectural firm in Houston.  Her husband, Chris, is an Registered Nurse at UTMB in Galveston.

David has been in youth ministry for 6 years and is just completing his second year of service at South Avenue. He is a very enthusiastic and has a passion for working with the youth.

David is a graduate of Sam Houston State University where he majored in music education. He plays guitar for Sunday morning worship and plays acoustic guitar and leads the youth praise band, "Rejeckted". David is also Band Director at Deer Park Junior High.

David and his wife Heather have been married four years and have a two year old son, Aaron.

David has been leading worship at South Avenue for over 10 years. He started serving churches while in college more than 40 years ago. After a more than 30 year career at IBM, in 2000 David ‘retired’ to his current positions of bookkeeper for his wife’s counseling center, web site designer, and grandfather, in addition to his position at the church. He also sings with The Singing Men of Southeast Texas.

David and his wife Jacque have been married for more than 40 years. They have two sons, Jon, who is an opera singer and college professor, and Chris, who is Minister of Youth at another local church.