Wade has served as Pastor at First Baptist since August 2008. Wade attended Liberty University (BA), Southern Seminary (MDiv), and currently is attending Northern Seminary (DMin). Wade is married to Christy (1994) and they have three children, Anna (1997), Dawson (1998), and Levi (2004). Wade enjoys computers, great coffee, reading...

I’ve been serving as Worship Arts Pastor at First Baptist since July 2009. My wife, Heather, and I moved from Alabama to Muncie that summer and love living here. Heather is a grad student in piano at Ball State and I’m a student at Northern Seminary in Lombard, Illinois. I...

Robert has served as Minister of Pastoral Care at First Baptist since 2008. He and his wife Lydia have been members of First Baptist since 1999. Robert Burton, retired after forty one years in ministry, thirty two of which was as a hospital chaplain, is Minister for Pastoral Care for...

Will came on staff in September 2011 as the technological, video, web and administrative assistant. Will grew up in Brentwood, TN a suburb of Nashville. He graduated in May 2011 with a bachelor of arts degree in Psychology from The University of Alabama. Presently he is pursuing a Master’s of...

Jan is the Wednesday Night Food Coordinator. She was born in Muncie on Feb. 14, 1962. Her parents are Bob and Nina Oisten. She was raised at FBC, but began attending Full Gospel Temple when she met her husband, Mark. Jan went to Yorktown High School, attended BSU for two...

Ella Mae has served First Baptist as financial clerk for several years. Ella Mae’s job is to pay the bills. Over the years she has worked in the Nursery, Junior Department, Youth, served on Stewardship and served as Wedding Hostess. She has also worked in a local physician’s office almost...

In the Spring of 1970, Fred Shulze received a letter in Seattle, Washington inviting him to become a Professor of Music at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. He held this position from 1970 until 2002 when he retired after 32 years. In 1971, he was asked to become organist at...