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Staff

Having a church family to grow, a local community to serve and a world to share the Gospel with is no small task. To help with such a massive calling, Olive has a dedicated and hardworking staff to help further the Gospel and be servants to all. We have many departments put in place to cover the ministries and duties that go along with expanding the Kingdom of God and helping others.

We are here to show God's love and serve in the areas that God has called us. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us using the information below.

Employment Application (pdf)

• Pastor
• Administration Team
• Education Team
• Missions Team
• Music Team
• Pastoral Team

Pastor

Staff List
Name	Title	Phone	Email
Dr. Ted Traylor	Pastor	850.475.1102	pastor@olivebaptist.org
Dr. Jerry Passmore	Pastor Emeritus

Administration Team

Administration Staff List
Name	Position	Phone	Email
Dan Beard	Administrator	850.475.1117	dbeard@olivebaptist.org
Steven Auge	Information Technology Director	850.475.1139	sjauge@olivebaptist.org
Jeffrey Frame	Creative Designer	850.475.1129	jframe@olivebaptist.org
Bob Ritchie	Maintenance Director	850.475.3160	britchie@olivebaptist.org
Becky Sheffler	Housekeeping Dir. / Accounts Payable / Payroll	850.475.1152	bsheffler@olivebaptist.org
Kathy Carpenter	Financial Operations Director	850.475.1103	kathyc@olivebaptist.org
Charlotte Martin	Financial Asst. / Human Resources / Wedding Director	850.475.1151	cmartin@olivebaptist.org

Education Team

Education Staff List
Name	Position	Phone	Email
Robert Gilliland	Minister of Education	850.475.1128	rgilliland@olivebaptist.org
Preschool Ministry
Shea Riles	Director of Preschool	850.473.4461	sriles@olivebaptist.org
Children's Ministry
Dennis Dean	Minister of Children	850.475.1108	ddean@olivebaptist.org
Middle School Ministry
Chris Reeser	Director of Middle School	850.475.1143	creeser@olivebaptist.org
High School Ministry
Jeremy Lloyd	Minister of Youth	850.475.1143	jeremyl@olivebaptist.org
College / Young Adult Ministry
Eric Miracle	Minister to College and Young Single Adults	850.475.1157	emiracle@olivebaptist.org
Single Adult Ministry
Robert Lloyd	Director of Single Adults	850.475.1157
Adults 65+ Ministry
Kim Waters	Director of 65+ Activities	850.475.1123	kwaters@olivebaptist.org
Media Library Center
Joan Hoyt	Library Director	850.475.1132	jhoyt@olivebaptist.org

Missions Team

Missions Staff List
Name	Position	Phone	Email
Charlotte Gafford	Executive Assistant	850.475.1147	cgafford@olivebaptist.org
Ben Chen	Coordinator of Chinese Mission	850.474.6344
Vinitsiy Yepishin	Pastor of Russian Mission	850.476.8160
Tommy Carpenter	Jail Ministry	850.475.1158	tcarpenter@olivebaptist.org
Recreation Outreach
Lonny Hughes	Director of Recreation	850.474.3602	lhughes@olivebaptist.org
Church & Community Ministries
Dennis Wilson	Director of Church & Community Ministry	850.475.1104	dwilson@olivebaptist.org

Music Team

Music Staff List
Name	Position	Phone	Email
Dr. Leo Day	Minister of Music	850.475.1148	lday@olivebaptist.org
Tom Savage	Director of Instrumental Music	850.475.1142	tsavage@olivebaptist.org
Becky Dean	Youth Choir Director	850.475.1148
Rachel Floyd	Music Assistant / Children's Choir Director	850.475.1114	rfloyd@olivebaptist.org
John Barbaric	Drama Director	850.475.1144	jbarbaric@olivebaptist.org
Allen Farr	Audio Director	850.475.1145	afarr@olivebaptist.org

Pastoral Team

Pastoral Staff List
Name	Position	Phone	Email
Jon DuBois	Minister of Pastoral Ministries	850.475.1149	jdubois@olivebaptist.org
Eugene Steele	Minister of Pastoral Visitation	850.475.1119	esteele@olivebaptist.org
Huey Pearson	Director of Lay Ministries	850.475.1109	hpearson@olivebaptist.org