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Meet Our Pastor

Russell Blanchard

Our pastor, Russell Blanchard, grew up in North Eastern NC and understands the area. He has a passion to see people familiar with church find a revitalized passion to serve Jesus and know God’s purpose for their lives. At the same time he wants to see people unfamiliar with church find a place where they can be introduced to God in a safe, non-threatening environment.
Pastor Russell received training from Boyce Bible School of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His undergraduate studies are in Organizational Management. Currently, he is bi-vocational working at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, VA.

Pastor Russell is married to Alice, his wife of 31 years and they have three children, Andrew, Justin and Jenny.

It was He who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ.
— Ephesians 4:11