Meet the Staff
John Durham, Pastor
John and his wife Jennifer have two elementary school-age children, Hannah and Caleb. He enjoys anything outdoors especially camping and kayaking. In his free time he coaches his son's soccer team, loves to read biographies and books on history, and enjoys a good movie night with his family. John's favorite food is seafood and he strongly believes that God's favorite restaurant has to be Pappadeauxs.
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Wayne Watkins, Administration & Senior Adults
Wayne and his wife Jo Ann have been married for 42 years. They have one daughter, Jennifer, and four wonderful grandchildren, Macayla, Ian, Cody, and Megan. Going to the movies, bike riding, playing games, taking vacations together, and spending time at Church are some of the fun things he enjoys doing with his family. His hobbies include snow skiing, traveling, and collecting Coke cans from all over the world. Wayne has been in the ministry 34 years and is jokingly referred to as the "old guy" on staff by Pastor John.
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Michelle Stanphill, Assimilation, Connection Corps & Women’s Minister
Michelle and her husband Brent have three beautiful daughters Ashley, Logan, Maison and the cutest little granddaughter Camdyn. Michelle enjoys planning gatherings with friends and family. She loves to meet new people, read, and take family trips to the beach or mountains. Mexican food is her favorite and Michelle knows that Heaven will have great tortillas with homemade butter.
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Allison James, Missions Coordinator; Assimilation, Connection Corps & Women’s Minister’s Associate
Allison joined our church staff in October 2009. After growing up at First Irving, God took her on a journey to the other side of the world where she served as a journeyman in South Asia for two years. Allison loves spending time with her family & friends, reading a good novel, baking, international people, traveling, and music. She loves sushi, Indian food, and her dad’s burgers. She thinks it’s super fabulous that she works with her dad.
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Chuck Pope, Media & Communications Director
Chuck joined the FBC staff in February 2008. When he ventures away from behind the computer and gets outdoors, he enjoys traveling the globe, camping, backpacking, and spending as many Saturdays at the lake during the summer as possible. In his spare time he enjoys drawing, reading, hanging out with friends, and watching good movies. While Chuck enjoys food in general, he loves Mexican food and believes that Chick-Fil-a is the perfect fast food restaurant.
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Jason Hatch, College Pastor & Men's Minsitries
Jason and his beautiful wife Hannah married in 2007, and were blessed in 2010 by their first kid, Judah Duke! Jason loves Jesus, Hannah, Judah, preaching, running, reading, and hunting. If given one free day, he would go fishing with Brad Paisley. He has also been known to eat entire watermelons in one sitting.
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Peter Murrell, High School Pastor
Peter and Melissa were married in 2001 and have two boys Joshua (3) and Gabriel (2). Peter loves people and is usually having fun when he is around others. In his free time he likes watching movies, playing sports, hunting birds, and other outdoor activities, but his favorite past time is making Melissa and the boys laugh. Peter's favorite food is anything that involves BBQ.
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Jay Miller, Middle School Pastor
Jay and his wife Nicole have no kids, but an incredibly cute dog named Toby. Jay enjoys anything sports or outdoors related. In his free time he loves hanging out with his wife, playing sports, listening to music, and (of course) church-league softball. When it comes to food, Jay firmly believes that you can't beat a day that begins with Joe's and includes Big State!
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Jennifer Mosty, Children's Minister
Jennifer and her husband Aaron are proud parents of their baby boy, Micah. Jennifer loves bike rides, long walks with Anakin (her dog) and CANDY - especially jawbreakers! In her free time she enjoys reading, sudoku, movies, and board games. Jennifer's favorite food is Latin, and when dining her favorite place to eat is La Duni Latin Cafe.
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Donna Mosty, Preschool Minister
Donna and her husband Lee have been married for 35 years and have 4 married children. They are blessed with 6 grandchildren and have one more on the way. In her free time Donna enjoys taking photos, scrapbooking, machine embroidering and crafts. She also enjoys movies, traveling and spending as much time with her family as possible. She was raised here at First Baptist Church of Irving and has taught or worked with children here for 38 years.
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Will James, Traditional Worship & Choir
Will and his wife Janet joined the church in 1981 and have 3 children: Allison, Amber & Austin (and son-in law, Kyle). A longtime veteran of teaching, Will spent 27 years as a band director in the Irving ISD, and loves anything musical. He enjoys mission work and traveling to Colorado. Favorite movies include "It's a Wonderful Life", "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Pirates of Penzance." Homemade chocolate chip cookies with milk are his favorite food group.
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Jared Billups, Contemporary Worship
Jared and his wife Krystal live in Irving and have two little girls, Karoline and Klaire, who both have Jared wrapped around their very small fingers. Jared loves doing anything outdoors including Kayaking and most sports, and enjoys playing and listening to music in his spare time. Jared enjoys an occasional rib-eye and sweet potato followed by a huge portion of bread pudding, all downed with a large glass of sweet tea.
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Blake Best, Production & Technology Director
Blake and his wife Virgina live in North Irving. Blake loves technology and tinking with computer compents, but when Blake isnt mixing behind the soundboard or solving a computer problem, he and his wife love going to see movies together, especially in the action genre. They also enjoy playing board games and video games together. Blake is still appealing to the USDA to have Asian food incorporated into the food pryamid.
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Shanon Kuykendall, Kids Day Out Director
Shanon and her husband, John, have been married 17 years. They have one son, Damon and his giant sidekick, Pal (their dog). Shanon finds great joy in spending time with her family, loves to read, enjoys dabbling in photography, horseback riding, and racquetball. Heartfelt Scriptures include Micah 6:8 and Colossians 3:23. Italian food is her favorite and Carrabba's is the place to eat it!
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Alfred MartinezFacilities Director |
Amanda BellaChildren's Associate |
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