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Our Leadership

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Pastor

Joe (Cathy) Haynes has been the Pastor at First Baptist Church since 1999. He received his bachelor’s degree from Pillsbury Baptist Bible College in Owatonna, Minnesota. He received his Master of Biblical Counseling degree from Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He served as the assistant to the pastor at Coon Rapids Baptist Church, in Coon Rapids, Minnesota for sixteen years. 

Pastor Haynes and his wife, Cathy, have been active in teaching, counseling, showing hospitality, and many other responsibilities within the local church, and enjoy being involved in the community of Spring Valley. They have also both received extensive training in Biblical Counseling through Faith Biblical Counseling in Lafayette, Indiana. Joe and Cathy are the parents of three adult children who are actively serving in various positions in their local churches and involved in Christian education. The Haynes’ have three grandchildren. Pastor Haynes’ preaching is applicable in building spiritually sound people and strong families. His desire is to see people loving God’s Word and serving our great God!

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Deacons

Lyman (Julaine) Richter came to First Baptist Church in 1979. Since that time they have been actively serving in the church in various programs. Lyman is a retired school teacher. They have 3 grown sons and 9 grandchildren. We value their input from their years of experience with people in our church and community.

Tim (Mackenzie) Skaran serve in many areas of our church. Tim grew up in First Baptist Church and married Mackenzie in 2020. They are excited to be the parents of a son, Daniel, born in March of 2023. They enjoy serving the Lord together. Their youthful attitude and thoughts are an asset to the ministries of First Baptist Church. Tim is currently furthering his theological studies at Central Baptist Theological Seminary.

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Beliefs

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Salvation

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Missionary Family

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