Meet OUR elders
Brandon Crawford
elder / Lead Pastor
Pastor Brandon has served in pastoral ministry since 2010 and became the Lead Pastor of First Baptist Church in 2025. He holds a Master of Divinity from Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary and a...
Chad Konieczny
elder / Executive Pastor
Pastor Chad Konieczny began serving the Lord at First Baptist Church in March of 2002. Prior to entering the ministry, Pastor Chad worked as a juvenile probation officer, then he served...
Mike Briggs
elder / Pastor of Music & Media
Pastor Mike has been a Music Pastor full-time since 1994, with churches in New York and Michigan, before he joined the staff at First Baptist in 2017. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Sacred Music...
Dan Dubois
elder / Pastor of Youth
Pastor Dan Dubois joined First Baptist Church in November of 2020 as the Pastor of Youth. Prior to moving to Saint Johns, he served as a ministry leader in Grand Rapids, MI and Spokane...
Jim Davis
elder
John Leif
elder
John Kresge
elder
Darrell Painter
elder
Roger Schafer
elder
Meet our Deacons
Lane Bargeron
Deacon
Dave Carpenter
Deacon
Dennis Eilert
Deacon
Cody Fleischer
Deacon
Bill Garlick
Deacon
Mark Lutz
Deacon
Leon Mills
Deacon
Meet our Office Staff
Annette Wood
Office Manager
Meet our Beacon of hope Staff
Josh Lator
Beacon Director
Liz Pearson
Administrative Assistant
Sarah Thomas
Office Assistant