{"id":2730,"date":"2023-12-02T11:58:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T11:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/native-church-imithemes-com.stackstaging.com\/chapel\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-06-13T13:46:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T13:46:26","slug":"staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/index.php\/staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2730\" class=\"elementor elementor-2730\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c6ee9a0 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"1c6ee9a0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_blur_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_blur_level&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:4,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;background_motion_fx_blur_direction&quot;:&quot;out-in&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_blur_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:20,&quot;end&quot;:80}},&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3371239\" data-id=\"3371239\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d5eb09 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d5eb09\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c8718d\" data-id=\"3c8718d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f6c552 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f6c552\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Senior Pastor ~ Dr. Jimmie Decker<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8eb3442 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8eb3442\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Decker-Family-768x667.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-3561\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Decker-Family-768x667.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Decker-Family-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Decker-Family-958x833.jpg 958w, https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Decker-Family.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96f2b07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96f2b07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Jimmie Decker has served at Bethlehem since March, 2008. Jimmie is originally from Poplar Bluff, MO and moved to Faulkner County in 1995. He is married to Rebecca (Pollard) Decker of Dallas, TX, whom he met at Central Baptist College, and has a son, Gabe and daughter, Eliana. Jimmie graduated in 1997 from CBC with an Associate of Arts in Business. He committed his life to ministry in 1998 and returned to CBC, completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Education in 2001. In 2009, he graduated from BMA Theological Seminary with a Masters of Divinity. In 2023, he received his doctorate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ecc10f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ecc10f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9d1b23\" data-id=\"f9d1b23\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c4f55f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c4f55f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Childrens\/Youth Pastor - Andrew Davis<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcc3cc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fcc3cc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Andrew-768x781.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4432\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Andrew-768x781.png 768w, https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Andrew-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Andrew-1007x1024.png 1007w, https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Andrew-1511x1536.png 1511w, https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Andrew-2015x2048.png 2015w, https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Andrew-958x974.png 958w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cab8a02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cab8a02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Andrew Davis has served at Bethlehem Baptist Church since 2026. He is married to his wife, Rasa. Andrew graduated from Central Baptist College with a Bachelor of Arts in Bible and is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity degree at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40cf14d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"40cf14d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c79c60b\" data-id=\"c79c60b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d64574a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d64574a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Minister of music<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb12021 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb12021\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are currently searching for a minister of music.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Pastor ~ Dr. Jimmie Decker Dr. Jimmie Decker has served at Bethlehem since March, 2008. Jimmie is originally from Poplar Bluff, MO and moved to Faulkner County in 1995. He is married to Rebecca (Pollard) Decker of Dallas, TX, whom he met at Central Baptist College, and has a son, Gabe and daughter, Eliana. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2730","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2730"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4439,"href":"https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2730\/revisions\/4439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethlehembaptistchurch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}