God called Steve to lead Mount Hermon Baptist Church in January of 2017. God saved Steve as a young boy and called him into the ministry in July of 1993. He has served as the Program Director/Staff Evangelist of a Christian Camp, Youth Pastor and Radio Station manager for a church in Florida, and most recently as the Co-Pastor of Poplar Spring Baptist Church in Bunn, NC. While in Bunn, God also gave Steve a ministry as Defensive Coordinator at Bunn High School.

Steve has a heart for souls and taking the gospel from inside the church into the lostness of the community. It is Steve’s passion that the members of Mount Hermon Baptist Church would grow in their love for God, His word, and the Gospel that it would radiate from them to those they come in contact with every day.

It is this love for the Gospel of Christ that has sent Steve to the mission fields of Baltimore, Romania, Nicaragua, Mexico, France, and Haiti. Steve’s passion can be seen in his love for expository preaching, loving and serving people, and training others to do the work of the ministry. Steve recently graduated from Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, NC.

Steve and his incredible wife Kathryn have four amazing kids: Colt, Kylee, Karis, and Katey.

Steve loves sports and can be found watching the Gophers, Vikings, the Wild, and any other team from Minnesota. In the ACC, Steve roots for the University of Virginia Cavaliers. (GO HOOS!) He also loves to read, hunt, and get out on his four-wheeler.

Cody came on staff at Mount Hermon in September 2017. He grew up in Standardsville, Virginia near Charlottesville, but  finished his final two years of high school at Faith Christian Academy in Hurt, Virginia. God saved him when he was 5 years old. Because of his call to ministry, he attended Boyce College (The college at Southern Seminary) in Louisville, Kentucky. He majored in Youth Ministry and graduated in 2016.

While in Louisville he served at Highview Baptist Church as a student ministry intern for four years and then he served as their middle school student pastor for two years. Cody has a strong desire to see youth and children know and follow Jesus.

Cody loves sports and any form of competition. He is a fan of the University of Virginia. For professional sports he is a fan of the Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Eagles and the Cleveland Cavilers (or any LeBron team). Cody also loves spending time with his friends.

Jay grew up in the Mt. Hermon community and at Mt. Hermon Baptist Church. He was involved in music at Mt. Hermon, singing in Children’s Choir, Junior(Youth) Choir and finally the Adult Choir.  In 1970 he answered the call to become the choir director at North Main Baptist Church in Danville. Over the next 27 years he served in an additional 4 local churches as choir director. He retired in December, 1997 after serving at Hollywood Baptist Church for 14 years. He and his family moved back to Mt. Hermon in January, 1998, where he joined the Adult Choir and the Adult Handbell Choir. He has filled in for various music ministers until he was asked to become the interim Worship Choir director, a position he filled for 23 months. He and his wife, Judy, have two children, Rachel, and Andy and two grandsons. Jay enjoys cooking and smoking meat on his smoker.

Jessica came to Mount Hermon in May of 2018 as the Financial Administrator. She grew up in Martinsville, VA  and graduated from Ferrum College with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting & Business Administration. Since then she has worked in banking and office administration. She and her husband Ben are members of Mercy Crossing Church in Martinsville where Ben is the Associate Pastor and Jessica serves faithfully alongside him. They have one daughter, Lyndsey, who has been an absolute joy since the day she was born! Jessica is very excited to join the Mt. Hermon family and utilize her administrative gifts to further God’s kingdom in a practical way.