Senior Pastor.............. Robert J. Morgan
Executive Pastor.... Jeff Nichols
Minister of Adults..... Curt Holland
Minister of Senior Adults and Pastoral Care.. Norman Richards
Minister of Music..... Corey Hawkins
Minister of Children....... Steve Greenwood
Minister of Youth....... Matt Mitchell
Executive Assistant..... Sherry Anderson
Facilities Manager..... Bettye Kimbrough
Receptionist........... Debbie Warner
Staff members may be contacted by dialing 615-871-4769.
Following are the extension numbers for each staff member:
- Debbie Warner – 10
- Sherry Anderson – 11
- Curt Holland – 12
- Rob Morgan – 13
- Jeff Nichols – 14
- Corey Hawkins – 15
- Matt Mitchell – 20
- Steve Greenwood – 21
- Bettye Kimbrough - 22
Robert J. Morgan - Senior Pastor
Robert John Morgan was born in Elizabethton, Tennessee in 1952. Converted
to Christ in childhood and called to preach as a teenager, Rob attended
King College in Bristol, TN. He holds degrees from Columbia International
University in Columbia, South Carolina- BS, Wheaton Graduate School, Wheaton,
Illinois - MA in Christian Education, and Luther Rice Seminary, Atlanta
Georgia - Master of Divinity.
While in college, Rob worked with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
doing advance work for crusades. After graduation, he served as pastor
of Harris Memorial Church in Greeneville, TN from 1976-1979. In January
of 1980 he moved to Nashville to pastor The Donelson Fellowship where he
has seen the church grow in size from 95 to 600.
Pastor Rob is the author of several books including Empowered Parenting
(LifeWay Press, 1996), Tiny Talks (Thomas Nelson, 1996), The Children's
Daily Devotional Bible (Thomas Nelson, 1996), On This Day: 365 Days With
Preachers, Martyrs, Heretics, and Zealots (Nelson, 1997) and Beyond Reasonable
Doubt (Evangelical Training Association, 1997). He has also had over 75
articles published in leading evangelical publications.
A gifted speaker, Rob has conducted seminars throughout the United States
as well as Africa, Brazil and Japan. He is available for speaking engagements
through Cool Springs Speakers and Artists Bureau at 615-771-6644 or can
be contacted at The Donelson Fellowship at 615-871-4769.
Rob is married to Katrina Polvinen Morgan. He and Katrina have three
daughters - Victoria (born 1977), Hannah (born 1980) and Grace (born 1983).
They also have four granddaughters and one grandson.
Family hobbies include traveling, gardening, and raising dogs and sheep.
The Morgans make their home in the Opryland area of Nashville.
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Jeff Nichols - Executive Pastor
Born and raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, Jeff is the youngest of four brothers. He married his high school sweetheart, Debbie, in 1986. Jeff and Debbie have two beautiful daughters, Leslie and Brooke.
After graduating from Free Will Baptist Bible College with a Bachelor of Science in Christian Education in 1987, he served as youth minister at churches in Oklahoma and Missouri. Jeff joined the staff of TDF in 1993 as Minister of Children. In 1998 he took on the dual role of Minister of Children/Executive Pastor after leading the building committee of the Celebration Center. Jeff assumed the full time Executive Pastor position in 2005 after the church hired Steve Greenwood as Minister of Children. He received his Master’s of Science in Management degree from Trevecca Nazarene University in January, 2006.
Jeff enjoys running, reading, any kind of sports with a ball and spending time with his favorite people in the world, Debbie, Brooke and Leslie.
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Curt Holland - Minister of Adults
Curt was born and raised in southwest Missouri. He married his high
school sweetheart in 1983. Curt and Mary have three daughters, Amber
Michele, Kelsey Daniele and Brooklin Rachele. After graduating from
Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College in Moore, Oklahoma, Curt began his
first pastorate in 1986. After pastoring for 5 years, the Holland
family moved to Brazil in 1992 to begin a 10 year missionary adventure. The Sao Jose church
that was started by Curt and Mary in Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil has
now begun three other mission churches since they returned to the United States in 2002.
Curt received his Master of Arts in Religion from Liberty University in August 2002.
After serving as the Missionaries in Residence at Free Will Baptist
Bible College for two years, Curt worked in the business world until
coming on staff at TDF in December 2006.
Curt and Mary like to run Marathons, 1ˇ2 Marathons, read books, play
sports and spend time with their wonderful daughters.
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Norman Richards - Minister of Pastoral Care
Norman Richards, Minister of Pastoral Care - was born in McRae, Arkansas, in 1938. His father
died suddenly the day following Norman's birth leaving his mother with the tremendous
responsibility of raising and supporting the family as a single mom. Norman attributes his
conversion to Jesus Christ at an early age to the godly example and teaching of his mother.
After graduation from high school, having answered God's call at age 16 to the ministry and to
missionary service, Norman began his years of preparation at Free Will Baptist Bible College,
Nashville, TN., where he received a BA in Bible and missions. He pursued graduate studies in
missions at Columbia International University, Columbia, S.C.
Wedding bells chimed for Norman
and Bessie Huntsman at South Heights Free Will Baptist Church, Searcy, AR., their hometown, on
September 28, 1963. God has blessed them with two wonderful sons, Norman Eugene (1967) and Randal
Lynn (1971) and four grandchildren.
The Richards served as missionaries in Cote d'Ivoire, West
Africa, from 1966 - 1994 under the Free Will Baptist Foreign Missions Board. Before their arrival
in Cote d'Ivoire, both Norman and Bessie received diplomas from Alliance Francaise (headquartered
in Paris, France) following french language studies in Lausanne, Switzerland. When health
problems terminated missionary service in tropical Africa, the Richards returned to the States
and served from 1995 - 2001 under Free Will Baptist Home Mission Board in Slidell, LA., and the
New Orleans area. Norman joined the staff at The Donelson Fellowship in January, 2002 and looks
forward to ministering to TDF families and others in the Nashville area.
Norman is a family man
who enjoys time spent with his family. He loves to sing, play the guitar, yell for the Arkansas
Razorbacks, and fish for "ole Charlie" (his pet name for the 77lbs Capitaine he caught when in
Africa).
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Sherry Anderson - Executive Assistant
Sherry joined the staff of The Donelson Fellowship on January 22, 1996. She brought with her several years of secretarial experience, having worked for a large oil company in Texas and later at Free Will Baptist Bible College. Sherry and her husband, Michael, have two daughters - Katie (married to Matt Markins) and Krista who married Victor Albright in the spring of 2008. They have two grandsons, Warren & Hudson Markins. Her favorite past-time is cooking, and she also enjoys various forms of needlework, reading (she’s a HUGE Tom Clancy fan), hiking, gardening and playing the piano. And learning about grandsons!
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Corey Hawkins - Minister of Music
Corey was born in June of 1983, in Greenville N.C. to Wayne and Mary Hawkins. He has two older
brothers who are both also living in Nashville. Corey attended Trinity Christian School and played
basketball, soccer, and baseball. He also attended Trinity F.W.B. church his entire life until
going away for college. He went to Free Will Baptist Bible College in 2001 and graduated with a Music Performance degree and will be continuing his studies at Belmont where he will be getting a masters in Church Music. Corey is married to Carrie Stewart Hawkins. In his spare time Corey loves music (obviously) and golf. He also claims to be the biggest North Carolina State Wolfpack fan. His other “all time favorite” thing is the musical, “The Phantom of the Opera,” and he says his dream would be to perform that on Broadway some day!
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Steve Greenwood - Minister of Children
Steve Greenwood joined the TDF staff as Children's Pastor in August 2005 and has attended church at Donelson since 1993. Steve was born and raised in Arkansas and comes from a great Christian home. He accepted Christ as a second grader attending Christian School, but went through a bit of a rebellious period before recommitting his life to Christ during his freshman year at Free Will Baptist Bible College. As a member of the college choir and Rejoice, he had the opportunity to travel around the country, an experience that still ranks as one of his fondest memories. He gradauted
(finally) from FWBBC in 1993, cramming 4 years of college into 5 years.
Steve has worked in a number of different fields, but prior to joining the church staff served for 7 years at Randall House as the Program Director for the Student & Children Ministries division. Steve is married to college sweetheart Katie, and has three wonderful and energetic daughters, Abby, Ally and Andie.
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Matt Mitchell - Minister of Youth
Matt was born on May 6th, 1982 to Bill and Lori Mitchell in the city of St. Louis, MO. He has one older brother who is now married. At 18 years of age Matt moved to Barcelona, Spain to attempt at a professional soccer career. Since that didn’t work out he decided to go to College and receive a degree in Theology, Christian Philosophy, and Apologetics from Trinity Bible College and Theological Seminary. Matt will be pursuing a Masters degree in the same field beginning fall 2008. He is married to Johanna Mitchell. In his spare time he likes to read, watch documentaries, listen to music, play golf, and tries to play a little soccer from time to time. His dream would be to take a structured though interactive apologetic curriculum to youth across this country to show the strength of and to teach the power of the Christian Gospel. He is a huge F.C. Barcelona fan and if you know who they are then you will be good friends. If you are a Real Madrid fan please keep this hidden from him!
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Debbie Warner - Receptionist
Born and raised in Australia, Debbie moved with her husband, Craig and their children, Brydee, Bethany, Hudson and Elliott, to Nashville in 1999.
Debbie joined the staff of TDF on May 1, 2001. She has held many varied secretarial positions over the years including working for a school, a hospital and the TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration - which is equivalent to the FDA).
Debbie enjoys cross stitch and gardening when she is not in training for marathon running.
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Bettye Kimbrough - Facilities Manager
Bettye joined the staff of The Donelson Fellowship in April, 2001 and she hasn’t stopped going since she
hit the ground running! Bettye was born and raised in Springfield, Tennessee where she attended Head’s
Free Will Baptist Church. She is the mother of three grown young men, and grandmother of seven. Her career
has spanned an interesting array of jobs, including medical technologist and working at the Greeneville Children’s
Home. She has been in facilities administration for the past 20 years. In her spare time, this multi-talented
lady enjoys cooking, yardwork (as is abundantly evident in our church grounds), horseback riding and tinkering with her tools!
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