Church Staff
Pastor Steve Leathley
Contact: pastor@bbc-kjv.com
Pastor Steve Leathley is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and a graduate of Massillon Baptist College. He spent 10 years serving as a missionary to the Pacific Islands of Micronesia. He has been the pastor of Bible Baptist Church since its inception in 1991. He received his Doctorate from Marietta Bible College in 2014.
Pastor Leathley teaches Bible courses at Marietta Bible College, and preaches consistently at the pulpit of Bible Baptist Church as a faithful minister of Jesus Christ. He regularly travels to speak at revival services and missions conferences.
Youth Pastor Lewis Braden
Contact: youth@bbc-kjv.com
Lewis Braden was born and raised in southeastern Ohio, and grew up at Bible Baptist Church. Pastor Braden graduated from Pensacola Bible Institute in 2008, where he met his wife, Ashley. After they married, they lived in Enid, Oklahoma. In June 2018, Pastor Braden reunited with Bible Baptist Church, and is excited to be serving again in the music and youth ministries of BBC.
Latest from Pastor Braden’s devotional, Spiritual Reload:
- In an age that prides itself in the entrenched prejudice of extreme personalities: be the moderator.
- Picture the suave scholar pulling up his chair to the table. He proposes to lead you through the desert of opinion to the well of God's best for your life. You begin on your study on solid ground, but soon transition to shifting sand. Soon you're stuck in the desert, dry and lost.
- A negative approach to the natural desire for comfort. What does a life look like without comfort? What does the Preacher tell us will provide real, lasting comfort?
- The devil will convince you that you're entitled to a constant cycle of sin-and-forgive with no attempt at growth. Find out how to emerge stronger, smarter, and bolder from temptation.
