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Church Staff
Our Church Staff is a group of men and women who are dedicated to furthering God's kingdom. To communicate by email just click on their name below.
Pastoral Staff
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Craig Cummings, Senior Pastor
Pastor Craig is a native Knoxvillian who grew up in South Knoxville. He graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC. He and Jennifer have been married since 1991 and they have two precious daughters, Anna and Rachel. He has been Pastor of Union since April 2000. (A complete bio can be found here.)
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Brandon Tilley, Minister of Music and Worship
Brandon has been Minister of Music and Worship here at Union since 2004. He is a graduate of Carson-Newman College and currently teaches band at Cocke County Middle and High School.
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Thane Daniels, Minister of Youth and Outreach
Thane has served in this capacity since 2003. He also works for UPS. He and his wife Lisa have been married since 1980 and have two children, Bettina and Ethan.
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John Thomerson, Minister of Pastoral Care
John serves as our Minister of Pastoral Care. He and Patti Sue have been married over 45 years and have two grown children and 3 grandchildren.
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Support Staff
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Sarah Carson, Executive Assistant to Senior Pastor
Fran Scalf , Assistant to the Senior Pastor-Finances
Jackie Barnard, Nursery Coordinator
Bud and Ruby Webber, Food Service/Hospitality
Gary Barnard, Pianist
Jim Carlisle, Custodian |
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Jennifer Burress, Doorkeeper/Children's Choir Coordinator
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Church Staff Principles
Office Mission Statement: The Church Administrative Offices shall be the connection of information and ministry to Union Baptist Church through quality communication and timely coordination with an attitude of Christ in love.
Staff Purpose Statement: The purpose of the Church Staff is to equip people to carry out the mission of Union Baptist Church by building relationships and modeling servant leadership as defined in Ephesians 4:11-12.
He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. -Ephesians 4:11-12
Deacons 
Our Deacons are servants of Jesus Christ. They work closely with the Pastor to meet the spiritual and physical needs of Union Baptist Church.
Deacons are ordained lay ministers selected by the church for service to the church family. The word deacon (Gr. diakonos) is the same word for “minister” or “servant.” Their function is to assist the pastor in the work of ministry, to see to the physical and spiritual needs of the congregation, and to function in such a way so as to free the pastor to devote the better part of his time to the ministry of the Word and prayer (Acts 6).
Deacons should be proven, tested leaders in the church, having demonstrated their faithfulness and service prior to being set apart in an official capacity by the church family. The qualifications for deacons (1Timothy 3) are similar to those of pastors.
The deacons of Union Baptist Church are men who love the Lord and faithfully serve Him and their church family.
A list of our deacons and their spouses can be found below.
Kent (Kim) Whitt
Earnest (Bettie) Mouser
Mike (Laura)Woodard
Gene (Louise) Bryant
Tom (Kim) McFarling
Jim (Joyce) Salley
Richard (Susan) Tilley
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