MEET OUR STAFF

Rev. Mack Tester

Pastor

In 1997, Mack received the call to preach the Gospel after being born again in 1995.
He pastored two churches prior to Pope Drive Baptist Church. He married Lisa

    in 1989 and in December 2007 received the wonderful news, out of the blue, that
    they would be adopting a beautiful little boy (7 wks old). Mack says, "The desire of
    my heart is to hear and obey, to present Biblical truth to others, and to see others
    come to a personal relationship to Christ."

Rev. Ray Pruitt

Assoc. Pastor / Children's Ministry
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I became a Christian at the age of 21 and shortly following my conversion experience

surrendered to God's call of my life into His ministry. The past 40 years of my life has

been devoted to presenting the Gospel of Christ through personal witnessing and

pastorial ministry in local churches.

My wife, Margaret, and I are committed to serve the Lord through the Word, Prayer,

Evangelism and Mission work. (Acts 20:27,28) For the past several years, God has

given us a Passion for Him and a compassion to minister to children His truth

that will change a child's heart. It is always a joy to witness a child birthed into

God's family.

Richard Pruitt

Director of Music Ministry

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"Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing." Psalm 100:2

    Richard has been in the music ministry for more than twenty years. He states the following about his
    love for music and worship, "Worship is the expression of love, honor, and devotion to the Lord, and
music in the primary tool for such expression. Our goal for each service is that, when the time comes
    for the preaching of the Word of God, our hearts are hungry to receive it with a renewed longing for
    more of Him." Richard joined the Pope Drive staff in June 2010 and has brought a refreshing spirit of
    genuine worship through the blending of contemporary praise choruses, praise and worship anthems,
    and traditional hymns. Second only to his devotion to the Lord is Richard's devotion to his family. Richard
    and his wife, Kim, were marriedin 1986 and have two children, Anna and Joshua.

Leah Dent

Financial Secretary

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Leah has been serving as Financial Secretary since 1994.
She moved to Anderson from Ohio in 1988. Her love is in

the field of missions.

MEDIA TEAM

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Trey Caldwell

Sound Technician

Asst. Multimedia Technician

Trey brings 27 years of computer experience to the team.

He became a sound technician on the team around the

summer of 2006.

Les Murrell

Webmaster for www.popedrive.com

Multimedia Technician, Asst. Sound Technician

Les studied computer programming in college. Besides
having a background in computers, he also has a

musical background, learning to play the piano, by ear,
at age 3. At age 8, he taught himself the drums. At age 14, Les joined a local band as their

drummer for three years. He has assisted his brother, Steve, with mini-broadway productions,
both as a musician and in lighting and sound. Because of his family, Les was exposed to a wide-

range of music genre. "I can listen to Big Band, Broadway, Top 40, Country, Christian, and more."

He also loves theater organ. "I was amazed at how one person could sound like an orchestra!" Les

puts himself in his brother's shoes when it comes to being involved in a production. He says "My brother,

Steve, rubbed off on me. It did not matter what resources he had or did not have, he figured out

ways to get done what he wanted to do and would pull off some amazing feats. I carry that with

me, even if it just involves one small area of running a show, i.e., recordings, lighting, etc."

Michael Creamer

Asst. Multimedia Technician, Asst. Sound Technician

   Michael has an Associate Degree in Computer Technology and
   a Bachelor's Degree in Business with a Concentration of Computer
   Systems. Michael has worked with sound equipment since 1994.
He has played around with the piano, guitar and drums when he was younger. Michael is currently

employed by a local industry in the IT department.

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