Meet Our Staff Members
At First Baptist Citronelle, we have excellent staff members
that love the Lord and care about people. Take some
time to get to know us.
Pastor
Dr. Elbert Charpie came as pastor in August of 2007. He
received his bachelor of music degree from William Carey
College in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and his master of
divinity and doctor of ministry degrees from New Orleans
Baptist Theological Seminary. His wife, Vickie, is a
therapist and has her master degree in professional
counseling. They have three children, Paul, age 23, who is
currently attending East Tennessee State University in
pre-dentistry; Rachel, age 17, who is a junior at Citronelle
High School; and Daniel, age 15, who is a sophomore at
Citronelle High School.
Worship Leader Derrick Englebert came to First Baptist Church in July 2006.
Derrick has traveled for 15 years in gospel music, with many
different groups as a lead singer , songwriter and vocal
coach. Derrick and his wife Audra , a RN Account Executive
at Amedisys Home Health, live in Deer Park , with their two
children , Breanna 7, and C.T. 4. Derrick works a full time
job, and yet leads a dynamic and inspiring heart felt
worship every time we meet together.
Minister
to Students
Marvin Robinson has been the youth pastor at First Baptist
since 2005. He received his bachelor of arts in Christian
Studies in 2006 from the University of Mobile in Mobile,
Alabama. He and his wife, Jennifer, were married in May of
2006. She is a Registered Nurse, serving as clinical manager
at Amedisys home health care.
Staff
Evangelist Johnny Tucker is a former pastor at First Baptist Church and
has been in full-time evangelism for 30+ years. Johnny
preaches all over the world and organizes mission trips to
Guatemala and the Philippines. He is married to Judy
and they have two sons, Shane and Heath, and one daughter,
Deidra.
Financial
Secretary Rhonda McNees has been our financial
secretary since June, 2007. She is married to Andy.
Custodian
Nancy Thornton has been our church custodian since 2006. She moved
here from Houston, Texas after finding Citronelle on the
internet. Nancy has two children, Jennifer and Stewart.
Interim
CLC Director Cindy Turner is the Daycare Director at
Shiloh Baptist Church in Saraland, AL. She has
committed to come on staff part-time to help us in our CLC
Daycare. In addition to serving as the Day Care
Director at Shiloh for the last 6 years, she is also
involved as a High School Girls Sunday School Teacher, and
also taught 4-K preschool for 19 years. She, and her
husband Joe, have two children Kelly (and son-in-law Chris)
and Aaron, and their very first grandchild.
CLC
Admin Assistant
Heather Holley is our interim CLC Daycare Administrative
Assistant. Heather will graduate in May, 2008 from USA
with her Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Advertizing.
Heather is from Saraland, AL and attends Wilson Avenue
Baptist Church.
