MEET THE PASTOR
- LEAD PASTOR, DAVID A. BISHOP -
Pastor Bishop and his wife, Starla both grew up in East Texas. Pastor married his high-school sweet heart on June 6, 1980. After Bible College, Pastor Bishop was Licensed and Ordained into the Gospel Ministry at Faith Baptist Church in Greenville, MS. They have 3 children: Joshua Bishop of Texarkana TX, Rebekah Butler of Perdon TX, and their youngest Hannah Baker of Wichita Falls TX, All three are married and are serving the Lord.
In May of 2010, Bro. Bishop accepted the call to come to Southwest Baptist Wichita Falls TX, becoming the church's fourth pastor in almost 50 years. Pastor Bishop is a man of passion and vision for the things of God. He is a guardian of the truth, a friend to the sinner, and a servant of God's Church and is uncompromising teacher and preacher of God's Word.
- ASSOC. PASTOR, CALEB A. BAKER -
Associate Pastor Caleb Baker, was saved at the age of 19 at Parker's Chapel Baptist Church in Florence AL, during a Camp Meeting. And after two years of running from the Lord's call, he surrendered to the Gospel Ministry.
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He left his home in Maben MS, to work under Pastor David Bishop in Wichita Falls TX, and married, Hannah in December of 2012. And in November 2013 they had their first child, Josiah. their Second son Levi Jude was born in August 2020.
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Southwest Baptist has been the beginning of his ministry. He was Licensed by Southwest Baptist and then Ordained into the Gospel Ministry on July 9, 2016.
Bro. Baker has grown so much in his short time of service to the Lord, he is over Youth Department and Compass Kid's Church Ministry. The Bakers are doing a wonderful Job. He is now currently enrolled in Faithful Baptist College. We are eager to see how God will use Bro. Baker in the years to come at Southwest Baptist.
