Our Staff

 
Rev. Steven Skidmore
Associate Pastor and Minister of Music

 Steve and his wife, LoriAnne, have been married for over 42 years and have two grown children, Megan, husband Richard, and Trey, and two grandsons, Landon and Dawson. Steve is a graduate of Florida Baptist Theological College with a major in conducting and minor in voice. LoriAnne has a Master’s Degree from Troy of Dothan and is a retired educator. They have served churches in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. Steve’s life verse is Isaiah 55:6-7, “Seek the Lord while you can find Him. Call on Him now while He is near. Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the Lord that He may have mercy on them. Yes turn to our God, for He will forgive generously.”

Steve and LoriAnne enjoy fishing, camping, yard work, and gardening.

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Emmett Massey
Minister of Youth
 

Emmett Massey has served as the bi-vocational Minister of Youth at First Baptist Church since August 2021. Emmett and his wife, Becca, have three children. Emmett also serves as an Assistant District Attorney in the area and received the Larry E. Smith Award as the Alabama Assistant District Attorney of the Year for 2023.

 

In his role as Minister of Youth, Emmett is known as a teacher, encourager, and relationship-builder with both the youth group and the adult workers who join him in championing our church’s ministry to Middle and High School students.
 

Martha Herring
Ministry Assistant

Martha is the Financial Secretary/Ministry Assistant at First Baptist Church, Geneva. 
 
She lives in Enterprise and has been married to her high school sweetheart, Byron for over 50 years. Byron is a Retired Fire Chief for the City of Enterprise. They have been blessed with two children and a daughter-in-law and a son-in-law, Phillip and Melissa Herring and Christina and Robert Brown. They have been blessed with three grandchildren, Alexis & Austin Herring and Hanna Brown. A grandniece and grandnephew, Magnolia and Whittaker Webb, also have brought added blessings. 
 
She is a member of Union Grove Baptist Church in Chancellor where she has served for over 50 years as a volunteer secretary, as treasurer, and as VBS Director. 
She enjoys woodworking, reading, traveling, walking on the beach, machine embroidery, painting, and spending time with her family and friends.  
 
Martha is a Past President of the Alabama Association of Baptist Secretaries.
 
Her life verse is Romans 8:28:   And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are  called according to His purpose.