Rick Kirkland

Bethany Baptist Church, Georgia
Evangelism Catalyst
Snellville Georgia
Bethany Baptist Church
January 8
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About My Family

My wife and I have been married for almost 30 years and share five children, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild due any day, at the time of this posting.

I am a native of Fort Worth, Texas, but moved to Alabama while in middle school. My wife is a native of the Anniston/Oxford area of Alabama. We moved to Texas after we were married and lived there until the company I worked for transferred me to the Atlanta, Ga., area.

We have watched God reveal himself through the past 20+ years, since He called me into the ministry. We are excited to see how He is going to show up during this next phase.

About My Ministry

For more than 20 years, I worked in several areas of ministry, from apartment ministry in Fort Worth, Texas, to park chaplain and campground ministry at Stone Mountain Park in Georgia. For the past three years, I have served as the executive pastor at Bethany Baptist Church in Snellville, Ga.

Recently, God has been opening doors for opportunities to reach the community in our part of Gwinnett County. We have been invited by the local school leadership to partner with them to meet the wide range of needs. We will be doing this through different programs in the schools that minister to the staff as well as the students and their families. There will be community outreach events and assistance programs that are designed to give a hand up instead of just a hand out.

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