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Rev. Terry Taylor
Associate Pastor: Worship and Music Ministries
ttaylor@shadescrest.org
Terry D. Taylor became Associate Pastor, Worship and Music Ministries of Shades Crest Baptist Church, in January, 2009. From 1980-2008 Terry served the following churches as Minister of Music: Peachtree Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA; First Baptist Church, Enterprise, AL; First Baptist Church, Norman, OK; and First Baptist Church, Dothan, AL. While pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees, Terry served churches in Carthage, TN, Nashville, TN, and Louisville, KY. Read More...
Rev. Denis Tanner
Associate Pastor: Student and Adult Ministries
dtanner@shadescrest.org
Denis A. Tanner, Associate Pastor: Students and Adults, became the first student minister of Shades Crest Baptist Church, in June, 1994. He has served congregations since 1983 as both a student minister and a Minister of Education. Prior to moving to Birmingham, he was the Minister of Education and Student Minister of Davis Chapel Baptist Church in Mableton, GA (1988-1994). He also served Inspiration Point Baptist Church of Fort Worth, TX (1987-1988), Travis Avenue Baptist Church (1985-1987) and Daphne Baptist Church of Daphne, AL (1983-1985). Read More...
Rev. Shirley Gross
Associate Pastor: Preschool and Children's Ministries
sgross@shadescrest.org
Shirley Gross, Associate Pastor: Preschool and Children’s Ministries, joined the Pastoral Staff team of Shades Crest in August of 2004. Shirley has served in congregational ministry since 1989. Prior to moving to Birmingham, she was the Minister to Children at First Baptist Church in Marietta, Georgia from 1995 – 2004. She also lived in Lakeland, Florida from 1989-1995 where she served Lakeside Baptist Church as their Minister of Preschoolers and Children. It was at Lakeside where she was ordained to the Gospel Ministry in November of 1992. Read More...
Rev. Mark Johnson
Associate Pastor: Congregational Life Ministries
mjohnson@shadescrest.org
Mark J. Johnson, Associate Pastor: Congregational Life Ministries, became the first minister for Great Commission Ministries of Shades Crest Baptist Church in June, 2002. Prior to joining the staff at Shades Crest, he and his wife Sandy worked as missionaries with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (1995 – 2001). Mark and Sandy previously served as Journeyman missionaries, Mark in Zambia and Sandy in Ethiopia and Kenya (1988 – 1990). Read More...