Lead Pastor South Tampa Fellowship
On Wednesday, November 14th, 2007, the church appointed Craig Rees to be the Senior Pastor of South Tampa Fellowship. Before moving to Tampa he was Senior Pastor of the International Baptist Church of Hamburg, Germany, an English speaking church, drawing people from approximately 50 nations reflecting various Christian traditions and socio-economic groups. Craig has been extremely active in the mission field, speaking at international missions conferences as well as leading hundreds of people on weeks-long mission trips. Craig held multiple leadership positions with the International Baptist Convention including terms as Vice-President and President. Born in Bridgend, Wales, Craig holds a Diploma in Evangelism, Bachelor of Arts in Theology (with Honors) and a Master of Theology Degree from the London School of Theology, formerly London Bible College. He has been married to wife Wibke (vib´kä) for 16 years. They have one daughter: Allysa, 15, and three sons: Alec, 12; Jonas, 10; Jordan, 5.
Associate Pastor
Operations Pastor
Tom was born in Milwaukee Wisconsin. At the age of 13, he realized the need for forgiveness and a Savior, and accepted Jesus in his heart to begin a life journey. Tom was involved with music ministry from a young age and in 1994 was called to Ballast Point Baptist Church with his wife Pam, daughter Kristin, and son Tommy. Kristin is now married and she and Justin have blessed Tom and Pam with three beautiful grandchildren, Emma, Olivia and Graham.
Service and Equipping Pastor
Glyn originally hails from England. He studied theology in London and served as a missionary in Berlin as the Team Leader of the Berlin City Team doing church planting primarily among youth in former East Germany. Following this, Glyn worked as a Fast-Stream civil servant in the British Government Cabinet Office before coming to California to work with University Praise church, first as Teaching Pastor and later as Lead Pastor. Glyn has wide experience of teaching and preaching in various environments ranging from an Operation Mobilization ship in St Lucia to teaching as an Adjunct Professor of New Testament at Biola and Azusa Pacific Universities in Southern California. Glyn married his gorgeous wife Cathleen in 2001, and they have one lively son Landon, born 2005 and a beautiful daughter Cicely, born 2008.
Student Pastor
Rob is the Student Pastor at South Tampa Fellowship. Rob is the leader of EPIC Student Ministries; he likes to blog a bit, and he’ll even get on Twitter from time to time, but his God-given passion is helping students connect with God in a personal way. He wants students to know that God has a calling for each of them to live for – there is hope. Oh and ‘back in the day’ he used to play basketball and has been known to run on the hardwood from time to time. He is married to Taryn and they have one daughter; Hadley Elizabeth.
Worship Pastor
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