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Pastor Keith Ross (photo
above left) resides in Maryville, Tennessee with his wife, Starr,
and has been a born-again believer in Christ since 1986. Pastor
Keith is very active, not only at Marble Hill Baptist Church located
in Friendsville, Tennessee, which he pastors, but also within the
Chilhowee Baptist Association where he has served on numerous
committees. He is a missions-oriented pastor and has served as a
Bible teacher on mission trips to Nicaragua and Honduras and
functioned as team leader on a mission trip to Canada.
Pastor Keith has a wide
variety of ministry experience having formerly functioned on church
staff positions as minister of music, minister of administration,
mission’s coordinator, and filled the role as chaplain to the
Greenback High School’s football program.
Pastor Keith has authored
numerous free lance newspaper articles and has spoken in churches
ranging in size from 20 members to 10,000 members.
Pastor Keith graduated
with honors from Greenback High School. He has taken college-level
classes at the University of Tennessee, Pellissippi State Community
College, and Johnson Bible College. Additionally, he has taken
personal development courses which include The Theology Program,
Adrian Rogers Pastor Study, and the THRIVE Church Growth program.
Since becoming pastor at
Marble Hill, numerous initiatives have been implemented that include
(1) the start of a revitalizing program, (2) a partnership with
Idlewild Baptist Church, (3) adoption of the church’s first ever
constitution and by-laws, (4) renovation of the sanctuary, and (5)
development of the church’s recently purchased property.
And finally, the church
has been blessed to realize an increase in professions of faith and
in baptisms.
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