Jake Porter
Senior Pastor
pastorjake@fbcmb.org
Jake Porter, a sixth-generation Mont Belvieu resident and class of 2000 graduate of Barbers Hill High School, was called to serve as senior pastor of First Baptist Church in March of 2004.
Jake graduated from Elmira College in Elmira, New York in the spring of 2004, receiving a B.A. degree, Magna Cum Laude, with triple majors in psychology, music, and philosophy and religion. While at Elmira College, he was involved in campus ministry leadership and musical theatre. While working on his undergraduate degree, Jake also had the opportunity to study theology at L’Abri Institute in Huemoz, Switzerland and the spiritual disciplines with the monks of Taize, an ecumenical monastery in France.
In 2010, he graduated with a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Havard School for Theological Studies in Houston. In the summer of 2005, he studied at Oxford University with other seminary students. Jake has studied through the Leadership Institute of America to become an advanced certified Human Behavior Consultant. He also completed the National Community Crisis Response Team Training of NOVA (National Organization for Victim Assistance). Jake is now working toward the completion of a PhD in Christian Ethics from the the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a member of American Mensa.
Jake’s interests include reading and current events. He enjoys eating and loves just about any food put before him. His favorites are fried oysters and chocolate (not together, of course). Among his favorite musicians are Third Day, David Crowder Band, the Eagles, Johnny Cash, and Verdi. At the church Christmas party every winter, Jake takes pride in being a serious competitor in the Spoons tournament.
Proclaiming the transforming Good News of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Word of God is the passion of Jake’s life. He believes that only Christ has the power to bring life out of death and make all things new. It is his greatest desire to see people begin to love and live boldly for God.
Besides serving as pastor, Jake also participates in a church small group and sometimes plays keyboard with the worship team. He is active in the community by participating with the West Chambers County Ministerial Alliance and acting as chaplain for the City of Mont Belvieu’s Emergency Services.
Life verse: “I do not count my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.” (Acts 20:24)
Rusty Fuller
Pastor of Student Ministries
pastorrusty@fbcmb.org
Rusty has served as a student pastor since 1998 and came to FBCMB in June of 2005. Before becoming a full-time pastor, Rusty spent fourteen years as an electrician in plants and refineries and seven of those years he served as a bi vocational student pastor. Rusty is a student at Houston Baptist University, where he is working toward the completion of the B.A. degree in Christianity, with a minor in Biblical Languages. Rusty is married to Mindy, a stay-at-home mom and photographer. They have four children: Lyle, Mia, Maggie, and Levi. Rusty believes his calling as a pastor is to disciple students by teaching them solid, biblical truth and to help parents understand and fulfill their roles in discipling their children in their homes every day.
Rusty enjoys spending time with his wife and children, teaching students God’s Word, reading, playing music, mowing the yard while listening to John MacArthur preach on his ipod and visiting the Snake Farm in San Antonio TX with his dad who hates snakes.
Life verse: There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:1-2)
Sharon Sexton
Church Administrator
sharon@fbcmb.org
Sharon is a native Texan who was raised in a loving home and close to lots of family. She graduated from Lamar University and worked in banking management for over twenty-one years and became the Director of Banking Operations, specializing in systems management, acquisitions and fraud prevention. Sharon left banking in 2002 to focus on her family and later assisted a friend in the vacuum coatings industry. In 2008, Sharon joined the staff of Mont Belvieu’s First Baptist Church as the church administrator and treasurer.
Sharon met and married her husband, Ron, while in college. They have two adult daughters, Jamie and Angela, who attend college. She and her family have been members of FBCMB since they moved to the community in 1994. Ron serves as a deacon. Together they have served as Sunday School teachers for children two to eighteen and led adult small groups.
In her spare time, Sharon enjoys good movies, reading, racquetball, sudoku puzzles, and great comedians.