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Leadership

Meet our Team

Meet our Staff

Salem is blessed with a staff team who glorify God, make disciples, and share His story. They love God and certainly love others. Click a photo below to learn more about them!
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Brian Jennings

Senior Pastor
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Jeff Olds

Pastor of Music and Worship

Jamie Hyden

Pastor of Children's Ministries

Mike Cooper

Pastor of Student Ministries

Mark Harper

Interim Administrative Director
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Nita Green

Office Assistant

Andrew Osborne

Media Designer
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Tammy Pressley

Director of Weekday Preschool

Meet our Deacons

Salem elects the number of deacons needed each year to carry out our deacon ministry. We elect deacons from members who meet the scriptural qualifications in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1. Deacons are servants of the church and are ordained. As the early church grew, there was a need to care for the physical needs of members.

In like fashion, the deacon body at Salem Baptist Church is here to serve you – “Therefore, brethren, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task” (Acts 6:3, NASB). Below are our current deacons categorized by the teams they serve in. More details about our Deacon ministry can be found here.
If you have any needs, there are three ways you can connect with us:
1. Email us at deacons@salem-bc.org
2. Call our church office at (919) 362-7327 or leave a message for us after hours at (919) 205-3968.
3. Speak directly to one of the active deacons (see photos below)
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  • Deacons - Team 6

Dennis Cotten

Deacon Chairman, Team 5

David Patterson

Vice Chairman, Team 2

Tolga Musa

Secretary, Team 6

Frank Jarvis

Team 1

Adam Tessneer

Team 1

Matt Xu

Team 1

Johnny Gaster

Team 1

Paul Hess

Team 2
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Jerome Espino

Team 2
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Brent Blanton

Team 2

Bobby Nichols

Team 2

David Patterson

Vice Chairman, Team 2
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Wes Quick

Team 3

Rob Powell

Team 3

Kevin Jackson

Team 3
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John Summerville

Team 4

Tim Purkey

Team 4

Larry Edwards

Team 5

Dennis Cotten

Deacon Chairman, Team 5

Craig Hardee

Team 5

Alex Corvin

Team 4

Ken Wilson

Team 4
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Andy Bond

Team 6

Brad Chaney

Team 6

Tolga Musa

Team 6
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