Meet the Staff
Our pastoral and administrative staff are here to serve you and create an environment of excellence in ministry. They're called to help equip the body of Christ to become the church God created us to be. We take this calling seriously and are weekly engaged in staff meetings and personal spiritual accountability (see the "FCC Staff Weekly Top Ten(ish) Accountability Questions" here.) They work hard and want to help you grow in Christ! Please don't hesitate to let us know if there's anything we can do to help.
Scott Wakefield
Senior Minister
Scott's role as Minister at First Christian Church began February 2008. He was previously Minister of Youth here at First Christian since March 2003. He has been in ministry for 12 years and has served churches in Ohio and Illinois. He and his wife Dagny (pron. DAHG-knee) met at Wheaton College, have been married since 1997 and have two incredibly good looking, massively intelligent, super spiritual kids: Sophia and Alden. Dagny is the Pediatric Social Worker at Johnson City Medical Center.
Scott is a lover of reading who also enjoys singing, playing guitar, piano, and drums, and a dark cup of coffee that doubles as paint remover! He plays soccer, basketball, loves (and hates) golf, and, if he's not at the church office, can probably be found at a local coffee shop. Make sure you check out his blog "Scott's Thoughts". Scott studied theology at Wheaton College and received his graduate training at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Emmanuel School of Religion. If it's not patently obvious, he wrote his own bio.
Tommy Staggs
Minister of Youth & Family Life
Tommy and his wife Leslie joined us in February 2008, from South Carolina, where Tommy served at Sonrise Christian Church for 5 years in the areas of Youth and Worship. They are Milligan College graduates who love the Lord and love working with children and students. We're really excited about what God is going to do through Tommy's ministry here in Greeneville!
Tommy's hobbies include losing to Scott, our Senior Minister, in basketball and ping pong. (Hmm... Wonder who wrote this bio?!) But he makes up for that by thoroughly crushing Scott on the golf course.
Shelley Smith
Children's Minister
Shelley and her husband Jason, and two adorable children, Colton and Kinsley, have been attending First Christian since late 2006. Since early 2008, she worked as our "Nursery/Toddler Coordinator," directing all our volunteers and developing the curricular focus for our preschool programming. As of January 2010, Shelley has moved into a greater level of ministry leadership and responsibility as our Children's Minister... We're really excited to have someone passionate about kids lead us! We are working hard to create a warm and safe environment where parents and their children will feel welcome and experience a culture where children are encouraged toward greater levels of discipleship and commitment to Christ.
Nancy Carter
Housekeeper
Nancy is the veteran on staff. She's been taking great care of our facilities for the past 22 years! She is married to Randy, who is a self-employed farmer and jack of all trades. They are active in the Union Free Will Baptist Church. She devotes her motherly nurture to her dog, Ginger, once featured on TV by channel 11 (WJHL) weatherman Mark Reynolds! Nancy can be seen cruising the strip all over the Tri-State region on weekend evenings as she is a bonafied "car show queen." She also enjoys antiquing, has the low down on all the good auctions, and has a green thumb. Nancy and Randy have a zoo's worth of cattle, horses, and mules, and have even had goats, beagles, and coondogs. She is a North Greene High School alum.
