Immanuel Baptist Church Staff Directory

 

 

Our Senior Minister, Jamie Broome, began serving Immanuel in 1993, after 10 years at First Baptist, Midway, Kentucky.  He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Carson Newman University, where he met his wife, Rita, and his Master of Divinity from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, where he also did a Th.M. and doctoral work in church history.  He is a native of South Carolina, and the Broomes have two sons, Chip and Rusty.

 

 


Steve Skaggs, Minister of Music, came to Immanuel in October, 2003 after serving at Valley View Baptist Church in Vine Grove, Kentucky for eleven years.  Steve, a native of Buffalo, Kentucky, served churches in central Kentucky while working bivocationally for several years.  He holds church music degrees from Campbellsville University and Southern Seminary.  He and his wife Shirley have one son, Matthew, who lives with his wife Melissa in Lexington.

 



Christina Crice, Director of Children's Ministry, is a native of western Kentucky.  She directs the preschool and children's ministries, as well as the afterschool and summer Encore programs.  She and her husband, Jeff, were married in October 2003 and have one daughter, Caroline. 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Nancy Holm, Ministry Assistant, has served Immanuel since August 2007.  She and her husband Jimmy have one son, Hollan, and one daughter-in-law, Kate.

 

 

 

Jennifer Snook, Ministry Assistant.




 

 

 

Lee McClure, Director of Preschool & Encore, has served in that capacity for a number of years.  She and her husband Mark have 2 children, Drew and Shelby.

 

 

 

Chris Operle, Custodian, has served Immanuel since 1996.  Chris and her husband John have two children, Derek and Katelyn, and she enjoys camping, cooking, gardening, and sewing.

 

 

 

Malissa Heath, Organist, has served Immanuel since September 1998.  She is a graduate of Murray State University (Bachelor of Music Education) and University of Kentucky (Master of Music in Piano Performance). Malissa and her husband Wells have 2 children, Allison Russell (Ryan) and Jeffrey Heath (Shanna), and 3 grandchildren, Carter Russell, Dylan Russell, and Abigail Heath.  Malissa also is a private piano teacher and faculty member at West Kentucky Community and Technical College.

 

 

Nancy Duke, Pianist, has served as Immanuel Baptist Church Pianist for 16 years. In addition, she teaches music at Lone Oak Elementary, accompanies an area children's chorus, and teaches private piano lessons. She has 2 sons, Benjamin and Jonathan.