Our Team
Our Interim pastor, Dr. Gary Rickman, has served over 50 years in ministry this fall. Over 30 of these years he has served with the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board in various roles. He has pastored four churches as pastor and served as interim pastor over 20 times while with the TBMB, with several of those being in our area.
Dr. Rickman is a graduate of Watertown High School, Belmont University in Nashville and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
He is married to Joyce Vantrease from Watertown. They have two children. Angie Crossan who lives in Augusta, Georgia, with her husband, Eric, and our two grandchildren, Ethan and Addison. Jeffrey who lives in Memphis with his wife Kathy.
Bro. Gary Rickman
Interim Pastor
Tim has been a member of FBC since 1998 and got married to his wife, Jill, here. Both of his children, Brady and Lola, have been raised, saved and baptized at FBC.
Brady is currently a pitcher for Dartmouth College and Lola is a student athlete at Watertown High School. Tim has been a member of the choir since 2000 and served as Music Director since 2010.
Tim Chappell
Worship Leader
Christy Malone-Smith has been a member of Alexandria First Baptist Church since 2009. She started her work as Church Secretary in 2014.
Christy and her husband Joe have one son, Tyler Malone, who is married to Destiny. In addition to being Church Secretary, Christy also serves as our WMU Director.
Christy Malone-Smith
Church Secretary
My husband Roger and I moved to Alexandria and built a new house very recently. We knew the first time we went to First Baptist that this is where the Lord wanted us to stay and serve. I have a Master in Education and have worked with children's ministries for decades. My husband and I felt the Lord leading me to serve as the Children's Ministry Coordinator at FBC. My prayer and hope is that the children who walk through our doors will feel the love and sense of belonging that I feel and will come to grow in the Lord and develop a lifelong relationship with Him.