Senior Pastor
J. Craig Holmes

Pastor Holmes has been pastor of the Gilead Baptist Church since October of 2005. He is a 1978 graduate of Tennessee Temple University and Pensacola Theological Seminary graduate. He pastored a church in Troy, Alabama for 22 years previous. His wife, Patricia, is the Childcare Coordinator in the ministry. They have three children serving the Lord and five grandchildren.

Assistant Pastor
Justin Teate

Mr. Teate has been serving at the Gilead Baptist Church since September of 2006. He graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Pastoral Ministry and a Master of Ministry Degree from The Crown College in Powell, TN.

Secretary
Heather Teate

 Mrs. Teate has been serving the Lord at the Gilead Baptist Church since September of 2006. She graduated with her Bachelor Degree in Youth Ministry from The Crown College in Powell, TN.

Childcare Director
Patricia Holmes

Patricia Holmes is the wife of our Pastor and mother of their three children. She has experience working with children as she worked in Christian schools before opening her own childcare center. She continued directing her childcare center for 18 years.
Forty hours of Director's Training was completed before opening the childcare center at Gilead Baptist Church. 
The Gilead Childcare Center has been serving Macon, Georgia  for two years.

For more information about our childcare center, please visit our ministries page.

K-3 & K-4 Childcare Teacher
Hildegard Duffey

Hildegard Duffey is the mother of three boys and has been in Christian education since 1981. 
This is her second year teaching at the Gilead Childcare Center. She enjoys teaching the Abeka curriculum to little boys and girls and helping their lives be molded for the glory of Jesus.  

Infant Childcare
Anna Downs

Anna Downs has been serving at the Gilead Childcare Center for over a year. She has experience with children and enjoys caring for infants and toddlers.