Church Staff

Glen Stocker
Pastor
Bible Believers Baptist Church
 

Pastor Stocker was born in 1954, to a staunch German Catholic family in West Texas.  While in the Army he was saved and upon returning home was a police officer. Then he was off to Pensacola Bible Institute where he met and married Betty. His first pastorate was in Whitney, TX, then he and Betty moved to Amarillo and started Bible Believers Baptist in 1982.

Gary Pastwa
Associate Pastor
Bible Believers Baptist Church

Bro.Gary was led to the Lord in  May of  1982 by Pastor Stocker at the YMCA Chapel. Bro. Gary has been with Pastor Stocker since the church was first started at the YMCA Chapel, with the exception of three years in which he went to Bible School at PBI where he received his Bachelors of Divinity.  Since then the Lord has blessed Bro. Gary and Mrs. Julie with three children whom are married to spouses that love and  serve the LORD and have given them nine grand children.

Alan Arvello
Director of Music and Decon                                                                  Bible Believers Baptist Church

Alan Arvello joined  Bible Believers Baptist Church in 1989 and became the Music Ministry director in May of 1997.   He is a native of Texas, and was saved in 1976.  In addition to director of the music ministries, Bro. Alan teaches a Sunday School class for boys 10-12 yrs of age. Bro. Alan also is in charge of the Bible Heritage Collection at church. He also serves as one of the church's decons. Bro. Alan works full time as a physician assistant for a local medical team.  Bro.Alan and  Mrs. Julie married  in 1990 and they have three sons Aaron, Bryan, and Nathan. They now have a new daughter-in-law, Meagan.

David Holliman
Youth Director
Bible Believers Baptist Church

Bro.David first came to Bible Believers Baptist Church at the age of nine. He accepted the Lord as his Saviour three years before, at a church down the road. Once he got saved he wanted God to use him, even at a young age. His family moved away when he was 13 and somehow God found a way to bring him back to Bible Believer's.  He and Mrs.Melissa married in 2000. Both of them grew up at Bible Believer's Baptist Church and both of them were bus kids.

Before they  were married God pulled at both of their hearts to be a help to kids. David became the youth director in 2001. Both Bro. David and Mrs. Melissa serve the Lord as Sunday School teachers and are the church janitor. Bro. David and Mrs.Melissa have five kids, three boys, Caleb, Matthew, and Jordan and two girls Mariah, and Anna-Marie. 

Thomas Nichols
Trustee
Bible Believers Baptist Church

Bro. Thomas and his wife Mrs. Neysa have been attending Bible Believer's Baptist Church since 2007. He is saved and serves the LORD as a church trustee as well as doing work around the church. Bro. Thomas and Mrs. Neysa have six children, Reed, Josh, David, Dan, Susanna, and Levi.

Randy LaBue
Trustee
Bible Believers Baptist Church

Bro. Randy and Mrs. Donna LaBue have been coming to Bible Believer's Baptist church for over twenty years.  Randy has been saved for a number of years and serves the LORD as one of our church trustees. Randy is also in charge of our bus ministry and plays the trumpet  in our church orchestra. His daughter and son-in-law  also attend Bible Believers Baptist Church. And Bro. Randy has a son and daughter-in-law that also serve the Lord. Bro.  Randy and Mrs. Donna have six grandchildren. 

Julie Pastwa
Treasure and Pastor's Secretary
Bible Believers Baptist Church

Mrs. Julie  was saved at the age of twenty at Bible Believers Baptist Church. She graduated in 1987 from Pensacola Bible Institute.  Mrs. Julie also serves the LORD as a Sunday School teacher and says, "I praise the Lord for his mercy and grace. "

Jana Dibala
Church Secretary and Bookstore Manager                                                                                   

Mrs. Jana, a native Texan, met and married her husband Bro.Dan and they lived and served the Lord in Oregon for sseven years. Once they moved to Texas in 2006, they joined Bible Believers Baptist Church.   Mrs. Jana was ssaved at the age of sixteen and Bro. Dan and Mrs. Jana have one son, Jan.