Staff

Pastor Doug Elders - Senior Pastor
​Pastor Doug and his wife, Kay Lynn, were married in 1984.  They have two grown sons and the best granddaughter ever!
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He transitioned to pastoral ministry in 1995 after an 8-year career as a chemical/environmental engineer.  He earned Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO.  Prior to coming to Fairfield Glade he served as the senior pastor in a church in Wyoming, two churches in Missouri, and as an ESL teacher in Russia.  Dr. Elders serves on the mission field whenever he gets the opportunity.  He encourages the church’s involvement in hands-on ministry and missions.  Those are frequent themes in his preaching and teaching.  That includes leading the church to leave the comforts of its own surroundings to serve locally and globally in an Acts 1:8 way.

Doug and Kay Lynn enjoy hiking, visiting National Parks, and meeting bears (well, maybe not so much meeting bears!)  Doug also enjoys hunting, fishing and playing basketball.   

Kristie Isaacson - Worship and Music Leader
​Kristie Isaacson is serving as Music and Worship Leader at First Baptist Church-Fairfield Glade.  She has over 15 years of worship team experience and has served in leading music and worship at FBC-Fairfield Glade for 4 years.  She has a heart for the Lord and all of His children, young and old.  She is very dedicated to loving and reaching the lost for the Lord as she serves to grow His kingdom, and congregation at FBC-Fairfield Glade, through Contemporary, Traditional, Youth and Children’s worship.  She attended Liberty University, where she received her B.S. in Religion: Biblical and Theological Studies and hopes to complete her Masters in the near future.
Kristie, and husband Travis, are lifelong residents of Crossville, TN. and have blended their family of seven including three sons, one daughter, one daughter-in-law.   Outside of her music ministry, being a wife and a mom, and a grandmother, she enjoys kayaking, hiking, vintage decorating, NASCAR, SEC football and basketball.  Her favorite food is Sushi followed with Starbucks Caramel Macchiato!  She is most passionate about worshipping the Lord and talking about her family.  A sure way to her heart is flowers and chocolate!  Her love for the Lord, her family, and church family always bring a warm smile to her face!

Jeremy Cole - Childrens Director
Jeremy Cole joined the staff of First Baptist Church in January, 2019. Jeremy and his wife, Emmalee, are Crossville natives and currently reside in Crossville. He was raised by his grandparents who had him in the church building every time the doors were open. He has been involved in programs in the church since he was young and continues to have a heart for service inside the church. He attended Tennessee Technological University where he received his Bachelor’s in K-6 Education. In addition to playing in the church praise band, Jeremy’s heart for serving has always been with the children/youth. He has helped in various roles in churches’ VBS, Children/Youth programs, Sunday school, and nursery programs. He says “I’ve always felt that the Lord has called me to help in Children’s Ministry in any way that I can. I hope that he continues to allow me to help in bringing children to know Him and continue their education about Him.” Jeremy’s passions include playing music (inside and outside of church), building/gaming on computers, and cooking with Emmalee. ​

Sheri Pitroski - Church Administrator
Sheri Pitroski and her husband, Michael, have called Crossville/Fairfield Glade home since the beginning of 2006.  She opened a new business, The Yarn Patch,  in April, 2006 and quickly became part of the local community.

Sheri and Michael were baptized and joined First Baptist Church Fairfield Glade in June of 2006, and both became involved in various ministries of the church.  Sheri became part of the Audio/Video team and took the lead in the Video area when the new church was built on Towne Centre Way in 2012.  That remains one of her passions; to volunteer her skills to help facilitate worship services and special events.

She continued to run her successful business on Peavine Road and hired a shop manager when she came to work at First Baptist Church as the Assistant Church Administrator in January 2017.  She accepted the position of Church Administrator in January 2019.  By God’s grace, she sold The Yarn Patch in early 2019 (God’s perfect timing!) and was able to put her focus on the ministry of working for God and her church family, and supporting the ministries of FBC.
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Along with Michael and their three dogs, Sheri loves to go camping whenever possible in their small RV.  She still loves to knit and crochet and continues to design and teach knitting classes at The Yarn Patch.