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Pastor Paul Jones Paul was born Don Paul Jones to Don and Gloria Jones, July 1959, in Portales, New Mexico, the first of three children. Paul’s family lived in several locations while he was growing up. His parents, Don and Gloria are gifted spiritual leaders who were very capable of moving into small, struggling churches and strengthening them, as well as overseeing the actual construction of some new church buildings.

Upon completion of a project, Paul’s parents would often move and reproduce that model with another congregation. They eventually found themselves serving at Emmanuel, where Don served as Emmanuel’s fifth Lead Pastor from 1979 to 1992. Both remain active at Emmanuel, and Dr. Don Jones continues to serve as one of Emmanuel’s elders.

Paul found himself highly involved in these same churches while growing up. He gave his life to the Lord at an early age in Canon City, Colorado. While serving and growing in the Lord, he had not yet been called to the ministry, but he found opportunities to serve in just about every position within church life, not knowing that God was using this willingness to lay a strong foundation for this future missionary and pastor.

After his 1977 graduation from East High School, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Paul attended Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA where he earned a B.S. in Political Science. Paul’s ambition at that time was to attend law school. But at this juncture in his pilgrimage, he became aware of a program sponsored by the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention called Journeyman Missionary. This was a two-year commitment to the mission field available to college graduates who were willing to serve abroad. Paul was commissioned in the summer of 1981 and served for the next two years in South Africa where he participated in mass evangelism, university student work, and church-starting. He also began a Bible correspondence school. It was while Paul was serving in South Africa that he felt a strong call to full-time ministry. Since Emmanuel was his home church at that time, he made his decision public with the congregation, upon his return

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to the states in 1983. Soon after, he was licensed and ordained to the Gospel Ministry. Also upon his return, Paul served as the Youth Pastor for Emmanuel from 1983 to 1985. Believing that he still needed some additional preparation, Paul left Billings to attend Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Memphis, Tennessee in 1985, graduating with a Masters in Divinity in 1989.

During those years in seminary, Paul was more than a student. He served as Associate Pastor at First Baptist Church, Millington, Tennessee. At the conclusion of his seminary work, Emmanuel called Paul back to assist his father as co-pastor. Don and Paul began to co-pastor together in 1989 and worked to restructure Emmanuel for the next three years. Those first three years included streamlining the budget and securing an interest-free loan for the remainder of the building indebtedness, which allowed the debt to be retired in five years.

Probably the most note-worthy accomplishment from 2007 to 2009 was the building project that added a new worship auditorium, nursery, and education space. This expansion nearly doubled the useable space of the previous facility and has enabled Emmanuel to reach and teach even more people in the Yellowstone Valley.

As Emmanuel’s sixth pastor, Paul continues to preach, teach, and oversee all of the church’s ministries. In 2010 he earned his PhD in Church History, writing his dissertation on how to restart dead and dying churches, something that Emmanuel has been actively involved with for several years. The size of the staff, as well as the church attendance, has increased substantially under Pastor Paul’s leadership.

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MEET THE OTHER PASTORS Bill Swant has served as our Shepherd Minister and Senior Adult Pastor since 2004. He oversees all the special events and weekly activities for our seniors. His wife, Vivien, is a vital part of his ministry as well as our deaf ministry. Pastor Bill works in relationship with the Lead Pastor to meet the needs of those who are hospitalized, nursing home residents, homebound, and others in our congregation who are in need.

Pastor Bill Swant

Jim Taber joined our staff in 2005 and has served in a variety of roles. Currently as Young Adult Pastor, Jim shepherds OverFlo, Emmanuel’s “20 Somethings” ministry. He also oversees a new ministry called Navigate which serves our “30 Somethings” from singles, to couples and families with children. Jim volunteers in the worship ministry along with his wife Brandi, whenever he can.

Pastor Jim Taber

Pastor Michael Laird

Eddie Frank joined our staff as Worship Pastor in September of 2012. Eddie, his wife Jane and their children are not new to Billings, but have faithfully served the Lord here for many years.

Pastor Eddie Frank

Michael Laird serves as our Children’s Pastor.

While he grew up in the Emmanuel church family, he left to serve the Lord as missionary, church planter, and pastor. He returned to the Emmanuel staff in 2011 with his wife, Christina. He is responsible for overseeing all of the spiritual development for our 1st through 6th graders. Our E-kids programs are made possible by one of the largest groups of volunteers at Emmanuel and could not be possible without the sacrifice and commitment Pastor Steve Lortz of so many in our congregation.

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Adam Burt joined our staff in 2011 as Student Ministry Pastor, but Adam and his wife Tari were not new to the Emmanuel family. Adam had served as a student ministry intern for the five years previous, working in direct relationship with our youth under the mentorship of our Pastors and Elders.

Adam’s responsibilities include leading and directing the ministry that reaches and disciples Jr. High and Sr. High students.

Steve Lortz joined the staff in September 2007 and serves as Life Group Pastor and Executive Pastor. Pastor Steve and his wife, Julie, were very active as lay-people when the Lord called them to ministry. Steve was the first of a new generation of men in the congregation who began as laymen and answered God’s call to ministry. As Executive Pastor, Steve serves as an extension of the Lead Pastor by giving direction to all the day-to-day business operations of the church. This includes, but is not limited to, developing policy and procedure and overseeing the directors of ministry and the office and custodial staff.

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After guiding the First Impressions ministry since 2011, Jay Conner moved into the role of Missions Pastor during the fall of 2013. He is the first pastor at Emmanuel solely devoted to guiding the church’s involvement in missions and world evangelism. He is married to his beloved bride Catherine. Jay has a passion for evangelism, discipleship, and equipping Christ-followers for service.

A verse that he seeks to live by are the words of Jesus in Luke 9:23 where Jesus said, “if any man would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily and follow me.â€? Hiking in the great outdoors is a favorite pastime.Â

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Meet Our Elders Dr. McDonald Held grew up as the son of a Baptist Pastor in Texas who was a leader in ministry innovation. This provided Dr. Held with a rich Christian heritage that prepared him for future spiritual leadership. Dr. Dr. McDonald Held Held served many years as a college professor, spending 30 of his 45 years of higher education in Southern Baptist Institutions including Baylor, Louisiana College and Furman.

He came to MSU-B in 1971 (Eastern Montana College) to be its first chairman of Speech, Communications and Theatre Arts. Dr. Held was on the search committee that brought Dr. Don Jones to Emmanuel as pastor. He served for many years as the chairman of our missions committee resulting in our strong missional approach to ministry to this very day. In fact, our annual mission offering is named after him. He was influential in establishing the Yellowstone Baptist College (now Yellowstone Christian College) and served as its president until 1981. He was ordained by Emmanuel and pastored in Hinsdale, MT returning to Emmanuel to serve as our Senior Adult Pastor until 2004.

He has been married to Beverly for 74 years!

They have five children and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Dr. Held will turn 105 years old in October.

Dr. Don Jones served as Emmanuel’s fifth pastor, beginning in 1979. In 1989 Paul Jones was called to join his father to serve as co-pastor. After three years of serving together, Pastor Don resigned to go into full time evangeDr. Don Jones lism in July 1992. He was granted a Doctorate of Eschatology degree from International Seminary, Plymouth, Florida in June 1997.

In 1998, Dr. Jones published his first book, Layman’s Commentary on Revelation. He followed with a 2nd edition and Study Guide to accompany it in June 2013. He continues to bless Emmanuel with his faithful teaching of God’s word and mentoring our present staff of pastors by serving as an Elder. Don has been married to Gloria for 58 years. They have three children, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

in a number of Southern Baptist churches with age groups ranging from 4th graders through Senior Adults.

When Bill’s company transferred him to Billings in 1991, he and his family moved their membership to Emmanuel. In 1998, Bill began to teach the Senior Adult Sunday School class.

After his retirement from his job in 2002, Pastor Paul asked Bill to pray about joining the Pastoral Staff as Shepherding Pastor. Initially, he struggled with not having a seminary degree and assuming the role of Pastor; however, through much prayer, Bill resolved his “layman’s background thinking” by remembering how God moved the Apostle Paul to call Barnabus and Timothy to assist him in building churches and preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In agreement to his personal commitment in 1991 to help Pastor Paul, and in obedience to God’s calling, Bill completed his tenth anniversary as Shepherding Pastor on May 23, 2014. Bill has been married to Vivien for 47 years. Together they have two children and three grandchildren.

Pastor Bill Swant is a native of Louisiana.

He served in the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1968. Upon graduating from college, Bill worked in education as a teacher and subsequently, in human resources and perPastor Bill Swant sonnel in the oil industry.

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Rev. Roger Hill is a native Texan. After graduating from Southwestern Seminary in Ft Worth, he and his wife, Patty, and 11-month-old son moved to Three Forks, MT in 1963 where he became pastor of the First Baptist Church. He pastored there 26 years and during

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In 1989, Roger and Patty moved to Missoula, Montana and were appointed Church Starter Strategist/Director of Missions for Glacier Southern Baptist Association. During the 14 years they were in Missoula, the association started 30 churches.

Roger and Patty retired in 2002 and moved to Billings. While living here, Roger has pastored Columbus Baptist Church and is an adjunct professor at Yellowstone Christian College. He also serves on the Executive Board of the Montana Southern Baptist Convention and on the Foundation Board.

The Hills have been married 55 years and have three children, eight grandchildren and one great granddaughter.

Dr. Mark Langley is the son of Southern Baptist missionaries. Mark grew up with strong Christian influence that resulted in not only his call to ministry, but his brother’s call as well. Ordained to the ministry in 1974, Mark has planted himself squarely in the unchurched Northwest for much of his adult life. He has served churches in Oregon, Idaho, and Montana including minisDr. Mark Langley tering on Emmanuel’s staff from 1992 to 1994 as Worship Leader. Since that time he has served the Southern Baptist Churches of Montana on our state staff as Director of Church Health.

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MEET OUR ARMOR BEARERS At Emmanuel when the Lead Pastor and Elders recognize God’s hand on a certain man’s life the process becomes intentional and these men are invited to serve as Armor Bearers. This is an open ended, yet deliberate

Wayne Goulet – Activities Director, OverFlo House Parent & OverFlo Leader.

Wayne is married to Sandy, and they have two children and three grandchildren.

Tra Williams – Life Group leader, Chaplain of Billings Mustangs. Tra is married to Kristi, and they have three children.

Matt Wolcott – Life Group leader, Matt is married to Jennifer, and they have three children.

Michael Sarsfield – Welcome Center, Life Group leader, Michael is married to Jolene. Michael and Jolene have one son and are blessed to be foster parents.

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process where men submit themselves to the accountability of the Elders for the purposes of understanding their calling, spiritual gifts, and potential ministry responsibilities. When the Elders clearly see the calling of the Holy

Spirit on a man’s life they may recommend to the church that he be licensed to the Gospel Ministry, even if the process of serving as an Armor Bearer is not yet complete.

Rich Shellnutt – Life Group leader,

Scott Marosok – Life Group leader, Sunday mornings & Wednesday evenings.

Scott is married to Lori, and they have five children.

Rich is married to Tonya, and they have five children.

David Kelly – Life Group leader,

Paul Power – First Impressions Team,

Navigate Ministry Director. David is married to Amanda, and they have two children.

assists with Emmanuel 101. Paul is married to Virginia, and they have three children.

Tyler Frank – Served as intern for Link & OverFlo.

Brett Weisz – Link leader,

He is currently attending Dallas Theological Seminary.

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Emmanuel is privileged to have the following support staff:

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SALT Emmanuel genuinely values senior adults and recognizes the depth of wisdom and experience each one brings to the congregation. While many churches are decreasing and even eliminating ministries geared for senior adults, Emmanuel is consistently increasing this ministry and has seen tremendous growth in the last few years under the leadership of Pastor Bill Swant and his wife, Vivien.

The Senior Adult group enjoys worship, fellowship and Bible Study every Sunday.

Here is what Pastor Bill had to say about the Senior Adult Ministry: “In American culture today, youth is held in highest esteem; however, the Bible is clear that we are to nourish and restore Senior Adults because the Lord expects them to bring forth much fruit in their old age. Our ministry is dedicated to honor and encourage our Senior Adults to age gracefully and be all that they can be in service to the Lord.”

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MEET THE HALOS Halos Baseball is a ministry of Emmanuel Baptist Church and has been so for the last 14 years. The program has evolved over the years but the program Mission “To Honor Christ Thru the Vessel of Baseball” is and has remained the foundation of the program. The Halos program field two competitive teams that compete against the best teams available in this region. Both teams have had success both on and off the field winning several Legion Tournaments, seeing 45 players over the last 14 years receive scholarships to play baseball in college. The program also has a focus to teach players excellent baseball techniques and values taught in Biblical studies. The program place high value on morals and ethics which has attracted many players who have consistent belief systems.

Our Mission is to Honor Christ through the Vessel of Baseball but the objective is to win every time we step between the lines. This is a very competitive team similar to the local Legion teams versus other alternatives locally of being a team focusing on participation. As a result, the selection process is competitive and objective with consideration for those interested in spiritual development. 2014 is seeing the Halos and the Angels with a serious willing record as we mold teams that will carry the values and morals they learn beyond the program.

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Various Programs Women’s Ministry

ing, Greeters, Ushers, Encouragers, Coffee Hub, Believer’s Corner and Welcome Center workers all create an open, friendly environment to those seeking a spiritual connection.

Added to these important aspects of ministry are the events that are geared to assist people in making the transition into the Emmanuel family.

The first of these is Dinner with the Pastors where people can meet our pastors and wives. Emmanuel 101 is our new member’s class which is presented to answer every question that people have about Emmanuel.

Gary Fried oversees this ministry.

Gary joined our staff in a volunteer capacity in June 2013.

Our Women’s Ministry serves the women of our c o m m u n i t y, not only by providing Life Groups, but also through special worship events and community outreach. Tami Jones, our Lead Pastor’s wife, joined the staff in 2003 to oversee this ministry as its Director. Tami not only gives exceptional attention to these events that are geared specifically for women, but additionally is immersed in the daily ministry of mentoring, discipling, and counseling the women of Preschool Ministry Cari Roush our church. Many women from our has served in community and pastor’s wives from various caother churches come to Tami for her pacities at Emwisdom and insight. manuel for the past 26 years.

First Impressions Ministry She worked as Information our Nursery The First ImC o o r d inator pressions ministry is geared from 1988 to 1998, and then joined to receive the the staff in 2008 as the Preschool guests, at- Ministries Director. Cari oversees tenders, and and gives direction to all areas birth new members through kindergarten. Her responsiof our commu- bilities include overseeing our Nursnity. Valet Park- ery, Awana Cubbies, Mops, Shiloh

Christian Academy and our annual children. This also includes superVacation Bible School. She works vising our paid nursery staff. alongside of Patty Parramore and JaOverFlo – “College and mie Arbizzani.

20 Somethings Ministry”

Shiloh Christian Academy Director Patty Parramore serves as our Shiloh Christian Academy Director.

She is responsible for overseeing the SCA preschool and k i ndergar ten programs, supervising teachers, and leading the SCA team to provide an environment for spiritual, emotional, and academic development.

Nursery Director Jamie Arbizzani joined our staff in 2009, but she and her family have been an integral part of Emmanuel since they joined us over 10 years ago. As our Nursery Director, Jamie coordinates and oversees the nursery staff that provides child care for the many activities that Emmanuel has for families with young

OverFlo is a ministry designed specifically for the 20 Somethings stage of life. It is a ministry that is vibrant, healthy and exciting in so many ways. We built a house specifically for OverFlo a few years ago and they meet there weekly for worship and Bible Study. Throughout the year we do events from cross cultural ministry overseas to local projects, retreats, fellowships and small groups.

There is always something going on at OverFlo! Wayne Goulet serves as ministry assistant to Pastor Jim in this ministry.

The Link: Student Ministry This ministry is directed to the needs of Jr. High and Sr. High students. It provides for weekly events, special fellowships, leadership development, and annual events, such as retreats, camps and

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conferences. As with all ministries, Preschool Ministry the real growth is accomplished Our Prethrough one-on-one mentoring and school Ministhe power of relationship. try provides resources for nursery, preschool, childcare, and age-related activities.

At Emmanuel we believe that providing these services is a high priority in meeting the needs of young families with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

Life Groups ministry Children’s Ministry At EKids! we seek to partner with parents in building a strong spiritual foundation in the lives of their children. Our desire is that every child experiences a life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ that leads them to love God and to love others. Children are one of our highest priorities. When children come out of our Preschool programs they graduate to our 1st through 6th grade ministry. These ministries include Sunday School, Children’s Church, Awana, Vacation Bible School, GPS, and Children’s Camp at Clydehurst. E-Kids is the sponsor of our annual Easter Egg Hunt and many other special events which reach out to the entire community.

Anxiety disorders comprise the most common mental illnesses in America. While you may not suffer from an anxiety disorder, you most likely experience anxiety or stress every day. Dr. Will Miller and Dr. Glenn Sparks say this everyday anxiety is directly tied to social disconnection. “Many modern-day phenomena, including our high divorce rate; an epidemic of depression, incivility, and rudeness; aggressive driving; and reliance on drugs and alcohol are related, in part, to the steady erosion of our personal relationships with friends and family.”1 Life Groups are a place to create authentic friendships which will provide you the connection you need.

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Missions Ministry When core values are listed, Missions would be high on Emmanuel’s list! The church is highly committed to mission efforts in our city, region, North America, and around the globe. Lead Pastor Paul Jones spent two years as a missionary in South Africa with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Through the SBC’s Cooperative Program, Emmanuel along with sister churches from around the country support thousands of missionaries worldwide. In addition, Emmanuel directly supports 15 missionaries & organizations that have ties to the church. Of the seven continents, Emmanuel has a direct influence on four of them.

Over the years, Emmanuel has partnered to plant churches across Montana. Most recently, they have sponsored Elevation here in Billings Heights and Crossroads in Bozeman. Work groups also travel to assist smaller churches that need some extra hands. Locally, various small groups and individuals do commu-

nity service and outreach projects.

Financial gifts given at Christmas programs over the years have been given to the local Montana Rescue Mission.

Mission teams have traveled in recent years to Brazil and Toronto.

New partnerships have begun with church planters and missionaries in Vancouver, British Columbia. Emmanuel plans several mission trips there in 2015. One such partner in Vancouver is a Chinese church planter who has planted 4 churches over the past 12 years. Adopting an Unreached People Group in one part of the world is a desire of Emmanuel in the coming years.

Worship Ministry What Eddie Frank brings to Emmanuel is an extensive musical and technical expertise, along with an undeniable passion for worship. Eddie oversees all of the elements of worship including sound, light, video and our Creative Team. He works directly with our Lead Pastor to integrate these elements thematically into each sermon series and special emphasis.

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