Tawnda Holley Executive Assistant

Tawnda Holley serves as Executive Assistant to Senior Pastor, Dr. Crawford Loritts. Her role also includes support of the Executive Team, primarily the Guiding Elders.

Tawnda has been serving at Fellowship since 1997. She spent time as the Facilities Coordinator, Men's Ministry Support and she was instrumental in the Reducing the Risk campaign as Risk Manager. She was involved in the coordination and support of our Senior Pastor Search Committee, as well as subsequent pastoral searches. Prior to coming to Fellowship, she spent time in the corporate world as a Branch Manager at a large banking firm and also as a Training Coordinator for an Atlanta software company.

Tawnda and Bill have called FBC their church home since 1996. They have three adult children and one grandchild. Rachael presently lives in Valdosta. She and Jacen are the parents of Bryce. Tyler and his wife Emilee, live near Camp LeJeune, NC where he is based. Their youngest, Brittany, is a freshman at Cornerstone University, in Grand Rapids, MI.

Her dedication to Fellowship flows from a passionate desire to serve the Lord with excellence, in all that she does.

Joe Rice Executive Pastor

As the Executive Pastor, Joe is responsible to lead the staff of FBC to execute upon the vision and strategic objectives set by the Guiding Elder Board. As a member of the Elder Board he works with Crawford to develop the goals and objectives for ministry at FBC in order to present, "Everyone as growing to maturity in Christ".

For the past 15 years Joe has been a dedicated servant leader with the passion and calling to provide leadership for churches and not-for-profit organizations by developing and implementing strategies for improvement. Experienced in team leadership and building alignment of people and results linked to organizational mission and vision. Joe's passion is to empower, inspire and shepherd staff to be all they can be for Christ.

On a personal note, Joe has had a colorful and unique childhood as a child born into a Navy household on October 14, 1964. He was blessed to live all over the world and have unique childhood experiences such as raising a baby kangaroo, planting rice in a paddy and being scolded by a Buddhist Monk.

Joe came to a saving knowledge of Christ during a 'revival' meeting where Gordon Baylis was preaching from Jonah in the fall of 1992. "Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs" (Jonah 2:8) is the verse that the Lord used and has forever changed his life.

Joe shares his life and ministry with his beautiful wife and best friend Barb, of 13 years. Her passion to see women have "Intimacy with Jesus" has impacted hundreds of women to become disciples of Christ. They have five wonderful children: Sydney (11), Isaac (9), Selah (6), Quincy (5) and Sophia (3 ½). Their home is filled with laughter and adventures as they home school their kids.