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Pastor Eric Boggs was voted in as Pastor in 2007 after filling in as the Assistant Pastor to Brother Lewis in 2006. Eric was saved on March 17, 1996 in a home service. Eric was Ordained as a Minister for the Bucyrus Free Will Baptist Church in a Northern Ohio Conference Meeting in Ontario, Ohio at the Stiving Road Free Will Baptist Church on February 19, 2005. Eric has been married to wife Nancy, who is the granddaughter of Deacon Brother John Schubert, for four years. They have two children. Other than Assistant Pastor, Eric has also served as Youth Leader, as well as Sunday School teacher for both adults and teenagers. Nancy has also taught Sunday School for over six years for both the pre-teens and baby class.

Assistant Pastor Lyle Arnett took over as Assistant to Brother Eric in 2007. He was saved at the Bucyrus Church of God on Mothers Day May 9, 1999. Lyle was Ordained as a Minister on August 20, 2005 at the Bellville Free Will Baptist Church, during a Northern Ohio Conference Meeting. Brother Lyle has been married to wife Mary for 28 years. They have two children, as well as two grandchildren. Brother Lyle also serves on the College Scholarship Committee for the church, which is a ministry for young adults seeking assistance for college tuition. Sister Mary is a member of the Ladies Auxiliary and active in the Food Pantry Ministry for the Church.

Evangelist Joe Walters served as Pastor of the Bucyrus Free Will Baptist Church for one year while the church looked for a new pastor back in the late 70's. Joe was saved in 1963 at the Bucyrus Free Will Baptist Church. Joe was then Ordained as a Deacon on February 20, 1965 while a member of the Bucyrus Free Will Baptist Church. This before he announced his calling and was then Ordained  on August 17, 1968. Joe and wife Pete have been married for 51 years. They have four children, 14 grandchildren, and 7 great grandchildren. Other than his short stint as Pastor, Jos also served as Conference Evangilist for the Northern Ohio Conference for six years. He was Deacon for the Bucyrus Church for 2 years, Pastor for 1, as well as a Trustee and a Sunday School teacher for teenagers.

Ministering Brother Justin Feight announced his calling to preach on Sunday, June 29, 2008 at the age of 17. He was saved at the Bucyrus Free Will Baptist Church in January of 2008 and was baptized the very next month. Justin preached his first message on July 5, 2008 during the Sunday Morning Service. Brother Justin is the son of Buddy and Mary Feight of Bucyrus, as well as grandson and nephew of preachers. Justin is currently unmarried.

Deacons

Deacon Brother Larry Parsons was saved on November 9, 1964 in the Bucyrus Free Will Baptist Church while his father, Ralph Parsons, served as Pastor. Larry was Ordained as Deacon on May 18, 1974. Larry has been married to wife Nelda for 40 years. They have two children, and 5 grandchildren. Other than Deacon, Larry has also served as Treasurer for the Northern Ohio Conference. He has also held offices within the church as Clerk, Sunday School Superintentend, Youth Leader, Sunday School Teacher, and church bus driver.

Deacon Brother John Schubert was saved in a Methodist Church in Kingston Tennessee in 1943. John soon joined the Crossville Free Will Baptist Church in Crossville Tennessee where he was Ordained as a Deacon in 1958. John then moved to Ohio where in 1965 as a member of the Bucyrus Free Will Baptist Church he was ordained at the Marion Free Will Baptist Church during a Northern Ohio Conference meeting. John has been married to wife Eula for 57 years. They have four children, 11 grandchildren, and 6 great grandchildren. Other than Deacon, John has also served as Sunday School Superintendent, Youth Leader, as well as Sunday School teacher for both adults and teenagers.

Deacon Brother Bobby Walters was saved on July 27, 1974 at the Bucyrus Free Will Baptist Church. Bobby was then Ordained as a Deacon for our church on May 19, 1990 in a Northern Ohio Conference Meeting in Carey, Ohio at the Carey Free Will Baptist Church. Bobby has been married to wife Sandy, who is the daughter of Deacon Brother John Schubert, for 31 years. They have five children, three of which they have been blessed to adopt, and one grandchild. Other than Deacon, Bobby has also served as Youth Leader, as well as Sunday School Teacher for both adults and teenagers.