Meet Our New Lead Pastor
Dr. Ricky and Shanova Ray
Pastor Ricky and Shanova Ray recently celebrated their 33rd Wedding Anniversary. They have been in Pastoral Ministry together for just as long. Pastor Ricky and Shanova have a heart for reaching the community, seeing the lost saved, and helping others to grow in Christ.
They are moving to Sherwood from Tennessee (and yes, he's a Vol's fan). Pastor Ricky received his Doctor of Ministry from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2006, his Doctor of Biblical Studies from Andersonville Baptist Seminary in 1997, his Master of Divinity from Mid-America Theological Seminary in 1994. He was ordained in 1991 at Friendship Baptist in Tennessee. He has been serving as Lead/Senior Pastor in a few different Church's since 1993.
Pastor Ricky has described his top strengths to be Preaching, Team-Building, Discipling, Leadership, and Figuring out how things work. With these tools combined with his many years of experience have us excited to see how God will use them here in our Community.
