Fred Tag, Senior Pastor
In 1982 Fred Tag accepted the Lord as his Savior and was baptized at New Hope Baptist Church in Fayetteville, GA. For the next twelve or so years he continued to attend several churches and grow in his faith, but it was in 1994 that he began to earnestly serve in church leadership as a Deacon. Since then, he has served in various leadership roles including Sunday School Teacher, Missions Director, AWANA Commander, and Pastor. He graduated with a Bachelor’s in Pastoral Studies from Atlanta Baptist College in 2007 and was ordained a few months later in early 2008. During this time, he has also worked as a Lead Aviation Maintenance Technician for Delta Airlines. He and his wife Debbie have been married for nearly 40 years and have two grown children, a daughter and a son.
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. – Proverbs 3:5-6
Ruth Brown, Children’s Ministry Director
Ruth Brown felt the call to the ministry in 2021. She had been praying for God to use her and guide her to ways she could be of service to His church. Ruth is an alumni of UGA and holds a BSED Early Childhood Education, MEd Reading Education, and EdS Early Childhood/Curriculum and Instruction. She has been the benefactor of many faithful leaders discipling her throughout her life, and felt the leading from the Lord to use her gifts, talents, and passion to serve God and others at Bethlehem. Ruth and Matthew have been married since 2015 and have three children.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. – Proverbs 22:6
Angie Keith, Worship Leader and Judy Griffies, Pianist
Austin Lorentzen, Youth Leader