Our Mission & Vision

We’re here to help people Take Root, Grow, and Bear Fruit.

 

Our Schedule

Sunday
Morning Devotional
 
Worship
 
10:00 AM
 
11:00 AM
 
Wednesday
Children/Youth Classes
6:00 PM

Our Staff

Our leadership team recognizes the authority of God, and realizes that we are shepherds who serve under the Chief Shepherd, Jesus Christ. We desire to devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the Word. Our passion and goal is to get people plugged into God and to equip believers for the work of the ministry.

Ryan & Deborah Matthews, Senior Pastor & Wife

Our Pastor, Mr. Ryan Matthews is new to Runge Texas, he is an East Texas native and has been with our church since June 2023.  He is married to Deborah and they have two precious daughters, Quinn and a new baby, Shiloh.  Pastor Ryan is a graduate of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.  Prior to coming to Runge, Pastor Ryan worked with the youth, served as an interim pastor, and helped teach the adult Sunday school classes in various churches.  He is a knowledgeable teacher and committed to bringing his church community to a personal relationship with God.  We feel blessed to have Pastor Ryan and his family.

Corey & Tomika Barnes, Youth Pastor & wife

Mr. Corey Barnes, our Youth Pastor was born and raised here in Runge.  He is married to Tomika and they have 2 children, Donovan and Kylie.  Corey was raised in the church and  came to know and honor God for himself at the age of 16, at a Wednesday night youth group service.  The experience with his then  youth Pastor Mark and his wife Lisa led him to a path of service in the church.  He has a passion for our youth and has served in the church in various roles including Sunday school teacher and youth minister. We believe in building a foundation for the youth in our church as well as the youth in our community. Corey & Tomika both have a passion to lead others to Christ and demonstrate God’s love through both words and action.  Their goal is to not only bring more students into the church, but also their parents.  They have served our church since September 15th, 2022 and It is with great privilege and pleasure that we have added them to our ministry team.

Blake & Ning, Worship Minister & Wife

The Bible has a lot to say about worship, which is why the music program is held so closely to our hearts here at Runge FBC.  Blake became our worship leader in March of 2017 and has a passion for leading every believer in the worship of their Lord.  While the Bible doesn’t specifically name worship as a Spiritual gift, we believe that Blake is spiritually equipped to lead worship.  This truth is made evident every time Blake rises to lead our church in worship.