Meet the staff
Currently Searching for A Senior Pastor & Youth Pastor
Associate Pastor of Worship Greg Tanner
Greg Tanner, our associate pastor of worship has been at FBC Vernon since 1984. Greg and his wife, Nina, have one daughter, Bobbi Kim, who lives in Oklahoma with her family. Originally from Illinois, Greg graduated from Belmont University in Nashville, TN with a Bachelor of Arts in church music and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with a Master of Church Music.
Greg loves to sing, plays saxophone and harmonica
(not at the same time), and leads a fully graded program which includes choirs, ensembles, drama, orchestra and other ministries of worship. Greg's favorite scriptures is Eph. 3:20.
Chris and his wife and son, Rachel and Ezra, moved to Vernon in the Fall of 2011 to serve as FBC's newly created position, Pastor of Children and Families. Chris and his wife, Rachel, have two sons, Ezra who is two, and Issac and infant. He graduated from Baptist College of Florida with a degree in Theology. Chris continued his education through Liberty University, obtaining Masters level degrees in both Religion and Business. Chris served as the Associate Pastor at First Baptist Church in Cuthbert, Georgia for four years, before coming to FBC Vernon.
He loves to read, study, and to spend time with his family both here and in Florida.