About us

Our Staff

• Rick Ross
  Lead Pastor
• Bill Ballance
  Executive Pastor
• Doug Witherup
  Youth/Senior High
• Jerry Skaggs
  Fine Arts/Music
• Andrew Byrd
  Children/Elementary
• Phil Bennett
  Congregational Care
• Susan Ross
  Guest Connection
• Doug Shell
  Family Life/Men
• Nathan Goss
  Youth/Jr. High
• Steve Hargett
  Music Assistant
• Kelly Byrd
  Children/Preschool
• Randy Corl
  Media
• Marvel Pope
  Women
• Gwen Stowers
  Missions
• Kevin Whidden
  Singles/Community
• Forest Jones
  Seniors/Caring
• Doug Rieder
  Business
• Tim Caskey
  Retreat Center
• Derrick Ross
  Young Couples

Our Mission

Our Vision

Who we are becoming

Let us tell you a story. It actually happened. A community of believers decided together they would live their lives radically devoted to God. Ninety-five percent devotion wasn't enough; they determined to submit fully and follow God in every way. LOVE GOD They agreed to love one another irrationally ... meeting each other's needs, making sure no brother or sister lived without. They took off their masks so they could know and be known. LOVE PEOPLE Passionately concerned about those outside the family of God, they reached out to lost people, regardless of the consequences. They prayed fervently that they would have the boldness to proclaim the gospel, even if it cost them their lives. PASS IT ON And with the Spirit in charge, they worshipped God continually, and honored Him by using their spiritual gifts. Everyone played a critical role; everyone was important.

"They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved." Acts 2:42-47 We're convinced it can still happen today.

Our Beliefs

The mission of Concord First Assembly of God church is to develop followers of Jesus who Love God, Love People, and Pass it On.  The sole basis of our belief is the Bible, which is uniquely God-inspired, without error, and the final authority on all matters on which it bears. As the Bible teaches, there is one God, eternally existing in three persons--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit--each possessing all the attributes of Deity.

God created humans to have fellowship with Him, but they defied God by sinfully going their own way. As a result, we need God's saving grace to end our alienation from Him. Salvation comes only through God's saving grace--not human effort--and must be received personally by repentance and faith.

Jesus Christ, second Person of the Trinity, lived a sinless life on earth and voluntarily paid for our sin by dying on the cross as our substitute. This accomplished salvation for all who receive grace by trusting in Him alone. He rose from the dead and is the only mediator between us and God. He will return to earth to consummate history.

The Holy Spirit draws sinners to Christ and equips believers for personal growth.  In a distinguishable experience from salvation called the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, the believer receives power to be a witness in their life and service to God. 

The church's role is to glorify God and serve those in need. At the end, everyone will experience bodily resurrection and the judgment. Those forgiven through Christ will enjoy eternal fellowship with God. For a fuller discussion of these and other beliefs, please see the Assemblies of God Statement of Beliefs

Our History