Staff

Pastor

Michael Murphy

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I grew up in Hudson,Texas right outside of Lufkin. I came to know Christ at the age of eleven through a bus ministry of Cross Roads Baptist Church. I started preaching at the age of eighteen and began pastoring at twenty years old as a sophmore at East Texas Baptist University.

Tami and I were married in October of 1986. We are blessed with three grown children- Megan, Morgan, & Micah. We enjoy spending time with our family, our grandchildren & junking.

We came to First Baptist Church in Smithville in August 2004. We had previously served at Parkview Baptist Church in Lufkin for over ten years. 




Administrator

Brad Williams

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My name is Brad Williams. I am the administrator here at First Baptist Church. My job is to oversee the finances, projects, and some programs of the church.

I have been married to my wife for 54 years. I have two grown children and four grandchildren. 




Youth Director

Katrina Ralph

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Proverbs 22:6 says, "Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it."

It is our goal to help equip your teenagers with the full armor of God, grow their faith in Jesus Christ, and usher them into discipleship. 




Worship Leader

Katrina Ralph

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"Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name." - Psalm 63: 3-4

I am from Huntsville, Al and have been in church all my life singing in the church choir.  I came to know Jesus Christ at the age of 12 and was baptized by my father, the late Rev. William H. Walker. 

I am married to Dustin Ralph, and am the mother of 2 boys, Preston and Ashton. 

John 4:23 says, "But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him." 

I believe in the power of worship where we experience the fullness of the Holy Spirit and are drawn into a relationship with Jesus Christ.