Our Pastors

Rev. Timothy G. Stetson, Senior Pastor

Pastor Tim is a Vermont native who was born in Richford and after a short (10 year) stint in northern New York now lives in Enosburg Falls during the week and in Richford on weekends with his wife Kathy and his family. He is an ordained minister through Maranatha Ministerial Fellowship International and is the Senior Pastor here at Richford First Baptist. In addition to his work in emergency preparedness and the ministry, Pastor Tim is a small business owner; a Gospel Music Recording Artist; performs in a Gospel Music Duo – The Stetsons; is an author and has written two original Christian musicals for the theatre stage. He is in the process of writing the dialogue for a third. Both he and his wife Kathy have been actively involved in the community for many years. Pastor Tim is also the founder and President of Guardian Angel Ministries of Enosburg Falls, VT. Check out the GAM Website at: www.guardianangelministries.org.

Rev. Mark Shuren, Associate Pastor

Pastor Mark was born on Long Island NY in 1962 and is the fifth in a line of 5 boys. Although he was raised around Christianity he was a product of the times and was lost at a very young age to the ways of the world and addictions. Needless to say, it took decades before he committed his life to Christ. Mark found in Christ the pieces that we're missing in him prior. Although he found the love of his life in his wife Lori he remained Christ-less for a couple more decades as he looked at many other religions of the world. Throughout the process there was always something missing...the love and forgiveness of God as demonstrated through Christ. Mark likes to joke that God said to him in the beginning of his faith, your feet better be moving when they hit the ground. Mark has served in most every capacity of the church, from greeter to being a member of a church plant committee, as elder and associate pastor. Two scriptures that walk with him wherever he goes are. "Pray continually" and "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. " God has blessed Lori and Mark in the last few years by first giving them a 19 month old girl to Foster to now having a daughter they adopted in April of 2017 .. to which Mark likes to say, God showed me His love in salvation, now He's teaching me how to love and the depths of love by giving me our daughter.