Final Transition Update: Introducing Justin Moser, Senior Pastor

We are excited to announce the calling of Rev. Justin Moser as the new senior pastor of First Baptist Waynesboro!

After nine months of intense prayer, discernment, resumes, phones calls, Zoom meetings, interviews, reference checks, and more prayer, our pastor search committee unanimously presented Justin as the candidate for senior pastor. Justin spent the weekend answering questions from the congregation in two Q&A sessions, and then led in worship on Sunday, November 26th. In a vote following worship on Sunday, the congregation overwhelmingly affirmed Justin's call to be our next senior pastor. 

We ask that you be in prayer for Pastor Justin and his family, Ellie, Micah, and Lewis, as they prepare to say goodbye to their church family and their community over the next several weeks. Justin will wrap up his time at his current church, FBC Saint Simons Island, GA, at the end of December and then he and his family will transition to Waynesboro after the first of the year. There are still a few details to work out when it comes to his first Sunday with us, but we will keep you updated as those are finalized. 

We give thanks for the ways that God has guided our church, our search committee, and Justin through this process. We look forward to this next chapter in the life of our church as we continue to do, love, and walk like Christ in this world. 

Finally, we say thank you to the pastor search committee and their families, who have given so much of their time and energy to this process over the last nine months: Susan Shiflet (chair), Tom Woodworth (vice-chair), Libby Allen, Laurie Landes, Ed Morse, Seth Price, Devin Roller, Cheryl Rosberg, and Jeremy Rowe. 

There are exciting days ahead, and we are glad that we get to experience them together!