Our Staff
Glenn LaRue
Pastor
Glenn’s life’s passions are to love the church, to preach and teach God’s Word, and to reach out to those who don’t yet know the Savior. He has been married to his wife, Amy, since 2002, and they have five children.
Glenn grew up in a Christian home and came to know Christ as a boy. Throughout his adult life, he has ministered in the church in various ways. He has worked closely with students of all ages in church and school settings. He has served as a young adult minister, a campus pastor, and a church planter. Glenn attended the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he received his M. Div. in biblical and theological studies and his Ph. D. in theology.
Glenn’s main goal as a pastor is to see the church grow in purity and people. As we seek to conform our lives to Christ and tell of his good news, he believes God’s Spirit will draw others to the Savior and unite their hearts with ours. Because of this desire, Glenn seeks to preach in such a way that will feed the church and invite others into our fellowship. Glenn’s goal for every sermon is that it be a clear, faithful, bold, exposition of the Word, a grace saturated exhortation to trust Christ, and a dynamic message that engages the listener with practical relevance.
Click here to go to Glenn’s personal website and read his works.
Ray Jarrett
Pastor of Outreach and Evangelism
Ray has been married to his wife Becca since 2009 and they have six children. He grew up in a Christian home with parents who love Christ and serve in the Church. Ray received Jesus as his personal Savior when he was sixteen years old and shortly after began to hear God’s call to vocational ministry. He attended Palm Beach Atlantic University where he received a degree in biblical studies and then the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he received a Master’s Degree in theology.
Ray served as our pastor to students and families for his first seven years at UBC. During this time the student ministry grew in having a very strong culture of discipleship, evangelism, and missions. Now he serves as our pastor of outreach and evangelism to use is gifts in cultivating such a culture on behalf of our whole church family.
Sherrill Sizemore
Pastor of Pastoral Care
Sherrill has been married for more than fifty years to his high school sweetheart. They have been blessed with two sons, four granddaughters, and a grandson. After being married several years, they began to attend church, trusted Jesus as Savior, dedicated their lives, home, and marriage to God, followed him in New Testament baptism, and became involved in a local Baptist church. Sherrill soon felt the call into the ministry and preached in a local nursing home for several years. He worked with the youth, taught Sunday school, and served the Lord as opportunity arose.
Sherrill was able to attend Eastern Baptist Seminary where he received a Bachelor of Theology degree. After graduation, he served as a bi-vocational senior pastor in four different churches over the course of twenty years. Upon retirement from his secular job, he became involved in the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Program and is a certified DR Chaplain with the North American Mission Board. He has been deployed in mud-out, child care, food, and chainsaw ministries.
Over the years, Sherrill has realized more and more how Jesus taught us by example to be compassionate in ministry. Numerous times in the Scriptures it is recorded that Jesus had compassion on people. He believes that we must always deal with people by following Jesus’ example. He is excited about his opportunity to serve the Lord at UBC and seeks to lead others to do as Jesus did.
Matt Rose
Student Ministry Director / Pastor Apprentice
Matt became a follower of Christ as a young teenager and experienced significant growth in his faith as a young adult. Then after working with our student ministry for several years, he began to experience the Lord’s calling to full time Christian ministry. Through a long process of consideration, our pastors agreed that Matt is gifted for service in the church and primed for training to become a pastor. He currently serves as our full-time director of student ministry as he undergoes training and education toward becoming an ordained minister of the gospel. We very excited to have Matt on board for both his enthusiasm in working with our students and our opportunity to shape him in his calling.
Jacob Hatfield
Praise Team Director
Jacob has been leading worship in various capacities since he was in high school and has been the worship leader at UBC since 2019. He studied worship at Cedarville University and gained experience in worship ministry while traveling with their touring praise teams. He married his wife Amber in 2018, and they have been serving at the church ever since.
Ali Heinold
Children’s Ministry Coordinator
Ali has been married to her husband, Mike, since 2007. They have four daughters. Ali grew up in a Christian home where her parents and siblings were very involved in their local church. Ali received Christ as her savior as a young girl. From childhood, Ali has been involved with many kids and youth activities in church. As a young person, she also worked at a Christian day camp for kids during the summers. Her love for children’s ministries grew even more as she and Mike started a family and had young kids of their own.
Ali graduated from Olivet Nazarene University with a degree in marketing management. She is now a stay-at-home mom who enjoys serving the church in this part-time role. She is excited to coordinate this vital area of ministry helping future generations grow in the gospel and become the leaders God wants them to be.
Trina Back
Administrative Assistant
Trina has been married since 1992 to her husband, Eddie. They have one daughter, Amanda. Trina went to Centerville High School and has her degree from Sinclair Community College. She worked for thirty-plus years at Lexis Nexis in the physical security department. After all those years working for one company, God opened a door for her to serve here at UBC, and she is now blessed and excited to work directly with gospel ministry. Her favorite verse is Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”