Pastor James Lair
Senior Pastor
James has served in pastoral ministry for over 25 years and in senior pastor roles for over 12 years. He is currently working on his Master of Divinity degree with The King’s Semin... view details
Pastor Elias Abdallah
Family Life
Elias & Stephanie Abdallah, Pastors of Family Life, have been married for 13 years and have three boys; Matthew, Joshua, and Caleb. With a passion for evangelism, Elias and Stephanie seek to enrich families with bibl... view details
Pastor Shawna Banning
Children's Pastor
Shawna has been involved in Children's ministry for almost 9 years. She got her start by going overseas to Northern Ireland as an intern working with Global Passion, where her main focus was school assemblies. Since then she has been on ... view details
Frank Triggs
Business Administrator
Frank Triggs graduated from SCC, which is now Vanguard University. He has served in pastoral and church service ministry for 48 years. He has acquired valuable management skills through several church restoration assignments for th... view details
Pastor Cody Criswell
Student Ministries Pastor
Before coming to Bakersfield First Assembly, Cody previously had been a custodian...which prepared him perfectly for ministry with Youth. :) He has a love for students and a desire to see ... view details
Pastor David Eichler
Worship Pastor
David comes from a varied background of musical and ministry experience. His experience as a professional musician, recording engineer and his classical piano training uniquely equips him to lead both our modern and classic wors... view details
Pastor Greg Haslow
Adult Ministries
Greg Haslow brings nearly 30 years of pastoral ministry experience, both in Senior Pastor and staff roles, to the leadership of the various facets of Adult Ministries. Greg is a 1983 graduate of Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, CA. ... view details
Pastor Roger Norwood
Director of Creative Arts
Roger was a stock broker in his former life and after retiring from his practice, he was enjoying golf, travel and working with the Seniors Ministry at Bakersfield First Assembly. He has lon... view details
Superintendent Doug Pike
School Superintendent
Doug Pike has served in Christian schools for the last 27 years and as an administrator for 23 years. He currently serves as the District 8 Representative for the Southern California Region of the Association of Christian School Internation... view details