Prior to coming to FBC-K in June 1998, our pastor, Bryan A. Eason, was a church planter and pastor of Waldemar Community Chapel in Haltom City, TX, youth minister at Wellesley Park Apartment Chapel in Hurst, TX, and associate pastor and youth minister at Columbia Heights Baptist Church in Columbia, LA. Bryan truly has a pastor's heart and studies and teaches the Word under God's leadership.
Pastor Bryan has a Bachelor of Pure and Applied Science from Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe, LA, and a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX. Bryan's wife, Pam, is a teacher in the Kennedale Independent School District, and they have two children -- eight-year-old Haley and four-year-old Caleb .
Chris Wright has been minister of music at FBC-K since August 1999. He has ministered in churches in Oklahoma and Texas and has traveled to Japan, Austria, China & Brazil on mission trips. He received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK, and has done graduate work at Midwestern University in Wichita Falls, TX, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX. Chris is an accomplished musician and leads FBC-K in worship from the keyboard using hymns, praise and worship songs, as well as contemporary music.
Chris and his wife, Mary Ann, have three grown children. Cary works for IBM and lives in Mansfield. Jena teaches in the Mansfield Independent School District and lives in Mansfield. Mike owns The Wright Donuts in Everman and lives in Crowley. Chris & Mary Ann have eight grandchildren (five grandsons and three granddaughters).
Todd Gilbert came to FBC-K in July 2006. He had previously been at Sulphur Springs Baptist Church in Jonesborough, TN. Todd is current working on his Bachelor of Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX. His wife, Mandy, is a pediatric nurse at Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, TX. Todd has done an amazing work with our students in the short time he's been here. He has a heart for young people and seeing them grow to be all God desires.