Eric Evje – Teaching Pastor
Eric was born and raised in Atlanta, GA. It was there that he met his beautiful Heidi. Eric and Heidi have a little girl named Hannah Grace who the Lord has entrusted to them through wonderful journey of adoption. Eric loves being a husband, a father, cycling, and college basketball. His desire is to help lead the church to be in the community and for the world. Luke 9:23 – Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.“
email: Eric@lhbcb.org
Allen Palermo – Elder
Allen and Dena are lifelong residents of Bryan. They met in school and were married at a young age. They also have two sons, Matt and Brent who have provided them with two amazing daughter in laws and four grandchildren. It is through the church that Christ has radically changed Allen’s life and he wants everyone who he comes in contact with to “experience the joy, peace and blessing that comes from knowing Christ. He is amazing!” email: Allen@lhbcb.org
Brian Miller – Elder
Brian and Sara Miller have lived in Bryan for 11 years with their three children – Catherine (17), Rachel (15) and Matthew (13). Brian’s family spent two years on the mission field in Mexico and all are currently serving in various ministries within the church and in the community. Brian works for Bryan ISD where God allows him to live out his faith on a daily basis. email: Brian@lhbcb.org
Joe Montgomery – Elder
Joe was born in Greenville, Texas in 1949 and grew up in Mesquite, Texas. He was saved at the age of twelve at Northridge Baptist Church in Mesquite at Vacation Bible School. Later on he married Jackie Montgomery on January 25, 1969. They have raised two daughters; Jennifer is married to Ed Wilson and has two boys, and Amity died of natural causes in 2005 at the age of twenty-seven.
Joe spent thirty years as a commissioned peace officer in Dallas and Brazos County and worked for the Law Enforcement and Security Training Division of TEEX for over fifteen years. He was ordained as a Deacon at Audubon Baptist Church in Garland, Texas in 1983 and has served as Chairman of Deacons at three separate Churches. email: Joe@lhbcb.org
Bill Moss – Elder
Bill Moss was born in San Marcos, TX in 1953 and grew up there. After attending Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University) for 3 years he transferred to Texas A&M to complete his degree in Animal Science. In 1977 he met Judy who was a student at A&M. They were married in 1979. They have two sons, David age 28 and Ryan age 24, and three grandchildren.
Bill accepted Christ as his Savior while in the 3rd grade and was baptized shortly after that at First Baptist Church of San Marcos. After completing college and moving back to Bryan, he joined First Baptist Church of College Station where he was a member until he was part of a group that started a mission church called South College Station Baptist Church that was later named Living Hope Baptist Church. Bill’s passion has been to teach the Gospel to children and is now serving in Children’s Ministry. email: Bill@lhbcb.org
Fernando Aguirre – Deacon
Fernando grew up in San Antonio and has been married to his wonderful wife Cathe for fourteen years. They have three girls (ages 9, 7, 4) and one boy who is quickly approaching two years old! In addition to serving as a Deacon, Fernando also serves as the LH Bryan College Pastor. He currently works full-time as a Speech Pathologist, primarily serving children in Bryan. He enjoys the outdoors, as well as reading, whenever time allows! email: College@lhbcb.org
Barney Phillips – Deacon
Barney Phillips, born June 27, 1941, in Monroe, Louisiana, graduated from the University of Texas with a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering in 1965. He began his career with Exxon at their Baytown, Texas, oil refinery. After 15 years of working in business development and major projects, he joined Tenneco in Houston, Texas, to become heavily involved in their synthetic fuels development program designed to offset dependence on foreign oil. It was during this assignment in Colorado that he met his wife, Joanna. They were married in 1986 and have four children and four grandchildren.
While with Tenneco, Barney was assigned to Istanbul, Turkey, to develop new business opportunities in that country. This began a series of international assignments, including stays in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Barney finished his career with Koch Industries, both in Wichita, Kansas, and in Houston, Texas. He and Joanna retired to a small ranch near Bryan, Texas, that the church has aptly dubbed “Barneyville.”
Barney was a man who thought he was saved most of his life. However, by God’s Grace, he truly was born again in 2004 and continues to strive to seek first the Kingdom of God in all aspects of his life. email: Prayer@lhbcb.org
Carlos Carpio – Deacon
Carlos was born and raised in Bryan Texas and graduated from Bryan High in 2002. He married his High School sweet heart Kaylene Carpio and they have been married 6 years and have two amazing kids. Easton is 7 and Fionna just turned 1. Kaylene and Carlos both got saved at LHBC in 2003 and have been serving faithfully since then. Even though Carlos did everything the world’s way when he was a youth the Lord has called him to be heavily involved in youth ministry. He began serving the youth in spring of 2004 and has been serving as our youth director since the inception of Living Hope Bryan. He just recently became a Deacon of Living Hope Bryan and the Lord is teaching him and his family how to be servant leaders for His glory. email: Youth@lhbcb.org
Sherman Watters – Deacon
Sherman was born in Louisville, Kentucky and grew up in Houston, TX. He met his sweet wife Rachel (born in Macomb, Illinois) in 1996 while in High School. While they both grew up in church and had professions of faith, neither walked in a way that it was apparent they had been saved. They have lived in the B/CS since 2003 when they were married and both graduated from Texas A&M University where they sought worldly passions. Sherman and Rachel truly began to follow Christ while at Living Hope College Station and since then, God has “wrecked [them] for the lost, international missions, pouring [themselves] out for the poor and the oppressed in this world and [has given them] a deep love for the local church.” Sherman is blessed to have the wife of his youth at his side as they strive to proclaim Jesus’ Gospel in every area of their lives. The Watters are parents to as many as six at this point (ask them) and have a heart for the widowed and orphaned. Their heart for the church is that “Christians proclaim this glorious Gospel that we have received by His Grace and quit living for sin and self and truly grasp our mission in this world as we sojourn here.” email: Children@lhbcb.org