About us

Welcome to First Baptist Greensburg! Whether you’re looking for more information about God, new to the church, or just looking for a new place to worship and serve, we invite you to join us as we seek to passionately follow Jesus, and glorify God in all we do.

Who We Are:

First Baptist Church Greensburg was established in 1841. Today we consist of a wide range of people and backgrounds, covering all ages, serving Christ in the community of Greensburg, IN.

 

Cliff Bunch, Senior Pastor

 

“As a Pastor, my favorite thing is helping people grow in their walk with the Lord Jesus Christ!  I love being a part of that, whether that is through Bible study and preaching, or leading a person to accept Jesus Christ, or participating in one’s baptism, or helping church leaders, or just walking through life with others who are also following Jesus.”

He graduated from Bluefield College in Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982. In 1990 he graduated from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky with a Master of Divinity degree. He was ordained in 1992. For his pastorate ministry, Cliff draws from a variety of work experience which includes:retail management, sales clerk and cashier positions, restaurant work, and farm labor.  Since 1992 Cliff has served as Pastor of three churches.He is married to Mindy and is the father of two- Gabriel and Sara.

 
 
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Greg Redd, Pastor of Family, Youth and Children   

 
Greg is a 1989 graduate of Greensburg Community High School and a 2014 graduate of Christian Leadership Institute, with a Diploma of Pastoral Studies, as well as a Certificate of Church Leadership. He has attended     Catalyst, a Leadership Conference presented by North Point Ministry out of Atlanta, Georgia, for several years. He has also taken classes through Moody Bible Institute. Greg received his Ordination through American     Baptist Churches of IN/KY. He has also received leadership training during his 8 years in the Indiana National Guard.

       He has been an active part of the Greensburg community for many years. He served 8 ½ years as Reserve Deputy for the Decatur County Sheriff’s   Department, has served the Decatur County United Fund as a board member, and has previously coached at Decatur County YMCA, Greensburg Youth Baseball, and Greensburg Elementary Basketball. Greg has recently been hired on the coaching staff as the 7th grade boys’ basketball coach.

     Greg believes that God can do anything through His Children, and it doesn’t matter at what stage they are at along this journey we call life!! He married his wife Lynn (Gross), June 1992. They have a son, Blane.

Steven R. Wood, Associate Pastor of Adult Ministries

  

Steve was born in Jeffersonville, Indiana.  He was saved as a young teen while attending a Southern Baptist church in Fairborn, Ohio, and felt a call to the ministry very soon afterwards but resisted that call until graduation from high school.

He attended Judson College and graduated with a BA in 1977.  He served in the college choir, a drama outreach team, as dorm president, president of the senior class, and student chaplain during these years. 

He attended Northern Baptist Seminary from 1978-82 and received his M.Div. in Pastoral Studies and Chaplaincy Studies with a minor in Christian Education.

Steve has served 6 churches in the ABC family in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio as youth pastor, CE and Youth, Pastor, and Senior Pastor during 25 years of service.  He was also a member of the Area and/or State committees for CE training for churches in three states and served church camps including special needs camps from 1978 to 2001. He served as a volunteer Fire Chaplain and support Police Chaplains, joined community civic groups (Lions and Optimist Clubs), and helped create county groups to reach out to teens.

Steve served as a prison chaplain for 3 years and as a hospice chaplain for 11 years. His hospice career included training as a grief counselor for adults and children, a hospital trainer concerning hospice topics, and new staff trainer for hospice employees.  He has performed many types of counseling services for church, prison and hospice groups.

Steve has been married to Cheryl forever…well 40 years anyway. Poor woman!  Cheryl is a graduate of Judson College with a BA in Music, with an emphasis on piano and organ.  After a long career as an administrative assistant, Cheryl retired from Arizona State University in December of 2015. 

They have an adopted daughter, Sonja, son in law Jimmy and three grandchildren.