Pastor & Leaders

Tom is from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is married to Leslie, who is from Memphis, Tennessee, and they have three children. At the age of eighteen, Tom was saved at Victory Baptist Church in Belfast — a church founded through the missionary efforts of Freeman Goodge and Ed Bissett.

Four months after he became a Christian, Tom enrolled at Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga for his ministerial training. Tom and Leslie were married in 1983 and then served the Lord in Northern Ireland for nineteen years before returning to the United States in 2005. Since then the couple have served as Director of Enrichment at Baptist International Missions, Inc., and as pastor of Temple Baptist Church and Calvary Baptist Church in McMinnville, Tennessee.

Pastor Fittis enjoys expository preaching and teaching of the Scriptures in each service. Christ is lifted up as the Word of God is proclaimed, and people are encouraged to believe upon Christ and grow in the Lord. Ms. Leslie helps with the children's ministries at Calvary.

Mike and Jennifer Stanley have faithfully served the Lord for many years. Both graduates of Bob Jones University, Jennifer helps as pianist and Mike leads the congregational singing. Our music ministry emphasizes genuine, heartfelt worship using traditional hymns and choruses.

Mike also organizes the outreach ministry of the church, and is a deacon and trustee at Calvary.

Robert, with his wife Connie, leads our JAM Club (Jesus And Me) for school-aged children. JAM meets on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 pm.

Robert is a graduate of Liberty University and holds two Master's degrees, in History and Education. He is also editor of our church quarterly, "The Calvary Newsletter," leads our Church Media Ministry, and is a trustee at Calvary.