Don Davidson is a native of Suffolk, Virginia. He received his BA degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and then his Master of Divinity degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC.

He preached his first sermon at age 16 and was pastor of his first church, Worsham Baptist of Farmville, VA., at age 19. He later served churches in North Carolina and Florida, coming back to Virginia in 1989 to pastor Mount Hermon Church in Danville. He came to First Baptist Alexandria in October, 2005.

Don has served as president of the Baptist General Association of Virginia (2004), and as a trustee for the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (1995-2005). He has also served on the boards of Hopetree Family Services of Virginia and Guidestone Financial Resources (the Annuity Board of the SBC).

His wife, Audrey, is from Keysville, Virginia, and has been involved in education all of her career. In 1999 she was appointed by the Governor to serve a term on Virginia’s State Board of Education. She is now a licensed realtor.

Don and Audrey’s son, John Mark, is a graduate of UNC - Wilmington. He and his wife, Daniela, live in São Paulo.

Roger was born in Germany on October 25, 1956, and grew up in Selma, Alabama. He was Valedictorian of his high school class in 1975 and graduated Cum Laude in Music Education from Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, in 1979. He received his Masters of Church Music Degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville Ky. in 1981. During seminary he met his wife Suzanne and they were married August 29, 1981.Suzanne passed away January 4, 2017 after a battle with melanoma. The battle and spiritual journey as well as the Celebration of Life service is viewable on our website at www.fbcalexandria.org/suzanne.

Roger served 5 years at Forest Hill Baptist Church in Anderson, SC as Pastor for Music and Youth, and 9 years at Ashley River Baptist Church in Charleston, as Minister of Music. He has been Pastor for Music and Worship at First Baptist Church of Alexandria since October of 1995. He directs and coordinates worship and music ministry for all ages.

Roger and Suzanne have two sons; Corey, a Clemson graduate who is at University of Chicago in the Master's program, and Casey, a graduate of East Carolina University. Roger has served as Program chairman for the Virginia Baptist Convention and as the Music Director of the 2014 Southern Baptist Convention in Baltimore MD.

Roger’s desire is that we worship in spirit and truth with all our hearts, mind and soul, lifting up Jesus, so that all will be drawn to Him.

Wayne Jenkins served on pastoral staff at First Alexandria from 1994 until 2003 as Pastor of Education, Administration, and Young Married Adults. He came here from the Baptist Sunday School Board (LifeWay) in Nashville, Tennessee where he was Program Coordinator for National Discipleship Conferences and was Discipleship Specialist consulting with state Baptist conventions, associations, and local churches. In 2003, Wayne was called from First Alexandria to pastor South Run Baptist Church in Springfield until he retired in 2012 when he and Carolyn returned to First Alexandria. For the past four years he has ministered to families through Jefferson Funeral Chapel in Alexandria. Married for forty-seven years, Wayne and Carolyn (Pastor to Senior and Median Adults) have two adult children and one grandson.

Reed is a Virginian, a native of Virginia Beach. He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of U-VA and also of Princeton Theological Seminary, from which he has both the Master of Divinity and the Master of Theology degrees. While at UVA he was a leader and mentor in Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. He has interned on several church staffs, including his home church, First Baptist of Norfolk, and served at a small Chinese-American congregation in New Jersey. Reed is a musician who plays several instruments. He enjoys composing music and leading in worship.

Reed has been married to Bridget, also a Virginian and a UVA grad, for two years.

Mikel has served as a youth pastor for more than thirteen years, and is passionate about wanting "to see youth come into a relationship with Jesus that is meaningful and healthy." He has earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA, and a Master of Arts degree in Christian Education from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in New Orleans, LA. He has also completed an additional 12 hours in Hebrew, Greek, and Hermeneutics at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

When asked about his vision for our students, Mikel stated "My calling is to disciple youth through personal relationships, and to build a youth ministry team consisting of volunteers and parents that ministers to youth through creative means. This involves being the church to its own members, as well as engaging youth where they are in their cultural setting."

Join with us in prayer as we look forward to all that God has in store for our youth ministry under Mikel’s leadership.

Kim Eskridge is our Pastor to Children and Women. God has given Kim a passion for children and everything about them, including the way they think and learn about God, what they do, and how they interact with others. She is happiest when she is helping children to connect to Christ and in her supporting role with parents as they mentor their children in their faith.

Kim grew up in Richmond, Virginia, but lived in different places after marrying Paul in 1986. Their family settled in the Alexandria area in 1995. Kim taught in Fairfax County Public Schools for several years before joining the staff of First Baptist Church in 2003. From 2003–2006, Kim served as the Director of the Weekday Preschool Ministry at our church. She is a graduate of Radford University with a Bachelor’s degree in English and earned her Master’s degree in Elementary Education from Old Dominion University. Early in her ministry, Pastor Kim completed her Certification in Children’s Ministry through the Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV) and then graduated with a Masters in Church Leadership from the John Leland Center for Theological Studies.

Over the past couple of years, Kim has worked with BGAV staff and church ministry leaders to develop a path for those called to ministry in the local church to earn certifications in ministry to children, youth, and adults. She teaches several of the courses for this Equipping Network. In 2019, Kim began her service to Virginia Baptists as Children’s Minister in Residence. In this role, Kim seeks to serve other children’s ministry leaders by providing encouragement, resources, and a network of support.

Kim and her husband, Paul, enjoy traveling and have three adult children and one daughter-in-law.

I was born deaf and I grew up in a Christian home in Lancaster, PA. I come from a long family line of the Mennonites since 1719 under the name of Mosemann and Herr. I graduated from Model Secondary School for the Deaf in Washington, DC in 1984. I was the valedictorian. I graduated from East Carolina University, majoring in Therapeutic Recreation, in 1989. While I was at ECU, I was involved with Campus Crusade for Christ, now known as CRU. I was trained in evangelism and discipleship and I went on two summer projects: Daytona Beach 1986 and Thailand 1988. I had a summer internship as an assistant to the Pastor for Praising Hands Deaf Church at Lakewood Baptist Church in Long Beach, CA in 1987. It was my first experience leading the Deaf ministry. I gave my first sermon there.

I married a wonderful deaf Christian lady named Karen. Together, we have 5 wonderful children. They are hearing and quite fluent in sign language. And they love the Lord.

Karen and I have been missionaries since 1995. The Lord gave us a VISION to pave the way in the Deaf world. We reached out to Deaf college students and trained them for ministry opportunities at Gallaudet University. We were on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ for 13 years. We launched a new ministry called Deaf Leadership Ministries to raise up Deaf leaders for ministry and church for 3 years then I joined staff with Youth For Christ. In 2008, I was able to restart the high school ministry with Deaf Teen Quest at Maryland School for the Deaf in Frederick, MD. I am now gradually changing job positions from the Area Coordinator for Frederick county, MD, to the Metro Coordinator for Maryland, Washington, DC, and Virginia. My new job is to find potential ministry sites and find and train local volunteers. I am also leading a Bible Study group on Gallaudet campus.

In 2012, the Lord led me to a pastor position with the First Baptist Deaf Congregation sooner than I thought. God is making the path clearer and brighter than before upon this VISION journey that my wife and I have been on for years. The goal with prayer is to provide regular training in evangelism and discipleship as well as leadership with the Deaf Congregation so we can better reach out to the local Deaf community for Jesus and, one day, across the USA and around the world. I plan to connect my YFC ministry to the deaf church for outreach opportunities. There is only 1% of Deaf Christians who are serving the Lord wholeheartedly. Please join me in prayer and reach out to the Deaf with God’s love and plan for their lives.