Brady Smith

Brady is our Lead Pastor. He started serving on staff in December of 2019 as our Pastor of Student Ministries before transitioning to the role of Lead Pastor in January of 2026. Brady’s primary roles include providing vision and leadership to our staff and congregation, preaching/teaching, administrative work, and helping...

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Larry Belella

Larry has been attending Five Forks Church for the past 5 years. He recently retired from his full-time engineering career and is currently serving as the part-time interim executive pastor, supporting the day-to-day operations and ministries of Five Forks Church. He and his wife Joyce have served at Five Forks...

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Ray Kipe

Ray began serving as Pastor at Five Forks in 1992. His primary areas of responsibility include Ministry with the Five Forks 50+ Fellowship, the Deacon Board, Work Projects, Facility Management, Missions, Outreach, and Preaching/Teaching. Ray grew up in Africa and graduated from Messiah College with a degree in Chemistry. He...

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Heather Leese

Heather is our Pastor of Children’s Ministry and joined the staff in November of 2024. She has been attending Five Forks with her family for 20 years. Over that time, she has been involved in the Children’s Ministry in many capacities. Her primary responsibilities will include overseeing the children’s ministry...

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Michael Willard

Michael joined our team as the Pastor of Worship Ministries in June 2025. He graduated from Liberty University in May 2025, majoring in Music and Worship: Pastoral Leadership. He has previously served in various musical capacities at Hyland Heights Baptist Church in Rustburg, Virginia, Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg,...

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Julie Tiedemann

Julie began serving in the church office in October 2007. She serves as Office Administrator. Her creative/art skills are used to design our church graphics for our website, social media platforms and event promotions. She has attended Five Forks Church all her life. Julie graduated from Hagerstown Business College with...

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Ellen Egolf

Ellen began serving in the church office in January 2007. She and her husband Kevin have attended Five Forks since 1999. They live on his family’s dairy farm on Rock Hill Road. Ellen and Kevin have been blessed with four children – Spencer, Stacia, Scot, and Simon. In her free...

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Kim Helman

Kim began serving in the church office in November 2023.  She and her husband, Doug, live in Chambersburg.  They have 3 grown children and 7 grandchildren ages 3-21. She started attending Five Forks Church in January of 1997. Kim enjoys reading, crafting, couponing and spending time with her children and...

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Dave Martin

Dave has been the Financial Assistant for Five Forks since 1993. He works part-time and does the payroll, pays bills, records receipts, prepares monthly and yearly Financial Reports and files the payroll tax reports. He retired in 2018 from D.M. Bowman Inc. in Williamsport, MD. Dave has been married since...

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