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John Marsh

John Marsh has served as Lead Pastor of Bella Vista since February of 1997. Since he has been here, he has received many blessings. Foremost among these blessings are his wife Robin, whom he married in June of 2000, and their son, Noah, who was born in August of 2001. John graduated from the University of Texas (Hook ‘Em Horns) with a BS in Communications and from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary with a M.Div, in Theology, History, and Ethics. He accepted the call to ministry while he was in graduate school at UT.

Here are a few of his favorite things!

Favorite book (excluding THE Book!) – The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien

Favorite music – “Pilgrim’s Chorus” from Tannhauser by Richard Wagner

Favorite meal – Any good Tex-Mex!

Favorite dessert – buttermilk chess pie

Favorite sport – it’s a tie! –college football and Premiere League soccer

Favorite thing to do – read a book while listening to music while watching a movie in the theater!

Seriously, John loves preaching and teaching the Word. He loves spending time with his family, and he loves Jesus.