WHO WE ARE
Founded in 1879, we've always existed to worship God, teach the Bible, care for one another and share the good news of Jesus Christ to everyone with our acts of love and words of truth.
Core Values
MULTIGENERATIONAL
We are very fortunate to have a nursery and a senior's ministry and everything in between. The most obvious way we are multigenerational is having two worship services with distinct styles. Our 9 am service has traditional music and our 11 am contemporary music. Each service also has elements that complement the music style. Another example of being intentionally multigenerational is our strong commitment to youth and children's ministry
EXCELLENCE
Excellence is doing our best with what God has given us. We never want to settle for the attitude "that's good enough for church." We will use our resources, start ministries, improve our methods, or whatever it takes to do things well so that more people will come to faith and grow in their faith in Jesus Christ. The word excellence reminds us to do everything in word and deed for the glory of God!
PRESENCE
Since God showed His love through His presence (John 1:14),and God commands us to be present among each other (Hebrews 10:24, 25), and unbelievers (Acts 1:8; Matthew 28:18-20), we are committed to being present in people's lives to show and teach them the love of Christ. We believe love is shown by our presence! An example of our commitment to presence is the town of South Hill's annual Easter Egg Hunt.
Pastors
Dr. Wayne Guynn
Senior Pastor
Pastor Wayne has been at Olive Branch since 2013. He has graduated from Virginia Tech, Dallas Theological Seminary, and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has pastored churches in Ohio and Virginia since 1993. His hobbies include music and sports. Wayne and his wife, Sarah, have three children Ashleigh, Christian and Jonathan.
Dr. Wayne Guynn
Rev. Brady Bassett
Youth Pastor
Pastor Brady has been at Olive Branch since 2019. He is a graduate of Liberty University. He served as a youth pastor at a church in Georgia before coming to Olive Branch. He is from Delaware and his wife, Lora, is from Indiana. Brady and Lora have a son Benji.
Rev. Brady Bassett
Partners
We cannot complete the mission God has given us alone. That's why we partner with other Baptist churches so together we can accomplish more for God's kingdom.
Nationally we partner with the 40,000 Baptist churches of the Southern Baptist Convention. Learn more HERE.
In Virginia we partner with the 1,400 Baptist churches of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. Learn more HERE.
Locally we partner with the 30 Baptist churches of the Concord Baptist Association. Learn more HERE.