Dr. Spence graduated from East Carolina University with a BS in Health and Physical Education, MS in Divinity from Southeastern Seminary of Wake Forest NC, and received his Doctorate of Ministry from Gardner Webb University of Boiling Springs, NC. He served in youth ministry for 22 years and 19 years in pastoral ministries; and recently retired from First Baptist Church of Lincolnton, NC as Senior Pastor. Dr. Spence has served the North Carolina EMS Critical Incident Stress Management Team since 1991. He has been married to his wife, Jean, since 1981 and they have 2 children, Chad, a Chemist with Aerotech subcontracting at Duke Energy Chemistry Lab and Morgan, an RN at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. In his free time, Dr. Spence enjoys spending time with his family, woodworking, and learning the cello.

Michael grew up in Knoxville, TN where he attended the University of Tennessee as a piano major.  God led him to California where he graduated from Golden Gate Seminary and then it was back to Tennessee where he served two churches.  For the past twenty-eight years Michael served as Minister of Music at Oakmont Baptist Church in Greenville, NC before retiring at the beginning of 2022.  Since then, he has been called on to help a number of churches with occasional worship leadership or his piano/cello playing.  Michael loves to give concerts of “Hymns and Their Stories,” a program of singing, playing and learning about the hymns of our faith.  He is married and has two adult children, one living in D.C. and the other in Chicago.  Some of those free weekends are now spent on the road.

Jewelry Making | Bible Study | Fort Caswell History Tours | Barn Quilts | Chrismon Christmas Ornament Making | Water Aerobics | Pickleball | Corn Hole | NCBAM workshops | Diamond Bookmark making | Choir