Meet Our Ministry Team

Pastor Scott has been our lead pastor since July 2023, bringing a wealth of experience from his early ministry days in the 1980s at Valley Baptist Church in Bakersfield, California, were he was Licensed for ministry. He graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1998 and began his first pastorate shortly after with Red Hills Southern Baptist Church in Enoch Utah, where he was ordained. With a unique background as a building designer, Pastor Scott's true passion lies in ministry. He is dedicated to fostering growth in churches, focusing on evangelism, discipleship, and strengthening families and community ties. Outside of his pastoral duties, he enjoys the outdoors and takes any opportunity to go camping. Together, they share a commitment to nurturing both spiritual and educational growth in their community. This legacy of learning is evident in their daughter, Rachel, who teaches with Machelle in a local Middle School.

Rev. Scott Maxwell

Lead Pastor

Machelle Maxwell

Machelle has worked as a public school teacher for over forty years. She was the youngest mentor in two school districts, has be selected as the Teacher of the Year in Iron County School District and by Walmart, was award the Power of the Dream award, has earned her Master's Degree and her National boards, and was a Master Teacher for the State of Oklahoma. Machelle has served as a Utah Teacher Fellow, and currently serves on the board of UELMA, the Utah Educational Library and Media Association. She has worked as a consultant for Kavolik and Associates as a Trainer in Integrated Thematic Instruction. Machelle's certifications and achievements are too extensive to list here. In addition to her work in public education, Machelle has taught all grades of Sunday School in every church in which her husband has been called to serve, led music, and generally served in any capacity in which the Lord led. Most of all, she has stood by her husband Scott's side, providing wisdom, discernment, and support for the past forty years. Machelle has a passion for reading and developing that same love in others. She is a true blessing to all who know her.

Worship Team & Sunday School Teacher

Rev. David Balsley

Sunday School Director & Worship Team

Dave Balsley was born and raised in California by Christian parents. He attended Monterey Peninsula College, then Biola College where he graduated in 1969 with a B.A. in Social Sciences. At Western (Conservative Baptist) Seminary in Portland, Oregon he earned a Master of Divinity in 1973. For the next forty years he served pastoral roles in four churches in Oregon, New Mexico, Arizona and California. He has published three pastoral expositions on Solomon’s Old Testament writings - Those Practical Proverbs (on the Book of Proverbs, two volumes), The Puzzled Preacher (on the book of Ecclesiastes), and The Passionate Prince (on the Song of Solomon). Dave has been married to Jan (Baden) since 1970 and joined her in raising two children, Stephen and Alissa (Crandall).

Janice Balsley

Jan (Baden) Balsley was born and raised by Christian parents in Southern California (with many summers in Glacier National Park where her father served summers as a Ranger Naturalist). She attended Fullerton Junior College in California, then Multnomah School of the Bible in Portland, Oregon (where she earned a B.A in Bible). She has been married to Dave since 1970 and has joined him in raising their two children, Stephen and Alissa. Her experience as a home school mom resulted in the establishment of a small private grade school in Tucson, Arizona, Firm Foundations Christian School. She has been a teacher and a musician in the churches they have served, and finds joy in family relations with her son and daughter and six grandchildren.

Women's Ministry & Worship Team