Skip Myers was born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina.  He accepted Christ as his Savior in the 5th grade and was an active member of Lawndale Baptist Church.  Skip received his call to ministry at the beginning of his junior year of high school.  At the age of nineteen, he was called to his first staff position as Minister of Youth at his home church while attending the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Skip has a B.A. from UNC-G, a Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Doctor of Christian Counseling from Andersonville Theological Seminary.  He served nine years as a Youth Minister in churches in North Carolina and North Augusta.  As a Pastor, he has served churches in North Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia.  He began his ministry at Big Stevens Creek Baptist in 2017.

Skip and Janet have been married for 36 years.  They have two daughters; Erin and Laura and five grandchildren.

Eric Bruton was called from the Raleigh, North Carolina area to ministry at Big Stevens Creek in 2004. He and his wife, Cheryl, have been involved in church music ministry in the Carolinas and Georgia for about twenty years. After completing his bachelor’s degree in Music Education at Toccoa Falls Bible College, he served as a bi-vocational music minister and also worked as a high school choral teacher at Northside High School in Warner Robins, Georgia. Eventually, God led Eric to Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina where he earned a Masters in Church Music degree. Eric has a passion to lead others to worship the Lord in spirit and in truth through music and through living lives surrendered to God’s Word and His purposes.

Debbie Sutphin has served as Big Steven Creek’s ministry assistant since 1998 and has been a part of the Big Stevens Creek family since 1994. She plays a huge role in managing our office to ensure that it runs smoothly. A native of Florida, she is married to Tony who serves our church as a deacon. Debbie and Tony have four grown children