Leadership

Randy rejoined the staff at Wake Cross Roads on January 1, 2022, exactly 9 years after leaving Wake Cross Roads to serve as lead pastor at Central Baptist Church in Henderson, NC. Randy previously served Wake Cross Roads for 10 years in a variety of associate pastor roles. Randy’s passions are personal and corporate disciple-multiplication, as well as pastor-training and disciple-multiplying through international missions. Randy completed his MDiv in 2002 and his DMin in 2010, both at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also completed his Master of Arts in Health Education in 2022 from East Carolina University. Married for 27 years, Randy and Melanie have three adult children Josh (married to Jamie), Caleb, and Abbie.

Jeff began serving at Wake Cross Roads in August of 2019 after serving three years on the pastoral staff at a church in Greensboro and seven years as a missionary in Bangkok, Thailand. God prepared him for his role at WCR as Executive/Discipleship Pastor through a career in banking prior to entering vocational ministry. Jeff has committed his life to making disciples of Christ who make disciples. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Liberty University, and a M.Div and D.Min degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Jeff and his wife, Jessica, have four children: Jackson, Sophia, Caroline, and Benjamin.

Brandon joined the WCR team in January 2020 and has a passion for seeing middle school, high school, and college students grow in discipleship. He holds a BA in Worship Ministry from the College at Southeastern and a Masters of Divinity from Southeastern Seminary. Brandon's hobbies include music, mountain biking, playing paintball, and detailing cars. Brandon and his wife Alli are natives of the Triangle area and have been married since 2016.