Leadership
Humbly serving the body of Christ for the glory of the Lord.
Barrett Marshall
Senior Pastor
Barrett has been married to Susan Marshall for 15 years and has four daughters. Zoe, who is twelve years old, Grace, who is ten, Anna who is eight, and Ellie, who is five.
Barrett graduated from the E. I. School of Biblical Training in “Bible Exposition and Church Ministry.” He worked in Itinerate Ministry for a number of years before becoming the senior pastor here at Greenville Christian Fellowship as of March 2021.
“I believe that the church’s main purpose is to worship God, edify the body of Christ, and evangelize the world. We try to practice this goal by valuing corporate prayer, expository preaching, and community/global missions.”
Ben Solensky
Assistant Pastor
Ben and Larissa have been married since August 2016 and have four girls.
Ben studied and interned at the Evangelical Institute receiving his bachelor’s degree in 2017. He continued his studies at the Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and graduated with his Master of Divinity in 2022.
The Solensky’s were called to serve at Greenville Christian Fellowship in January of 2024. Ben partners with parents to disciple the youth and facilitate spiritual growth through teaching God’s Word, fellowship, and group activities. Ben also enjoys leading worship, serving, praying, preaching, visitation, and helping in the work of the ministry, “until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ” – Ephesians 4:13. Ben also teaches at the Evangelical Institute.
Randy Cook
Pastor Emeritus
Pastor Cook has been serving God at Greenville Christian Fellowship since 1996, after pastoring Greenwich Baptist Church for 16 years in Greenville N.J. Originally from Phenix City, Ala., he earned his bachelor’s degree from Philadelphia College of the Bible, while serving as an associate pastor at Pearl Street Baptist Church in Bridgeton N.J. He then attended Biblical Theological Seminary for two years while serving as associate pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Bethlehem Pennsylvania.
Pastor Cook and his wife, Vicki, will celebrate 46 years of marriage this coming September 2022. The Lord has blessed them with ten children (six sons and four daughters) and twenty-three grandchildren, whom they love dearly. Psalm 127:1 characterizes their ministry together: “Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it.”
He has recently been actively sharing the Word of God in his podcast, Pearls of Biblical Wisdom for Fathers.
Steve Nigh
ELDER
Steve and his wife Jean Ann have been a part of GCF since the Lord brought us here in 1976. They have witnessed the sovereignty of God many times during these precious years. God’s faithfulness has been apparent in their lives and in the lives of their family. The blessing of five children, eleven grandchildren and now great-grandchildren has been a privilege. They have realized how important the support of GCF has been in the raising of their family.
Steve says,“I am humbled that the fellowship called me to serve as an elder in the church many years ago to serve along side with Pastor Joner, Pastor Cook and now Pastor Marshall, all faithful servants of God. As an elder along with the other elders and deacons, we pray that we will serve God’s purpose in this position. Our prayer is that God will receive glory and honor in all things. We serve a mighty God!!”
Charlie Crawford
ELDER
Charlie and Stephanie have been married for more than 4 decades. They have 4 adult children and 5 grandchildren. Their eldest daughter is married to a pastor, and their younger daughter and her pastor husband are missionaries with T.E.A.M. Their sons are not yet married and pursuing their careers. Charlie was an operations executive with a global medical and dental distributor but in now retired. In the early years of his career, he practiced as a certified public accountant with an international accounting firm. Charlie is an active of the Local Committee of Child Evangelism Fellowship and also volunteers at a local Good News Club in Oconee County. Stephanie home-schooled their 4 children and serves in various ministries at the Fellowship. They enjoy an active outdoor lifestyle.
A life centered around family, the word of God, and serving in the local church form the foundation for spiritual growth, ministry, and outreach. They have been part of the Fellowship since 1995. They have been involved in the lives of young people, taught youth, and young adult Sunday School classes their entire married life. Charlie served as a deacon since 1996 and served as an elder for the last 4 years. What drew them to the Fellowship almost 30 years ago, was the love of the people for one another, living out their faith daily, and the significant commitment to missions. The church personally knows their missionaries and their families.
Ephesians 4:15-16
…. we are to grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
Tim Harris
ELDER
Tim considers it an honor to serve the people of GCF as an elder. He grew up in Japan as a missionary kid and is grateful to have the example of parents who faithfully follow Jesus. It wasn’t until Tim was an early teenager that the Lord revealed Himself to Tim and saved Tim who trusted in the Lord Jesus as his personal Savior and Lord. When his family was on home service in the U.S., GCF was their home church. Aside from a brief time at Clemson where he was studying for his undergraduate degree, Tim has been attending GCF since graduating from high school.
He has had the opportunity to serve as a youth leader, sound technician and song leader at GCF.
Tim currently teaches various Bible classes at the Evangelical Institute of Greenville, SC, where he is also the director of academics.
He has been married to Sarah Beth since 2017, and they have three kids Anna, Zeke and Titus.
Shelby Zmudzinski
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Shelby is a native of the beautiful state of Wyoming. She is the middle girl out of four siblings. Her parents have been married 35 years. She has three nieces, and three nephews, who she loves and misses as they are all back in Wyoming.
The Lord lead her to Greenville in the summer of 2013 and to the Fellowship. A month later the Lord took her to E.I. School of Biblical Training. She received her associate’s in 2015 then returned to her home state. After a mission trip to Israel and then one to Japan, the Lord brought her back to Greenville in 2018 and to E.I. Where she completed her bachelors in “Biblical Exposition and Church Ministry,” (alongside Pastor Barrett) in 2019. Again she returned to her home state, then did a few mission camp trips to Mississippi with Camp Pioneer.
Nevertheless, two years later the Lord brought her back again to Greenville in 2021. She has served in ministries, coffee, and now resales since the Lord saved her.
“Faith never knows where it is being led, but it Loves and Knows the ONE, Who is leading.” ~ Oswald Chambers.
