Our Staff

Rob Boyd,
Lead Pastor

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Dr. Rob Boyd comes to BHC following 18 years as Senior Pastor at Green Valley Baptist Church in Henderson, Nevada. 

Rob has been involved in Christian Ministry 34 years, having also served Baptist Churches in El Paso, Texas, Clinton, Mississippi, and Indianola, Mississippi. He earned his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry Degrees from New Orleans Theological Seminary. He is supported in ministry by his wife, Lisa, a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. They have been married 34 years and have two adult sons.

David Tomb,
Associate Pastor

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Pastor David Tomb serves Bellevue Heights Church as Associate Pastor. Dave designs and leads the Sunday morning worship service and directs the BHC Chancel Choir. He provides leadership for evangelism and outreach endeavors to the community.   

Dave and Barb enjoyed raising three children and are blessed by nine grandchildren. Dave graduated from Greenville University with a degree in music education and holds a MA in Leadership and Ministry. Dave was ordained through ABCUSA by Bellevue Heights Church in 2003. He has served five churches in over 35 years of ministry.

 

Randall Shumate,
Associate Pastor

Pastor Randy is in his 8th year of service at Bellevue Heights Church. He currently oversees Pastoral Care, Ministry Teams, Administration, Facilities and assists in Preaching and Teaching.

The first 10+ years of his career he worked both in government & Fortune 500 environments, where he gained much experience before being called into full time vocational ministry and ordained in 2022. He graduated from Visible Music College with a BA in Worship Leadership and is currently working towards obtaining his Master of Divinity from Phoenix Seminary.

He and his wife, Jess, have been married for ten years and reside in Surprise, where they’re raising their three children.

David Simpson,
Associate Pastor

Pastor David leads the worship service for the Saturday Night Contemporary service, provides leadership for our AV and livestream teams, and serves many ministries of our church.

Before serving churches in Arizona, Alabama, and Nevada, Dave worked for several years at the North Phoenix Baptist Church as an award-winning television producer. For 18 years he served alongside Pastor Rob Boyd in Henderson, Nevada.   

Pastor Dave and his wife Annette have three grown children- Connor, Chloe, and Caleb. He is a graduate of Arizona Western College, Northern Arizona University, and California Baptist University. He loves to travel and spend time with his yellow labrador, Bailey. He is a lifelong Los Angeles Dodgers fan, and roots for the Arizona Cardinals.

Tim Andersen,
Discipleshi Pastor

Rev. Dr. Tim Andersen served BHC for 9 years as Senior Pastor before retiring in 2021 before welcoming Pastor Rob into that position. Tim now serves part-time as Discipleship Pastor, overseeing small groups and discipleship at BHC.

Tim had been in Sr. Pastor roles for 45 years, serving in Evangelical Free Churches in Illinois, Michigan, Colorado, Minnesota; and West Orange, New Jersey. He earned his B. A. in Philosophy from Trinity International University, and his Master of Divinity and Doctorate from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is faithfully supported in ministry by his wife, Meg, also a graduate of Trinity International University. They have been married for over 50 years, and have three married sons, five grandchildren and a daughter who lives in the Phoenix area.

 

Jim Koltveit, Organist

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Jim’s first experience as a church organist was at a small Illinois church while he was a high school student. He has served as organist and substitute organist at various times in Illinois, Minnesota and Arizona. He and his wife retired to Sun City after a career in public accounting.

Charissa Haines, Office Manager

Charissa Haines serves as our office administrator at Bellevue Heights. She and her husband Ernie moved to Sun City from Colorado in 2019.

She has served for over 40 years in ministry, as a Pastor’s secretary and Church Administrator.

Charissa and her husband Ernie have five children in their blended family, nine grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

 
 

Congregational Leadership Team

 
  • John Baird, Chairman

  • Keith Moser

  • David Licata

  • Rob Boyd, Lead Pastor

  • Ken Christiansen

  • Susan Young

  • Tom Scott