Bud Calvert

Pastor Bud Calvert and his wife Mary started Fairfax Baptist Temple in 1970 and served as Pastor of FBT for thirty-five years before stepping down in 2006 and turning the church over to his son, Troy Calvert. He now serves as Pastor Emeritus and travels throughout the United States and around the world preaching in missions conferences, helping start churches, encouraging missionaries and Pastors, and training men who are preparing for the ministry. As founder of the International Conference on World Evangelism, he is working to turn the hearts of preachers, young and old, toward church planting and world evangelism. Pastor Calvert and his wife Mary have been married for forty-three years and split their time between Fairfax, Virginia and Lakeland, Florida. One of his greatest joys in life is being a fulltime grandfather to Raquel, Nate, David, and Julia in addition to spending time with his wife, playing a little golf, and visiting with others.

Pastor Jack Ramos

Jack has served as the Pastor of our Spanish Church since January 2006. Prior to that, he served as assistant to Pastor Troy Calvert while Pastor Calvert led the Spanish Church. Pastor Jack oversees each ministry, develops the budget, directs the affairs of the congregation, and spends time counseling and teaching. A second generation Hispanic, Jack and his wife Esther have been married for fifteen years and have three children. Prior to coming to FBT, Jack served at the U.S. Department of Justice as an investigative specialist in the Office of the Inspector General, and he also spent four years as an Operations Specialist aboard the USS San Jacinto visiting twenty-five countries. He enjoys spending time with his family, traveling throughout the area, and going to museums. Jack is a die hard sports fan having played rugby and football as well as mountain biking the W&O trail from Leesburg, VA to Washington, DC.

MPA, Public Administration – George Mason University
BA, Government & International Politics – George Mason University

Rev. Mike Barr

Mike serves as our dynamic Minister of Youth.  He is responsible for oversight of our children’s programs, (Awana, Jr. Church) and leads and directs our Vacation Bible School in the summer time. Most of his time is spent ministering to the Teens with over seventy- five in attendance every week, teaching their Bible study class, and preaching to them in the Wednesday night services. They also enjoy going out on visitation, and have many special events.  Prior to coming to FBT, Mike served as Youth Pastor at Mt. Tabor Baptist Church in Lebanon, Indiana for seven years.  As a result, he's a loyal Indianapolis Colts fan.  In college football he cheers for the Alabama Crimson Tide.  Mike and his wife Stacy have been married for sixteen years.  In his spare time, Mike enjoys spending time with his three children, playing sports, going fishing, and watching old war movies.

BA, Evangelism — Pensacola Christian College

Gary Kidd

Gary serves as the Administrator of Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy. The Academy is a strong spiritual, academic, and athletic environment for children, both inside and outside of the church. As Administrator, Gary is responsible for student selection, teacher recruitment, curriculum, and the day-to-day operations of an academy of over 200 students. He also oversees FBT’s Sunday morning Bible Study Fellowship program. Gary and his wife Cheryl have been married for twenty years and have nine children. Prior to joining the FBT staff, he served as a deacon, and was a Program Manager at CACI working in the area of Automated Litigation Support. An avid sports fan, he is a loyal supporter of the Washington Redskins and Virginia Tech and enjoys sitting in the ballpark watching Major League Baseball. Born and raised in Northern Virginia, Gary strayed from the area and spent eighteen months in Alaska where he played on a semi-professional baseball team, and is currently the only FBT staff member to have been chased by a moose.

BS, Marketing Management — Virginia Tech

JK Beach

JK serves as our Director of Finance and is responsible for the faithful stewardship of all money coming into and going out of FBT.  He manages the budget process, church investments, and employee benefits administration.  JK's background in both finance and insurance makes him a key component of the FBT staff.  Prior to joining the staff at FBT, JK served as a Credit Manager and also worked in the financial services industry.  He and his wife Gretchen have been married for thirteen years and they have three boys. When not crunching numbers for the church, JK enjoys playing with his kids, spending time with family, and running down the court in a pick up game of basketball. When the weather’s nice you can also find him out on the golf course.

BS, Administrative Management – Tennessee Temple University
MBA, George Mason University School of Management

Andrew McDonald

Andrew serves as Special Assistant to Pastor Calvert and manages projects, events, the theme for each year, interacts with all the ministries of FBT on a daily basis, and oversees our missions program and facilities. After graduate school, he managed for two years with Chick-fil-A, spent two years at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, and one year as Director of Career Services for Regent University’s Northern Virginia campus. Andrew and his wife Esther have been married for nine years and have one daughter. He enjoys politics, photography, reading on a variety of subjects, and travel. A self-proclaimed “Foodie,” he enjoys fine dining and gourmet cooking as much as he does enjoying shrimp scampi from the back of a truck along the coast in Hawaii, gelato served from a tiny shop in Venice, Italy, and sausages served in the town square in Prague. Each fall during football season, he is torn between the University of Georgia Bulldogs and Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

MA, Political Management - Regent University School of Government
BA, History - Pensacola Christian College

Les Wall

Les serves as the music director at Fairfax Baptist Temple and Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy. Prior to joining FBT, Les served as music director for the Lewis Ave. Baptist Church for 10 ½ years and as Chairman of the Music Department at West Coast Baptist College for almost 13 years. One of his biggest goals is to preserve godly, traditional, sacred music for the next generation. This was his motivation for being in college work for so long. Les and his wife, Angela, have five children. All of them are girls except four. Two are in college, two are in high school and one is in elementary school. His hobbies are whatever his kids are involved in at the time. Right now, that includes cheering for the Boston Red Sox and the L. A. Lakers. He has also been involved in rock climbing and selling exotic birds in the past. Music is his passion and there is nothing he enjoys better than sharing it with others and singing with his family.

MA, Music - Pensacola Christian College 
BA, Music - Hyles-Anderson College