Stephen Robinson
 Pastor

Stephen is a native of Carrollton, Georgia, where he also attended college at the State University of West Georgia.  He earned his Master of Divinity from the McAfee School of Theology of Mercer University.  Stephen has served churches in Carrollton, Bowdon, and Snellville, Georgia.  In addition to serving as pastor at EBF, Stephen works as a CPE supervisor and chaplain with Palmetto Health Chaplaincy and Pastoral Education.  Stephen is married to Bonnie Neighbors Robinson, a South Carolina native.  Bonnie earned her Master of Religious Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and  currently teaches at Lexington Middle School.  They have a school-age daughter, Mary Rose, and an infant daughter, Sarah Charlotte.

Anna Beth Simmons
Minister through Music and Worship

A native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Anna Beth grew up in Ardmore Baptist Church. She is a graduate of both the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, and holds under-graduate and graduate degrees in music education as well as a Master of Arts in Christian education. Anna Beth is a charter member of Emmanuel Baptist Fellowship and the church’s first Minister through Music and Worship. She comes to her current position having served churches in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Connecticut. She is married to Roy Christian Simmons of Kingsport, Tennessee. They have one daughter, Leigh Katherine (Katie), a recent graduate of Radford University, Radford, VA.