Meet Our Pastor
Interim Pastor James and Amy Beight
Pastor James Beight grew up in Indiana and came to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ at the age of four. As a teen, he felt God’s call to serve in full-time ministry. While attending Cedarville College, he participated in various singing groups, missions trips, and the puppet team. He graduated from Cedarville in 1987, majoring in Pre-Seminary Bible and minoring in Biblical Greek. While serving his internship at Calvary Baptist in Lancaster, Ohio, Pastor met and married Amy Maddux. He served the next six years as associate pastor and interim pastor at Calvary Baptist in Ashland, Ohio, before being called to Madison Avenue Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1994. In 2009, when Madison Avenue merged with Midbrook Baptist Church in Brook Park, Ohio, Pastor Beight became the pastor of the combined ministry called Abram Creek Baptist Church. As of June 28th 2020 he has become the interim pastor of First Baptist Church of Strongsville. Pastor Beight is a passionate, practical expository preacher and teacher of the Word of God. He fervently loves his people and his community and serves them with all his heart. He and Amy have four children: David, Stephen, Andrew, and Sarah. Pastor Beight enjoys an occasional round of golf and spending time with family and friends.
Pastor James Beight grew up in Indiana and came to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ at the age of four. As a teen, he felt God’s call to serve in full-time ministry. While attending Cedarville College, he participated in various singing groups, missions trips, and the puppet team. He graduated from Cedarville in 1987, majoring in Pre-Seminary Bible and minoring in Biblical Greek. While serving his internship at Calvary Baptist in Lancaster, Ohio, Pastor met and married Amy Maddux. He served the next six years as associate pastor and interim pastor at Calvary Baptist in Ashland, Ohio, before being called to Madison Avenue Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1994. In 2009, when Madison Avenue merged with Midbrook Baptist Church in Brook Park, Ohio, Pastor Beight became the pastor of the combined ministry called Abram Creek Baptist Church. As of June 28th 2020 he has become the interim pastor of First Baptist Church of Strongsville. Pastor Beight is a passionate, practical expository preacher and teacher of the Word of God. He fervently loves his people and his community and serves them with all his heart. He and Amy have four children: David, Stephen, Andrew, and Sarah. Pastor Beight enjoys an occasional round of golf and spending time with family and friends.
Chaplain Jeffrey and Maggie Cunningham
While being raised in Ohio, Chaplain Jeff came to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ at the age of five. Growing up, he always felt a calling to serve God. He received a bachelor’s degree at The Ohio State University and furthered his education at Liberty University to earn a master’s degree with a focus on chaplaincy. Jeff has a passion for serving the Lord through expository preaching and teaching, so he joined the Army Reserves to serve our God and Country as a military chaplain. He married Maggie in November of 2013 and together they share six children. Jeff has been faithfully serving as pulpit supply here at First Baptist Church of Strongsville since June of 2020.