Dr. R. Creston Groover joined the staff of FBC Jesup in June of 2007 as the Minister of Music and Worship and served in that position until June of 2025. After a one-year sabbatical, he came back on staff as the church's Acting Administrator in August of 2026. Creston is a Double-Bear graduate of Mercer University where he received his undergraduate and master's degrees in voice and church music. In 2019, he earned his Doctor of Worship Studies from The Institute of Worship Studies in Jacksonville. FL (now a part of Fuller Theological Seminary). Creston has been married to Amy, a cardiac nurse practitioner, since 2005. They have two daughters, Caredith and Marigrace.
Denise is a native of Jesup, Georgia and began working at First Baptist in July 2026 as the Financial Secretary. Denise has degrees in Music, Business, and Education from Brewton Parker College and Mercer University. She has advanced degrees in both Middle School mathematics and educational leadership from Georgia Southern University, Valdosta State University, culminating with an Educational Leadership Doctorate Degree from Nova Southeastern University. As a current Mathematics and Music Theory teacher at Wayne Christian Academy and retired public school teacher, assistant principal, principal, and county-wide math coach, working on the financial side of church work was a natural career transition for her.
Denise has a daughter, Taylor, who is an orthopedic surgical Physician Assistant who works in the Jacksonville area. Both her husband, Benny, and son, Andy, have passed away. Denise is highly involved in the music ministry at FBC and Jubal Ministries.
Ally Miller (Allison Pinder) began serving at FBC in April of 2021, which was a homecoming of sorts. Ally was born and raised in Jesup and was a member of FBC until she married in 2015. Being a wife to Matt, and mother to Waylon, Ally loves staying home with her boys! In her free time, she also enjoys drawing, painting, photography, music, cooking, and gardening.
She has worked as a Lead Service Receptionist at a BMW dealership in Atlanta while completing a 2-year commercial photography degree. After moving back to Jesup, she worked as a Medical Service Representative and later as a Project Assistant for the Economic Development Department at Coastal Pines Technical College. She feels serving FBC and the Wayne County community is exactly where God led her to be.