Staff
Rodney Hobbs, lead pastor
Rodney joined the staff at Walnut Ridge in the summer of 2002 after earning a B.A. in Finance at the University of Oklahoma. He and his wife, Laura, spent the last seven years investing their lives in the students of Walnut Ridge. During that time, Rodney earned a Master’s of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Throughout their time at Walnut Ridge, God shaped, molded, and equipped them to plant a church. The question was, “where?” Through a series of God-directed steps, Midlothian became the answer. Rodney and Laura could not be more excited about the possibilities. They also have a two-year-old daughter, Hannah, and a 6 month old son, Caleb.
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Kevin Jones, worship leader
After high school Kevin became certified as an EMT-Basic and then enrolled into Paramedic school at Tarrant County College. While doing this, Kevin began working in the student ministry at Walnut Ridge in Mansfield, Texas. He soon came to a point to where he had to decide between becoming a Firefighter/Paramedic or pursue full-time ministry. Through extensive prayer, devotion, and God's almighty grace, he decided to go into the full-time ministry. A couple of years later, the Lord called Rodney Hobbs and his wife, Laura, to plant Stonegate Church in Midlothian, TX. In May 2009, Rodney asked Kevin to come on board as the head worship pastor, and he humbly accepted. Kevin is incredibly excited to be a part of this adventure and to watch God's kingdom grow through Stonegate Church! Go - Fight - Win
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Dan Hutchins, associate minister
Dan begin work in ministry in the summer of 2007 as an intern at Walnut Ridge. He spent the next two years working in the youth ministry department and finishing his B.A. in Business at Dallas Baptist University. After graduating, Dan felt led to leave Walnut Ridge in order to help start Stonegate Church in Midlothian, TX and to begin working on a Master's in Divinity at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dan just married a wonderful woman, Tricia, and now looks forward to seeing what God has in store for Stonegate Church.
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Krista Fagala, children’s director
Krista began investing into the lives of students in 2005 when she became a summer intern for at Walnut Ridge in Mansfield, TX. Since then she has graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2009. In 2008 Krista went with the United States Olympic Committee to Beijing for the Paralympic Games. There she continued to pour into the lives of students and athletes. God has placed a passion for people in her heart and it came to no surprise when she moved down to Texas to help start Stonegate. Now she continues to invest and pour into the lives of everyone God places in front of her.
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Laura Hobbs and Janie Pizzini, preschool directors
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Dan and Tricia Hutchins, student directors
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