Waco Ministers
Dr Cary Killough
Pastor
Cary is a graduate of Howard Payne University, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary. Before coming to Meadowbrook he served for thirteen years as the senior pastor at both Grace Community Fellowship and First Baptist Church of Brock in Weatherford, Texas. He also served for thirteen years as Youth Minister at both Birdville Baptist Church and First Baptist Church of Waco. Cary came to Meadowbrook as Senior Pastor on February 1, 2007. Cary and his wife Lori, are native Texans and have been married for over thirty years. They have three children, Tyler, Katy and Ryan. Katy is married to Justin and are the proud parents to – Grady and Logan. Ryan is married to Kelsey and are parents to Cooper.
Cary enjoys every kind of sport imaginable, but he really loves to play golf and spend time with his grandsons.
David Cozart
Pastor
David is a graduate of both Howard Payne University and George W. Truett Theological Seminary. He joined the Meadowbrook staff in November 2007 after having served in the corporate world and in local church ministry. While attending Truett Seminary, David worked for a financial services company in sales and customer service. He pastored Lohn Baptist Church in Lohn, Texas while in college and served as founding pastor of a new church start in north Dallas. In addition, David was a chaplain with Marketplace Chaplains USA and continues to serve as an on-call chaplain for the Waco area as well as Railroad Chaplains of America. David and his college sweetheart Lori were married in 1995 and have two sons.
David enjoys spending time with friends and family, drinking coffee or Dr Pepper, cooking on the grill, watching movies, and would like to spend more time fishing – if he could actually catch any keepers. His goal is to help others on their walk with Christ to know Him more.
David Stefka
Pastor
I am a servant of God, a husband, a father, and a pastor. I currently have a 40-hour week job alongside serving God in many different capacities. It is an honor to serve people, especially in a time of morning. I was born and raised in Waco, Texas. Currently, my family and I are members of First Baptist Church Robinson, where I preach, teach, lead, and serve the body of Christ Church.
Marcelo Oliveira
Pastor
I am a servant of God, married to Neuzita Oliveira, father of three children, Leticia, Pedro and Marcelo Junior, and the grandfather of a 2-year-old boy named Tyler, and another grandchild due in 2023. I’m a native Brazilian who served both as pastor and missionary in South America for 21 years before coming to Waco for further theological studies.
Currently I serve as the lead pastor at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Waco and am graduating from George Truett Theological Seminary with a Master’s in Divinity degree.
If you are reading this is probably because you are grieving.
May the Spirit of God comfort you today for God sees you, He loves you, and He cares.
Because I also care, please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like help going through this difficult moment in your life.
Mi nombre es Marcelo Oliveira y soy el pastor de Emmanuel Baptist en Waco. Si necesita ayuda para oficiar el fallecimiento de un familiar, no dude en ponerse en contacto conmigo.
Rev. J. Roger Huff
Pastor
At the age of 16 I was called into ministry and began leading the music in my father’s church. At 19, I began leading the Youth Ministry. I attended Spring Arbor University completing my education there in 1974. During that time, I married my high school sweetheart and together we moved to a Southern California, inner-city beach community which became my first full-time ministry focusing on youth and music. In 1996 we changed our direction moving to West Texas to become Lead Pastor serving Big Spring, Tx Church of the Nazarene until 2004 when we moved to Waco, TX Church of the Nazarene where we finished out our ministry serving there for 14 years. My ministry included many opportunities to serve not only the local church, but in numerous elected and volunteer District level responsibilities, leading youth ministry seminars, leading music at District Assemblies, Work and Witness projects and many other ministry opportunities. I retired in 2017 and have remained active as a Hospital Chaplain and interim Pastor in churches in the South Texas District Church of the Nazarene. I stay very active in outside activities as well – basketball refereeing for 35 years, remodeling projects, and many other things to keep my mind, heart, and hands busy.