REV. DR. KEVIN MCBRIDE, SENIOR PASTOR
Kevin has been serving as lead pastor at Raymond Baptist since 2005 and has been serving churches in New England his entire ministry career. At Raymond Baptist Church, we join him in his passion is to raise generations of mature disciples of Jesus, and to make the church indispensable to the life of the community and world and in doing so, see God bring about change that honors him. He is committed to the local church, and the larger church. He has served as a long-time board member of the National Association of Evangelicals, Vision New England and various other local, national and international ministries.
Pastor Kevin and his family are from Gorham, ME. He graduated from Boston University with a major in Aerospace Engineering, and was an Aerospace Engineer before entering the ministry after graduating from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. He grew up in New York and then moved to Boston where he met his wife, Diane. He and Diane have been married over 20 years, and they have three children; Cassandra, AJ, and Landon.
Raising fully committed disciples of Christ to carry out Jesus’ priorities summarized in “The Great Commission” to Reach, Teach, and Serve.
My name is Tara Swist and it is a privilege to serve as the Children’s Ministry Director at Raymond Baptist Church. Having a heart for children and a love for sharing the Good News of Christ, I serve alongside my husband Ken, of 20 years, on the worship team, directing Vacation Bible School and serving in various ministries throughout the church.
Raised in a Christian home, I accepted Christ’s gift of salvation at a Billy Graham Crusade in Boston my junior year of high school. Upon graduating high school, I enrolled at Gordon College, in Wenham, MA, earning my Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education.
This led to a 15-year teaching career in both private and public schools, and 7 summer’s directing summer camps. After adopting our 5 children, I have had the privilege of being a stay at home mom, as well as, homeschooling them.
As the Children’s Ministry Director, my desire is to Reach, Teach, and Serve families in equipping them to grow in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, walking alongside them and their children as they “grow in wisdom, in stature and in favor with God and Man,” as proclaimed in Luke 2:52.
