Rev. Greg Addison (BCS Class of ’83)       

Rev. Greg Addison is proud of his Memphis roots. He was blessed to be raised by Godly parents who built life around their church and sacrificed to send their children to Briarcest. Greg gave His life to Jesus as a 9-year-old boy and was baptized at Bellevue Baptist Church. Briarcrest was integral to both Greg’s education and spiritual formation from the third grade until his graduation in 1983. He married his college sweetheart Janet in 1987, and they have two children: Grant Addison and Mabry Keefe (husband Cory and son Killian). 

After graduating from the University of Memphis in 1987 and the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1990, Greg practiced employment law for 6 years before being called into vocational ministry. He stepped out of the deacon body at Bellevue Baptist onto the church staff where he served in multiple positions. In 2002, Greg was called as Senior Pastor of East Side Baptist Church in Paragould, Arkansas, beginning an active ministry throughout Arkansas. Five years later, Greg became Senior Pastor at First Baptist in Cabot, Arkansas. 

As an active leader in the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, Greg volunteered in many roles, including serving as the convention’s President  and as a member and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Williams Baptist University. When he became the Associate Executive Director of the state’s convention in 2014, Greg supported churches all over Arkansas.  After serving one year at the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee in Nashville, TN, he returned to Arkansas in 2022 as Senior Pastor of Fort Smith First Baptist Church. 

Greg has been blessed to have opportunities of ministry in many ways beyond his role as a pastor, including serving as the Chaplain of the Arkansas House of Representatives. He also joined the Board of Directors for Love Worth Finding Ministries with Dr. Adrian Rogers in 2020 and currently serves as the Board’s Chairman.