KEITH SHUMATE

"Doc" Shumate was born in Ohio on July 3, 1932.  Shortly after graduating from high school, he met and soon married his wife Barbara.  When the Korean War began, he joined the U.S. Air Force and was sent to Alaska.  Doc Shumate was saved during a revival service at the First Baptist Church of Anchorage in November of 1952.  Shortly thereafter, God called him into the ministry.  With no church background, he didn't know what to do so he just began preaching anywhere he could.  Doc would preach on the streets, in hospital wards, in nursing homes and children's homes or in missions.  With direction from a new pastor, he went to Bible Baptist College in Springfield, Missouri, where he graduated in 1965 with a Graduate in Theology degree.  Later while serving on the staff of Temple Heights Baptist Church in Tampa, Florida, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baptist Christian College.  Calvary Baptist College of Melbourne, Florida, awarded him an honorary degree of Doctor of Theology in May of 1996.  Doc Shumate has pastored churches in Springfield, Missouri; Decatur, Illinois; Stuarts Draft, Virginia; and Red Oak, Texas, where he served for 25 years. He has also served on the staff of two churches: Temple Heights Baptist Church, Tampa, Florida, and Ridgeview Baptist Church, Stuarts Draft, Virginia.

ADAM RIVEIRO
Youth Director, Music Director
ariveiro@westgate.org

A native of Tampa, Florida, Adam Riveiro attended West Gate Christian School for seven years.  He was saved in the tenth grade, as a direct result of the school’s ministry.  After graduation in 2001, he majored in Pastoral Studies at Heartland Baptist Bible College in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Adam not only earned a B.A. degree in Biblical Studies while at Heartland Baptist Bible College, but he also met his wife Dianne there.  They were married December 20, 2003, and now have three children: Bethany, Kaylee, and AJ.  Bro. Riveiro joined the West Gate staff as an intern in 2005 and since then has become both the youth director and music director.

STEPHEN SMITH
Sunday School Director
ssmith@westgate.org

A native of Tampa, Steve was born on October 8, 1963.  He began attending West Gate Baptist Church in 1981 where he met and married his wife Becky.  They have two sons Shawn and Corey, who both have attended West Gate Christian School since K-3.  Shawn graduated from WGCS in 2005, and Corey graduated in 2009.  Bro. Smith was called into the ministry in July of 1999 and attended Heartland Baptist Bible College from 1999 to 2002, where he graduated with a B.A. degree in Pastoral Studies.  He pastored in Holden, Missouri, at Holden Baptist Temple for two years before returning to West Gate Baptist Church in 2005.

DAVID FRAUENHOFER
Missions Director, Discipleship Class Teacher
dfrauenhofer@westgate.org

Before joining West Gate Baptist Church's staff in 2008, Bro. Frauenhofer and his family were missionaries on the fields of Russia and Hungary.  Bro. Frauenhofer and his wife Lori have thirteen children, several of which are currently serving the Lord full-time.

JUSTIN RAYMOND
School Administrator, Assistant to the Pastor
jraymond@westgate.org

Bro. Raymond grew up in Adrian, Michigan, and was saved when he was 6 years old.  He attended Berean Baptist Academy for 10 years and graduated in 1992.  That same year, he was called by the Lord to the Gospel ministry.  After receiving his Master's Degree from Pensacola Christian College in 1998, he was able to return to Michigan to teach in the school from which he graduated.  He became the administrator in 2002, and has been serving in Christian education for over 12 years.  In 2010, the Lord led him and his family to West Gate Baptist Church.  Bro. Raymond currently serves as the administrator of West Gate Christian School.  He and his wife Angelle have one son, Jeffrey.

JOEL MARSH
Spanish Pastor
jmarsh@westgate.org

Joel Marsh has been the pastor of the West Gate Baptist Church Spanish department for the past three years.  Pastor Marsh was born and raised on the mission field of Guatemala, where he acquired a love for ministry and the Spanish language. He and his wife Felecia have diligently built the Spanish department into a growing and thriving ministry.  They have one daughter, Illiana.