our team

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Dr. Alfred Maese was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. He trusted Christ as his personal Savior at age 18 and attended Tucson Baptist Temple under Dr. Louis Johnson. Pastor Maese graduated from Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri in 1993 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Youth Ministry and Bible. During this time, he met and married Rhonda Abell. Pastor Maese served his internship and was subsequently ordained at Grace Baptist Temple in Bloomington, Indiana from 1993 to 1995. Pastor Maese was then lead of the Lord to accept the position of Senior Pastor at Bible Baptist Church in April of 1997. In October 2004, he earned his Master’s Degree in Theology from Andersonville Theological Seminary in Camilla, Georgia. Pastor Maese completed his Doctorate of Theology in June 2008. The Maeses have twochildren, Samantha and Hudson.  

Kristian Martinez was born and raised in Southern California. At the age of 8, he was saved, and surrendered to serve the Lord full-time at a youth conference. After marrying Christie Rodriguez and graduating from Bible college, the Martinez family moved to Yuma, Arizona to start a Spanish ministry in 2008.  Then the Lord called them to serve at a church in northern California in 2011. After much prayer, the Lord moved the Martinez family back to Yuma in 2020 where they serve faithfully at Bible Baptist Church. They have four children: Alonzo, Lilliana, Adelina and Gabriel.