Rob Boyd,
Lead Pastor

Rev. Dr. Rob Boyd comes to BHC following 18 years as Senior Pastor at Green Valley Baptist Church in Henderson, Nevada. 

Rob has been involved in Christian Ministry 34 years, having also served Baptist Churches in El Paso, Texas, along with Clinton and Indianola, both in Mississippi. He earned his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry Degrees from New Orleans Theological Seminary. He is supported in ministry by his wife, Lisa, a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. They have been married 30 years and have two adult sons.

Rev. David Tomb, Associate Pastor

Pastor Dave is in his 13th year of service to Bellevue Heights Church as Associate Pastor. Dave designs and leads the traditional worship service on Sunday morning and directs the BHC Chancel Choir. He provides pastoral leadership for evangelism and outreach endeavors as BHC reaches out to the community.   

Dave and Barb  enjoyed raising three children and are blessed by nine grandchildren. Dave graduated from Greenville University with a degree in music education and holds a MA in Leadership and Ministry. Dave was ordained through ABCUSA by Bellevue Heights Church in 2003. He has served five churches in over 35 years of ministry.

Rev. David Simpson, Associate Pastor

Pastor David Simpson is happy to return to his home state of Arizona, after many years serving churches in Alabama and Nevada. Pastor David leads the worship service for the Saturday Night Contemporary service, provides leadership for our audio visual and livestream teams, and serves many ministries of our church.

Before serving churches as a Worship Pastor, Dave worked in Christian television here in Phoenix for a large church, and was an award-winning video producer.   

David and his wife Annette have three grown children- Connor, Chloe, and Caleb. He is a graduate of Northern Arizona University and earned a Masters of Worship Arts from California Baptist University. He is an Arizona Cardinals

Rev. Randall Shumate, Executive Pastor

Pastor Randy is in his 7th year of service at Bellevue Heights Church. He currently oversees Pastoral Care, Ministry Teams, Administration, Facilities and assists in Preaching and Teaching.

The first 10+ years of his career he worked both in government & Fortune 500 environments, where he gained much experience before being called into full time vocational ministry and ordained in 2022. He graduated from Visible Music College with a BA in Worship Leadership and is currently working towards obtaining his Master of Divinity from Grand Canyon University.

He and his wife, Jess, have been married for ten years and reside in Surprise, where they’re raising their three children.

Eddie West, Visitation Pastor

Eddie spent many years as a traveling special speaker and worship leader for churches and camp meetings throughout the country. He is also an Entertainer /singer impersonator. He is ordained and has been senior pastor of nine churches and planted three churches. He has also served as associate pastor, hospice chaplain and has experience in most areas of ministry; including  serving with Campus Crusade and Youth for Christ, led seminars and personal evangelism training. “My number one purpose is to glorify God in whatever venue I now undertake.”

Rev. Dr. Tim Andersen, Discipleship Pastor

Rev. Dr. Tim Andersen served BHC for 9 years as Senior Pastor before retiring in 2021 before welcoming Pastor Rob into that position. Tim now serves part-time as Discipleship Pastor, overseeing small groups and discipleship at BHC.

Tim had been in Sr. Pastor roles for 45 years, serving in Evangelical Free Churches in Deerfield, Illinois; Okemos, Michigan; Highlands Ranch, Colorado; St. Louis Park, Minnesota; and West Orange, New Jersey. He earned his B. A. in Philosophy from Trinity International University, his Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and his Doctorate in Ministry, also from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is faithfully supported in ministry by his wife, Meg, also a graduate of Trinity International University with a degree in Education. They have been married for over 50 years, and have three married sons, blessing us with five grandchildren and a daughter who lives in the Phoenix area.

Jim Koltveit, Organist

Jim’s first experience as a church organist was at a small Illinois church while he was a high school student. Since then, he has served as organist and substitute organist at various times in Illinois, Minnesota and Arizona. He and his wife retired to Sun City after a career in public accounting.

Janelle West, Pianist

Janelle and her husband have pastored and planted several churches. She is a pastor’s daughter, an accomplished pianist and has taught piano and music classes to all ages for many years. She has experience in choir and orchestra direction and leading contemporary and traditional praise and worship and has directed and accompanied many choirs and lead praise teams. Janelle has a humble and amazing spiritual passion for the Lord and for music.

Charissa Haines, Office Manager

Charissa and her husband Ernie moved to Sun City from Colorado in 2019. She is involved in Bellevue Heights as a Women’s Ministry Leadership Team member, bible study leader and co-leader, choir, editor, drama, Friendship Table and other volunteer positions.

She has served in ministry for over 40 years along with a career in graphic arts & printing. She began in the mid-80s as the Pastor’s Secretary. She was involved in Women’s Ministry, Children’s Church, Youth, Drama, etc. In the mid-90s, she became the Church Administrator. In 2005 she was licensed and ordained as an Administrative Pastor & Pastor of Women after a 3-year Bible school in a Messianic congregation.

Charissa and her husband have five children in their blended family, nine grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Marilee Best, Office Assistant

Marilee and her husband Dan currently live in Sun City and have been attending Bellevue Heights Church since 2022. She rings with the BHC Handbell choir, serves as a greeter, usher, soup ministry, and is involved in a friendship table group and volunteers for various service opportunities. 

 Marilee was a 3rd grade teacher and has served in ministry for the past 18 years as a Children’s Ministry Leader, Women’s Ministry Leader, Women’s Bible Study Leader, secretary in a previous church office, and supporting her husband as a pastor’s wife.

Marilee and Dan have 2 children, Steven who lives in Scottsdale and Marisa who lives in Washington with their 3 grandchildren.

• Dick Hobbs, Chairman

• John Baird, Secretary

• Jim Koltveit, Treasurer