Staff
Gary Townsend
Position: Worship Pastor
Email: gary@eastheights.org
Phone: (662)842-4947
Gary has been serving at East Heights since August 2008. He and his wife, Susan, have been married since 1996 and have 2 beautiful daughters, Rebekah and Kaylee. Before moving to Mississippi, Gary served as Music and Youth Pastor at a church in Dublin, GA for 13 years. He received his Bachelors' Degree in Music Education from Brewton-Parker College in Mt. Vernon, GA. Current hobbies include: spending time with family having fun, doing music, fishing, and spending time outside doing whatever.
Lastest books read: Radical, Sun Stand Still, Transformational Church, Bringing Up Girls, Holy Roar, Autopsy of a Dead Church
Favorite movies: Star Wars saga, Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia, Remember the Titans, and The Shawshank Redemption.
You can find Gary on Facebook and Twitter.
Nathan Fitts
Position: Student Pastor
Email: nathan@eastheights.org
Phone: (662)842-4947
Nathan began serving at East Heights in December of 2003. He has served in churches in Leesville, LA, Magee, MS and Shannon, MS and camps at Gulfshore Baptist Assembly. He and his wife, Tina, have 2 boys and a girl, Bradley, Bethany, and Bailey. A Tupelo native and graduate, he also has a Bachelor's Degree from Ole Miss and a Master's Degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX. Counting camps, he has been working with teenagers for over 30 years and has loved every minute of it and hopes to be blessed with many more.
Quote: "Why live a normal life when you can hopefully impact teens to make a difference for Christ?"
You can find Nathan on Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter.