Meet Our Pastor
Pastor Carl and Melanie Hughes
Pastor Carl Hughes has served as our Senior Pastor since May 2013. Carl accepted Christ at the age of four while attending Central Baptist Church in Pasadena. He graduated from Sam Rayburn High School in 1992. After spending one year at a junior college, he felt called to ministry and promptly enrolled at Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, where he met his wife, Melanie Patterson. They married in June 1995. Carl earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Baptist Bible College in May 1997. His first ministry position was as Youth Pastor in Bluffton, Indiana. He then moved to Hobbs, New Mexico, where he served as a Youth Pastor for 8½ years. In June 2008, he joined Cypress Creek Baptist Church as the Youth Pastor. While at Cypress Creek Baptist, Carl received his Master of Arts degree from Louisiana Baptist University in 2013. He became Co-Pastor in 2011 and was appointed Senior Pastor in May 2013. Carl and Melanie have two children: Bryce and Bailey.