Deacons

  • Kent Browning

    Kent and Cindy have been married and living in Murfreesboro 35 years and have 2 adult children and 3 grandchildren. They joined Northside in July of 2019 and teach an adult connect group. Kent is an electrical engineer at Nissan.

  • Mike Butler

    Mike and his wife, Laurie, were both raised in Christian homes and were saved and baptized at young ages. They have 2 daughters, Melissa and Natalie, who are both married and have blessed them with 8 grandchildren. Mike and Laurie joined Northside in the spring of 2009.

  • Brian Carper

    Brian and Jennifer have been married for 13 years and have two daughters, Emma (12) and Anna Kate (10). Brian was baptized at Northside in 2012, after which he has served in the preschool ministry and MidWeek groups over the years.

  • Jon Chaney

    Jon and his wife, Jennifer, have been married for 17 years and have three daughters. Jon joined Northside and was baptized here in 2005. He co-teaches an adult connect group and has served on our Nominating Committee. Having lived in Murfreesboro for 26 years, Jon is a graduate of MTSU and works as an employee benefits consultant.

  • Clint Farrar

    Clint and Amanda have been married 24 years and have two adult children: Marion and Walker. Clint became a Christian between the ages of 8 and 10. They joined the Northside family in 2018, and he currently teaches an Adult Connect Group. Clint served in the US Air Force and has since worked as a commercial pilot.

  • Cole Glass

    Cole was saved at the age of 7. He and his wife, Kimberly, have been married since 2014 and joined Northside the same year. They have two daughters: Brooke, 6, and Ellie Belle, 4. Cole is a police officer for the City of Murfreesboro, currently serving as an SRO for Northfield Elementary School.

  • Lee Golden

    Lee and his wife, Diana, have been married for 11 years and attended Northside for a number of years before officially joining the church family in 2018. They have two children at home. Lee currently co-teaches our College Connect Group and is a pharmacist at TwelveStone Health Partners in Murfreesboro.

  • Mike Harris

    Mike and his wife, Brenda, have been married 51 years and raised two daughters. One lives in Franklin with her family, and she blessed them with a granddaughter. The other daughter lives in heaven after a battle with cancer. Mike & Brenda joined Northside in 2013 after moving here the year before. They are active in the Sharp class and Mike is involved in Northside’s Kingdom Builders Ministry.

  • Rick Rife

    Rick and Lynn joined Northside in 2004. They have two grown sons and three grandchildren. Rick plays in our orchestra, co-teaches an adult connect group, and is retired

  • Gayle Sharp

    Gayle and Linda have three adult children and five grandchildren. They joined Northside in 2005. Gayle co-teaches an adult connect group and is retired.

  • Shaun Sullivan

    Shaun and Ginny moved to Murfreesboro when they got married in 2005 and have two daughters (10 and 12). He works for Nissan as a design change manager. They joined the Northside family in 2019.

  • Phil Tawney

    Phil and his wife, Jane, met and married 41 years ago and served in the USAF through 2002 and have two grown sons. After retiring from working for government contractors in 2020, they moved here and joined our church family the same year. Phil sings in our choir, leads a Kingdom Builders men’s group and a bi-weekly ministry at Adam’s Place.

  • Allen Lay (Alternate)

    Allen and his wife, Carmen, have been married 37 years and have lived in Smyrna for 32 of those years. They joined the Northside family in 2003 and are faithful both in choir and Charles Moore’s Connect Group. They have three grown children and one grandchild (with another on the way). Allen works in the machinist/maintenance field.