Elders / Staff
Blake Boylston
Lead Pastor
Blake spent most of his early life in Savannah, Georgia where he was blessed to be raised in a family that regularly attended a gospel-preaching church. It was at age 13 at an evangelistic meeting that he believed the gospel and began to follow Jesus Christ. When he was 21, Blake began working with his father in the commercial cleaning industry.
In God’s providence, Blake met Julie on vacation in the Bahamas in 2007. They were married 11 months later. While still working in the cleaning business, Blake began his pastoral ministry as a bi-vocational pastor at Quacco Baptist Church in Savannah, where he served from 2012 to 2014. During that time, Blake attended a 9Marks Weekender conference in Washington, D.C. where he met Pastor Mark Dever. Blake returned three years later to participate in the Pastoral Internship program at Capitol Hill Baptist Church. Upon completion of his internship, he joined the staff as an Assistant Pastor for four years.
The Boylstons then answered the Lord’s call to pastor in the Arkansas River Valley. They moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas in December 2019. Blake led a group of believers to establish a new gospel-preaching local church in the Barling and Fort Smith communities. Chaffee Crossing Baptist Church (CCBC) formally covenanted in September 2020. When he's not pastoring CCBC, Blake spends time with his wife and their three children, Noah, Avery, and Titus. He can also be found enjoying the beauty of the Natural State, drinking good coffee, and working out at the gym.
In God’s providence, Blake met Julie on vacation in the Bahamas in 2007. They were married 11 months later. While still working in the cleaning business, Blake began his pastoral ministry as a bi-vocational pastor at Quacco Baptist Church in Savannah, where he served from 2012 to 2014. During that time, Blake attended a 9Marks Weekender conference in Washington, D.C. where he met Pastor Mark Dever. Blake returned three years later to participate in the Pastoral Internship program at Capitol Hill Baptist Church. Upon completion of his internship, he joined the staff as an Assistant Pastor for four years.
The Boylstons then answered the Lord’s call to pastor in the Arkansas River Valley. They moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas in December 2019. Blake led a group of believers to establish a new gospel-preaching local church in the Barling and Fort Smith communities. Chaffee Crossing Baptist Church (CCBC) formally covenanted in September 2020. When he's not pastoring CCBC, Blake spends time with his wife and their three children, Noah, Avery, and Titus. He can also be found enjoying the beauty of the Natural State, drinking good coffee, and working out at the gym.
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