Dr. Steve Swann
Senior Pastor
Steve Swann was born in Miami, Florida, and raised in the Orlando area. He accepted Christ while serving in the US Air Force in the Netherlands. He surrendered his life to serve the Lord as a missionary a couple of years later. While attending Atlantic Baptist Bible College (now Carolina University), he met and married his wife, Janelle.
Together they served as BBFI missionaries to Sofia, Bulgaria, for 20 years where they started the Mladost Baptist Church. After turning the church over to full Bulgarian leadership, they returned to the US in 2014. Steve then pastored in Fayetteville, NC, for 7 years before coming to serve at Bible Baptist Church.
Steve and Janelle have four grown children.
Malia Graves
Secretary/Bookkeeper
Malia Graves was born and raised in Tuscola, Illinois. She grew up going to church and became a Christian at the age of 10. Malia met her husband Tyson the summer before she graduated high school, and was married in August of the year 2000. After high school, she worked in retail until the decision to start a family in 2004. Malia was a stay at home mom for 5 years. In 2009 she went back to work in retail management, and worked in this capacity for 5 years before becoming the Secretary at Bible Baptist Church. God has blessed Tyson and Malia with three children: Bryce, Dylan and Faith. Malia feels extremely blessed that God led her and her family to Bible Baptist and is delighted to serve as the Secretary.
Please feel free to contact Malia @ bulletin@bbccu.org