Staff

Drew Cunningham

Elder & lead pastor

Drew serves as the senior pastor of Santa Cruz Baptist Church. Drew graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University with a B.A. in Biblical Languages as well as an M.Div. and a Th.M. from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife Shannon have been married since 2007 and currently have four children (Carsyn, Cruz, Ruby and Asher). He enjoys surfing, music, reading, camping/backbacking, the San Francisco Giants, volleyball, and anything to do with coffee.

Deacons

Matt Bradberry

kyleen Bradberry

John Dzimianski

Melissa Forshner

Ryan Ollenburger

BoBBy paul

Kristin Emmert

children’s ministry director

Renee Ollenburger

Administrative Assistant

Renee was born & raised in Santa Cruz County. She and her husband Ryan have been married since 1992 and have 3 adult children, Nathan, Kendall and Caroline, one son-in-law, Ross, and a sweet granddaughter, Elizabeth. She enjoys cooking, gardening, and spending time with family & friends.

Ben Sylvester

Youth PaStor

Ben serves as the Youth Pastor of Santa Cruz Baptist Church. Ben graduated from Oklahoma State University with a B.S.B.A. in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. Following Oklahoma State, he also got a Certificate of Biblical Studies and Leadership from The Kanakuk Institute in 2023. He is currently pursuing an M.Div. online through Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He enjoys surfing, traveling to different countries, music, playing basketball, the OKC Thunder, nerding out over coffee, and anything related to Spider-Man