Meet the Staff


Rev. Jonathan Waits joined First Baptist Oakboro as Senior Pastor in July 2017. He, his wife Lisa, and sons: Noah, Josiah, and Micah came to Oakboro from Central Baptist Church in Church Road, Virginia, where they served for nine years. When he’s not in the office, Jonathan can be found building Legos with his boys, reading the news or a good book, building models, or hitting the town with Lisa. His email address: pastorjwaits@gmail.com. You can also sign up to follow his personal blog at www.the-nexus.blog. He posts devotional thoughts multiple times each week aimed at connecting the dots between the Christian worldview and the culture and enriching your faith in the process.

Delinda Huneycutt has served as secretary since June of 1991. She is the polite voice that will usually greet your phone calls to the church office. She and her husband Donnie have twins Halee and Wesley.  In 2019, she was blessed with 4 granddaughters, in July 2020 and March of 2022, she welcomed 2 grandsons, with another granddaughter born January 2024. She attends St. Stephens Wesleyan Church, where she currently serves as Music Director and Christmas Eve Program Director. You may reach her at dhuneycuttfbc@gmail.com