Our team

ABOUT OUR TEAM

Brenda Flowers, Pastor- Brenda Flowers currently serves as the Pastor of Elizabethtown Baptist Church.  She is also the Director of Bands at East Bladen High School and Elizabethtown Middle School. Mrs. Flowers earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from East Carolina University and a Master of Divinity degree from Campbell University. After completing her undergraduate degree, Mrs. Flowers performed for three years as oboist with the 26th Army Band in Brooklyn, New York. Mrs. Flowers has over 26 years of public-school teaching experience. Mrs. Flowers was the 2021-22 Teacher of the Year for East Bladen High School and for the Bladen County School system. She was the 2018-19 Teacher of the Year for Leland Middle School and the 2011-12 Teacher of the Year for Acme-Delco Middle School. In 1989, she was selected as the West Columbus High School and Columbus County Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Flowers’ professional affiliations include the National Conference for Music Education, North Carolina Music Educators Association, Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society, Women Band Directors International, WBDI NC Chapter, and Sigma Alpha Iota. She is the treasurer for the Southeastern District Band Directors Association and is a member of their board of directors. In 2021 Mrs. Flowers received the North Carolina Bandmasters Association Award of Excellence for the Southeastern District. Mrs. Flowers is an ordained minister and has served churches all over North Carolina in the areas of music ministry and Christian education. Mrs. Flowers resides in Bladen County, with her husband, Jeff Flowers. Her favorite scripture (one of them) is Colossians 3:17 “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

Jane King, Administrative Assistant- Jane King has served as the administrative assistant and receptionist at Elizabethtown Baptist Church since 2005. Jane’s has the important place of often being the first person people meet when visiting EBC during the week. She also oversees membership information and publishing. Jane graduated from Peace College in May 1979 with an Associate of Arts degree and an Associate of Science Degree in Accounting. In December 1981, Subsequently, she graduated from UNC-Wilmington with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Jane is married to Neill “Tojie” King, and they have three adult children: Will, Matthew and Amanda. Jane and Tojie have welcomed three more children to the King family with the marriage of Amanda to John Hunsinger, Will to Anna Mason and Matthew to Stephanie Pangiotakos. Jane and Tojie were blessed on March 2, 2023 with their first grandchild, Ivey Martin Hunsinger! Jane enjoys reading, meeting new people, traveling (when time allows) and spending time with her family and her two “fur babies”. Jane’s favorite scripture is John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”