LEADERSHIP TEAM

RAY ANDERSON
Senior Pastor

DAVE BENDER
Counseling and Family Ministries Pastor

AARON LICHTENWALNER
Youth and Assistant Pastor

PATRICK HENNESSY
Deaf Church Pastor

MIKE PHILLIPS
Bay City Christian School Administrator

MORRIS BENDER
Pastor Emeritus

Pastor Ray Anderson is a native of Green Bay and longtime resident of Northeast Wisconsin. He was ordained in 2010 and holds a BA in Pastoral Studies and an MA in Biblical Studies. Pastor Ray served as an assistant pastor at Bay City from 2001 until 2011 when God called him to plant Lakeshore Baptist Church in Kewaunee. He and his wife Tiffany had been serving in Kewaunee with their four children, Joseph, Megan, Makayla, and Titus, until moving back to Green Bay in April 2023. Pastor Ray feels passionately about ministering God’s Word to God’s people. He believes the Church has such a great potential to impact this world for the Glory of God with the message of the Gospel!
Ray Anderson serves as the senior pastor of Bay City Baptist Church. He previously served as Bay City’s school administrator for six years. Ray and his wife Tiffany are former graduates of Bay City and have four children. He enjoys hunting, playing hockey, and watching his kids play sports.


Pastor Aaron received his Master of Divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Bachelors in Biblical and Theological Studies from Boyce College. Previous to Bay City, he served at The Wilds of New England as a lead counselor and traveling speaker. Pastor Aaron also served at Bay City’s church plant while attending college. Pastor Aaron’s responsibilities include the youth ministry, leading worship, children’s, and outreach ministries. Pastor Aaron is married to Meagan and they have one son, Asa.

Patrick Hennessy graduated from Milwaukee Area Technical college with a degree in Sign Language Interpreting and is a nationally certified ASL interpreter. Patrick received his BA and Master’s degree in Pastoral Studies from Bob Jones University. Patrick previously served as a leader of a Deaf ministry outside of Spartanburg, SC and assistant pastor roles for Deaf ministries in both Atlanta, GA and Delavan, WI. Patrick is married to Maria and has four children, Brenna, Mia, Cruz and Karis. Besides using ASL, his family also communicates in Spanish and English. They enjoy playing at parks, going out for ice cream and having people over to their home. To learn about our deaf church, click here.

