Josh Russell was born in the foothills of North Carolina. At the age of 15, under Holy Ghost conviction, he was gloriously born again! Joshua was an athlete through high school, excelling in baseball and football. It was during his senior year of high school, with scholarship offers to consider, that the Lord began to separate him for a greater purpose.

In August of 2010, Josh surrendered to God’s call to be a preacher of the Gospel.

Under to tutelage of his pastor, Preacher James Lockee, Josh began attending Bible college and preaching the Word of God.

From 2014 to 2016 Josh was the Pastor Ross Hill Baptist Church in western NC.

In 2016 he met his wife, Sarah, and they began courting. During this time the Lord called Josh to resign as the pastor at RHBC and shortly after he became the assistant pastor to his Pastor, James Lockee at Liledoun Baptist Church.

On April 14th, 2018 Josh and Sarah were married. And in March 2019 they welcomed their first daughter, Evelyn.

In August of 2019 God called Josh and his family to pastor in Pageland, South Carolina at Lighthouse Baptist Church. There they ministered in their community through the pandemic from August 2019 to May 2023.

They also welcomed two more daughters, Amelia (2021) and Anna (2022).

In March 2023 the Lord began calling the Russell Family to be church planters. After surrendering to that call and subsequently resigning the pastorate the Lord put Texas in their hearts. With the support of their home church, Bethany Baptist Church of Thomasville, NC and their Pastor, Tom Fields, they began making preparations to move to Texas.

In October of 2023 they began Bethany Baptist Church of Terrell, Texas.

A church passionate for reaching lost souls and building the faith of believers for Christ.