Dr. Andy Wakefield

interim pastor

Andy Wakefield has been interim pastor since June 2025. He joined the faculty of Campbell University Divinity School in 1997. He earned his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University, Master of Divinity from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Ph.D. in New Testament from Duke University. He has held the Lewis Edward and Martha Barnes Tyner Endowed Chair of Biblical Studies since 2008, and in 2010 he was named Dean of Campbell University Divinity School.

Andy’s primary academic focus has been on the letters of Paul and, more recently, on the book of Revelation. Over the past 27 years, he has taught not only in the areas of New Testament and Greek, but also in preaching, leadership, technology and ministry, and spiritual formation. He has now stepped down from his administrative role and has resumed the role of full-time faculty member.

Throughout his service to the university, Andy has also been deeply invested in service to the church. An ordained minister in the Baptist tradition, he has served 14 churches as an interim pastor and dozens more as supply preacher, Bible study teacher, and retreat leader. As he turns his attention back to teaching and research, he is especially interested in pursuing writing projects that lie at the intersection of theological education and the life of the church.

Andy and his wife, Olivia, have two children and two grandchildren.

Mike Moose

ASSOCIATE Minister (MUSIC)

A native of Yorktown, Virginia, Mike Moose has been active as a church musician since the age of twelve and has served as music minister at Roxboro Baptist Church since August 2000. He is a pianist, organist, composer, and arranger. Mike has written choral anthems, worship songs, works for piano and organ, and various song and hymn arrangements for solo, ensemble, and congregational use.  Many of his compositions have been premiered at our church and continue to be used in worship here.  His published choral anthems are available at online music distributors.  Mike also is active as a performer and accompanist. He is the organist for the Community Choir of Person County, and a music director and keyboardist at the Kirby Theater in Roxboro. He has Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Virginia and Old Dominion University, and a Master of Arts degree in Musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1999, he was ordained into the ministry at Ephesus Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina.

Emily Van Allen

Youth Minister

Emily Van Allen has served at RBC as the Minister of Youth since October of 2019. 

Emily is a native of Roxboro, NC and is a graduate of Wingate University (B.A. in Religious Studies) and Wake Forest University School of Divinity (M.Div). She was ordained by First Baptist Church of South Boston, VA in 2017. 

Emily is married to Tyler, and enjoys spending time with family, traveling, and reading.