Our Staff
Alex Shipman
SENIOR PASTOR
Alex is senior pastor at The Village Church. After coming to Christ at Valdosta State in Georgia, he began to sense a call to ministry. Later he worked as the Outreach Coordinator at Redeemer Presbyterian in Greenville. During this time, Alex began attending seminary at Reformed Theological Seminary. 2006 brought a move to Decatur AL, where he was the Mercy Ministries Intern for Decatur Presbyterian. On November 13 of 2011, The Village Church was particularized and Alex was installed as pastor. He is also the director of the African American Presbyterian Fellowship. Alex is married to Wyketa and they have two children, Madison and Treyson.
Social Media: Twitter: @am_shipman | Instagram: @shipman.alex
Marcus Nobles
DIRECTOR OF YOUTH MINISTRY
Marcus serves as the Youth Ministry Director for the Village Church. He is married to Jessica, together they have 3 children Amelia, Charlotte and Olivia. He came to faith at a young age in a christian home. Marcus is a former Music Minister and is finishing an MDiv at Birmingham Theological Seminary. He is also the Campus Associate Minister for Reformed University Fellowship at Alabama A&M University.
Email: marcus@enterthevillage.net
Patience Teague
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
As Director of Music, Patiences has become increasingly passionate about cross-cultural worship, the power of music, and how God uses them to draw people to himself, and to each other. She is loved, honored, and cherished by her husband Shannon. Together they do life with their 4 children, with whom there is never a dull moment.
Email: patience@enterthevillage.net
Tiffani Williams
DIRECTOR OF NURSERY
Tiffani serves a Nursery Director at the Village Church. She has been at the Village Church since March 2012. She has the privilege of caring for the nursery children since 2015 as Co-Chair. She has enjoyed every moment of being with the smallest people of the church. She was raised in Chicago, IL. She came to faith in her early 20’s. Her favorite book of the Bible is Psalms. She is married to the amazing Lue Williams they have 6 fantastic children with the “I” theme: Immanuel, Iri, Isaiah ,Iyana, Immera and Isaac. In her spare time she enjoys watching sports.
Email: tiffani@enterthevillage.net
Mary Lindblom
VILLAGE KIDS COORDINATOR
Mary Lindblom is the Coordinator for Village Kids, the elementary-school aged (ages 5 - 11) children's program at the Village Church. As the coordinator for Village Kids, she incorporates many facets of Christian worship into the children's Sunday Equipping Class, facilitating an atmosphere for the children to experience God's truths in their own time. In addition to coordinating the Village Kids class, she is also a founding member and organizer of the Ivy League Homeschool Cooperative. She homeschools her own boisterous crew, drinks copious amounts of cacao, lures song birds to her backyard, reads old books, and dreams of a weedless garden, all of this very imperfectly.
Email: mary@enterthevillage.net
Catherine Gibson
Director of Administration
Email: cmgibson@enterthevillage.net