MEET THE STAFF

Butch Strickland
Interim Teaching Pastor
Butch and his wife, Pam, live in the Valley. Butch has been a missionary in Venezuela with our International Mission Board and has pastored in Texas and Oregon. Most recently he has been on staff with the Alaska Baptist Convention and then the Hatcher Pass Baptist Association from which he retired at the beginning of 2020.
Interim Teaching Pastor
Butch and his wife, Pam, live in the Valley. Butch has been a missionary in Venezuela with our International Mission Board and has pastored in Texas and Oregon. Most recently he has been on staff with the Alaska Baptist Convention and then the Hatcher Pass Baptist Association from which he retired at the beginning of 2020.
Pastor Gary Bearce
Missions and Administrative Pastor Gary retired from full time missions work with the North American Missions Board and joined the CrossCountry staff in 2017. He has served in ministry in the local church and as Church Health Director for a state church convention before coming to Alaska. Gary and his wife Shirley have lived in Alaska since 2006. They have two grown children and 5 grandchildren. |
Shirley Bearce
Administrative Assistant Shirley joined the CrossCountry staff in 2017. She and her husband Gary moved to Alaska in 2006. She is a former School teacher and Church Preschool and Children's Director. She and Gary enjoy traveling, especially on mission trips, as well as walking and exploring in Alaska. |