Pastor Wayne was born March 8, 1962, in Wartburg, Tn. to Rev. Carvin and Ollie Phillips. He graduated Lake City High School in 1980 and is a 1985 graduate of Cumberland College in Williamsburg, Ky.

On June 8, 1985, Wayne married Joan Long at Main Street Church. Since 1985, both Wayne and Joan have been faithful members of Main Street Church. In March 1997, Wayne surrendered to God’s call and entered the ministry full time. On September 14, 1997, Main Street ordained him. He served as Youth Pastor for 5 years and became Senior Pastor in February 2003.

For more than two decades, Wayne has been Main Street’s Pastor. Main Street is the only church Pastor Wayne and Joan have served. Wayne’s greatest dream is to pastor a healthy New Testament Church, a church that lifts high the Name of Jesus and impacts a lost and dying world. (Acts 1:8). “I believe that God has placed His hand on our church and has called us to change the world for His glory” (Jn. 4:34)

Pastor Corey Carroll was born on February 16, 1988 to parents Bobby and Gaye Carroll. Corey was raised in LaFollette, TN and was saved at 11 years old and baptized in March of 1999 on Easter Sunday at Indiana Avenue Baptist Church.

Corey accepted the Lord’s calling to preach the gospel in October of 2006 at Indiana Avenue Baptist Church. He has served as Senior Pastor of Texas Valley Baptist Church in Knoxville, TN (2010-2015), First Baptist Church of Monterey, TN (2016-2018), and First Baptist of Maynardville, TN (2018-2025).

Corey is currently working on a certificate in Biblical Studies and Theology from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina.

Corey works at Y12 in Oak Ridge as a Journeyman. He has been married to his wife Autumn since 2010, and they have two children- Canaan and Chloe. The Carroll family is excited and thankful for the opportunity to serve the Lord at Main Street Baptist Church.

Hello! My name is Jackie Byrge. I am the Children’s Director at Main Street Baptist
Church. Please allow me to share my testimony. I was saved when I was a senior in
high school. I grew up in church and attended Bible camp where I remember going
forward during invitation time, but as I grew older, I began to have some doubts about
my salvation. I couldn’t clearly remember asking Jesus; I didn’t know if I understood
what Jesus had done for me. So, when I was on a mission trip with my church in 2001, I
got my salvation “nailed down.” I asked the Lord to save me, and I trust with all my heart
that He did that day!
While attending the church I grew up in, Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Oliver Springs,
and going to college, I had the privilege of meeting my husband, Russell Byrge. I joined
Main Street shortly after we met in 2007. We were married in 2008, and the Lord
blessed us with a son, Grant, in 2013. I have worked with children in a church setting for
most of my life. I’ve also worked with children in a church daycare for several years and
as a teacher in Anderson County Schools for over 11 years. In 2019, we made the
family decision to homeschool our son, and the flexibility of homeschooling has given
me the opportunity to explore new avenues in which to work with children.
I am blessed to be on staff at Main Street Baptist Church, and I consider it my mission
to show the love of Jesus to everyone I meet! We are all called to be disciples for Christ,
and it is a joy that I get to share the Good News with the children of Main Street!