OUR LEADERSHIP
PASTOR
Adam Meredith
Lead Pastor
Adam accepted the call to pastor RVBC in 2023. He and his family moved to Nellysford from Pennsylvania, where he had previously pastored for 12 years. Adam is a PhD student in Biblical Studies with Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Yale and a Master of Divinity degree from Columbia International University.
Adam and his wife Danielle have 3 sons, Graham, Davis, and Sullivan, and a friendly Bernese Mountain Dog named Duncan. They are glad to be connected with this wonderful church and invite you to come worship Christ together with us!
ELDERS
David Thomas
Elder
David Thomas is a lifelong resident of Nelson County, VA. He has been attending and a member of Rockfish Valley Baptist Church for approximately twenty years and was ordained as an Elder in 2016.
David owned a trucking and excavating business for 22 years before becoming the Road Maintenance Supervisor for a local property owners association in 2017. David has been happily married to his wife, Pam for twenty five years. They have two daughters and six grandchildren.
Mike Friedlein
Elder
Mike was ordained an Elder at RVBC in 2016. Mike has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa and a Master of Arts in both Management and Human Relations from Webster University in St Louis, Missouri. Mike was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force in 1979 and served in various command and staff positions for 27 years. After careers in the Federal government, Mike and his wife Janie retired to Nellysford in 2010.
DEACONS
Tim Sennett
Deacon
Tim Sennett is a transplant from Buffalo, NY. He has been part of Rockfish Valley Baptist Church for approximately five years. Tim worked as an automotive mechanic at a Honda dealership for twenty years before switching careers to computer services as a system administrator until retiring in 2025. Tim has been happily married to his wife Margy for forty- seven years. They have three children and four grandchildren.
Dennis Bailey
Deacon
SONG LEADER
Hope Dornfield
Hope Dornfeld is originally a Michigander, having moved to Virginia in 2018. She works full- time and teaches part-time for Liberty University in Lynchburg. When she's not grading, working on doctoral coursework, or teaching music lessons, she enjoys reading good authors (Tozer, Spurgeon, and Bonhoeffer, to name a few); listening to good music (Rich Mullins, Andrew Petersen, Ellie Holcomb, and Buddy Greene come to mind); and enjoying a cup of tea with friends. She has previously served as a church choir director and takes great joy in serving the people of God through the musical worship of God. (Zeph. 3:17)
