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Pastor Terrell Hopkins

School Administrator

Pastor Terrell Hopkins has been the pastor of Heritage Baptist Church since 1999. Through the Lord's guidance and Pastor Hopkins's leadership, HBCS was founded in the fall of 2005. Pastor Hopkins now also serves as the School Administrator of HBCS and preaches our K4-3rd grade chapel weekly. Pastor Hopkins's life verses are I Timothy 1:12,15: "And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;... This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief." His prayer for our school is that we may have a part in molding the next generation for Christ so that they too may faithfully serve Christ one day.

Melissa Hopkins

Elementary Supervisor

Junior/Senior High Mathematics

Mrs. Hopkins serves as the Elementary Supervisor of HBCS as well as the 7th-12th grade mathematics teacher and home economics teacher. Mrs. Hopkins graduated from Gainesville College with a degree in Business Management and Psychology. Her teaching experience includes 6 years at Peoples Baptist Academy and 19 years at HBCS since its founding in 2005. Mrs. Hopkins serves in many, MANY capacities at Heritage Baptist Church and is truly loved and honored by our ladies and church as a whole. Some of her favorite things include coffee, crafting, reading, and spending time with her family and church family, and decorating.

Jessica Herring

School Secretary

Information coming soon!

Joy Barfield

School Secretary

Information coming soon!

Melissa Crosby

K4-K5 Teacher

Miss Crosby has been with our HBC family since Pastor Hopkins came to the church in 1999 and has taught at HBCS since 2006. She attended two years of Bible college through the Rock of Ages Bible Institute. Her teaching experience includes 3 years of Pre-K at Eagle's Landing Nursery, as well as 1 year of K3, 4 years of K4, and over 10 years of K5 at HBCS. She is also the head of our drama department and gives private guitar and voice lessons. She loves to play the guitar, write (and perform) in plays, and singing. She is the teacher of HBC's 9-12 year old girls' Sunday school class, captain of Bus 14:23 of HBC's bus ministry, and is involved in many of the music and children's ministries. Her favorite verse is Romans 10:13, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

Hailey Jordan

1st Grade Teacher

This will be Miss Jordan's second year teaching at HBCS! After teaching piano at HBCS for several years and working at the Rock Springs Day Care, Miss Jordan joined the HBCS family in the fall of 2024 teaching K4, and will now be teaching 1st grade in the fall of 2025! She is an active member of HBC and is involved in the choir, music, mega church, and Master Clubs ministries. Her favorite hobbies include playing the piano and baking. Miss Jordan's life verses are Ephesians 2:8-10, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works. lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."

Angela Conner

2nd Grade Teacher

Mrs. Conner is excited to been teaching at HBCS since 2017. Besides homeschooling her daughter through the A Beka curriculum for several years, Mrs. Conner previously taught at Mt. Nebo Christian Academy of Robinsville, North Carolina from 2010-2013 and at Hampton Pre-School and Early Learning Center of Cashiers, North Carolina from 2013-2017. After their family moved from North Carolina in the summer of 2017, Mrs. Conner taught the fourth grade program at HBCS from 2017-2020 and now teaches the second grade program. She and her husband are involved in several ministries at HBC, including the bus, teen, choir, and nursery ministries. Her favorite verse is Psalm 61:2, "From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I."

Cindy Bannister

3rd Grade Teacher

Mrs. Bannister has taught at HBCS consecutively since 2018. After previously teaching our 2nd grade program for two years, Mrs. Bannister became the 1st grade teacher from 2018-2024, and began teaching our 3rd grade program in the fall of 2024. She attended Gordon College in Barnsville, GA. She and her husband, Patrick, are members of and serve in several ministries at HBC, including the choir, nursery, children's church, and Master Club ministries. She loves to spend time with her family and church family! Her favorite verse is Micah 7:19, "He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."

Amanda Bradford

4th Grade Teacher

This is Mrs. Bradford's fourth year teaching 4th grade at HBCS! After working at HBCS for over 10 years, Mrs. Bradford retired for a short time while her children finished school, and she is so excited to be returning to HBCS! Mrs. Bradford and her family are long-time members of Heritage Baptist Church. She and her husband have a willing heart to volunteer and help wherever needed, from cooking, to cleaning, to maintenance, and we are so thankful for their service! Mrs. Bradford's favorite hobbies include caring for her family, baking, thrifting, camping, and beaching! Her favorite verse is Isaiah 40:31, "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."

Jennifer Pope

5th-6th Grade Teacher

This is Mrs. Pope's fifth year teaching our 6th grade class at HBCS! Mrs. Pope has been a blessing to HBCS by transferring from an interim substitute at the beginning of the 2021 school year to full-time teacher during the middle of the school year. Mrs. Pope attained an Associates Degree in Business Management, and previously taught K4 for three years. She and her husband have been members of HBC since 2020, and they have been a great blessing to our church and school ministries, serving in the Master Club, nursery, and cleaning ministries. Her favorite hobbies include reading and spending time with her family. Mrs. Pope's favorite verse is Psalm 46:5, "God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early."

Melissa Calhoun

Junior/Senior High Science

7th-9th Physical Education

Mrs. Calhoun is excited to be rejoining the HBCS family as the 7th-12th grade science teacher for the fifth year! Mrs. Calhoun has previously taught at HBCS in the 2nd grade, 6th grade, and 7th-12th history teacher. She and her husband have been members of HBC since 2000, and have been a blessing to the church by being involved in many ministries over the years. Mrs. Calhoun enjoys reading, and spending time with her husband, children, grandchildren, and her first great-grandchild! Her favorite verse is Luke 1:37, "For with God nothing shall be impossible."

Kris Dawkins

Junior/Senior High Bible

Junior/Senior High History

Mr. Dawkins and his lovely wife, Amanda, joined Heritage Baptist Church in 2005 and have since served in and over several ministries at HBC, including our Master Clubs, Nursery, Neighborhood Bible Time, and Visitation ministries. Mr. Dawkins is now one of the assistant pastors at HBC and is enjoying his seventh year teaching full time at HBCS and second year at the Heritage Baptist Bible College. He graduated from Stockbridge High School in 1997 and Dekalb Technical Institute in 2000. Mr. Dawkins received his Master's Degree in Theology from Grace Baptist Bible Institute, graduating in 2019, and his Doctorate of Theology from Advance Bible College. Some of his favorite past times include spending time with his family, preaching, golfing, fishing, and hunting. His favorite verse is Psalm 27:4, "One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple."

Marie Jordan

Junior/Senior High English

Information coming soon!

Brittany Hopkins

Church Secretary