Associate Pastor of Praise & Worship Ministries
Cottage Hill Baptist Church
4255 Cottage Hill Road
Mobile, Alabama 36609
Telephone: (251) 660-2422
stevew@cottagehill.org

MINISTRY MISSION STATEMENT
My commitment is to joyfully proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ through Biblically sound music that touches the heart. Music is not an end in itself but rather a tool to glorify God (make His character, dignity and worth, His person and His truth accurately known to others) so that lives may be eternally changed by His power! My ultimate goal is to lead people into the presence of God so that they may worship Him in spirit and truth (John 4: 23-24). I believe that music in worship should be presented with excellence and that a music ministry should provide an atmosphere that develops and nurtures meaningful relationships like those in a caring family.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Place of Birth: Pensacola, Florida
Marital Status: Married on January 3, 1976 to the former Cynthia L. Stack of
Pensacola, Florida
Children: Kristen Melodie White, born November 9, 1984
Benjamin Michael White, born July 7, 1991

EDUCATION

1990 DOCTOR OF DIVINITY, Southern California Theological Seminary,
Stanton, California. Honorary.

1974 MASTER OF MUSIC, Louisiana State University, Graduate School,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Major: Voice.

1972 BACHELOR OF MUSIC, Louisiana State University, School of Music,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Major: Voice.

1970 ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE, Pensacola Junior College, Music Department,
Pensacola, Florida. Major: Voice.

1968 Graduate, Escambia High School, Pensacola, Florida.

MINISTRY EXPERIENCE

2003 - present Associate Pastor in Praise & Worship, Cottage Hill Baptist Church,
Mobile, Alabama.

1999 - 2003 Minister of Music, Second Baptist Church,
Houston, Texas.

1988 - 1999 Associate Pastor/Music & Worship, First Baptist Church,
Merritt Island, Florida.

1986 - 1988 Minister of Music & Worship, Sherwood Baptist Church, Albany, Georgia.

1981 - 1986 Minister of Music & Worship, Kirby Woods Baptist Church,
Memphis, Tennessee.

1976 - 1981 Minister of Music & Worship, Green Acres Baptist Church,
Warner Robins, Georgia.

1975 - 1976 Minister of Music & Worship, Airport Boulevard Baptist Church,
Mobile, Alabama.

AWARDS & HONORS

2007 Worship Leader for Alabama Baptist Pastor's Conference at Cottage Hill Baptist Church, Mobile Alabama.
2007 Worship Leader for Sunday School Week at Ridgecrest Conference Center, Ridgecrest, North Carolina.
2006 Worship Leader for Alabama Baptist Evangelism Conference at Dauphin Way Baptist Church, Mobile, Alabama.
2005 Worship Leader for Sunday School Week at Glorieta Conference Center, Glorieta, New Mexico.
2004 Directed Music at the Southern Baptist Convention, Indianapolis, Indiana.
2001 Directed Music at the Southern Baptist Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana.
1999 Metro 1 Music Conference Host, Orlando, Florida
1997 Certified Teacher/Trainer of FAITH Sunday School Evangelism Strategy.
1996 Directed Music at the Southern Baptist Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana.
1995 Music Coordinator and Director for the Florida Baptist Pastor’s Conference,
Tampa, Florida.
1995 Directed the Space Coast Choir & Orchestra at the Florida Baptist Pastor’s
Conference, Tampa, Florida.
1994 Directed the Space Coast Choir & Orchestra at the Southern Baptist
Convention Pastor’s Conference, Orlando, Florida.
1992 Directed Music at the Southern Baptist Convention, Indianapolis, Indiana.
1992 Space Coast Choir & Orchestra premiered the musical, “The Song,”
in Daytona Beach, Florida with Guest Conductor, David T. Clydesdale.
1991 Who's Who in Religion
1990 Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans
1988 Certified Teacher/Trainer in Evangelism Explosion
1987 Directed the Sherwood Adult Choir & Orchestra in the musical premiere of “I See Him” by Don Marsh at Callaway Gardens, sponsored by the Pine Lake Music Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
1979 Private Pilot License
1977 Outstanding Young Men of America
1973 Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1971 Voice Scholarship, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1968 Voice Scholarship, Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, Florida.

MINISTRY AFFIRMATION
1982 ORDAINED into the Gospel Ministry, Kirby Woods Baptist Church,
Memphis, Tennessee.
1976 LICENSED into the Gospel Ministry, Brownsville Baptist Church,
Pensacola, Florida.

HOBBIES & INTERESTS
Golf, Tennis, Hunting, Motorcycles, Snow Skiing, & Water Skiing.