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Jim Stultz - Senior Pastor
Pastor Jim Stultz has been the Senior Pastor of Peace River Baptist Church since January of 2008. He and his wife Donna have six children and fifteen grandchildren. Pastor Jim is a graduate of Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary in Ankeny, Iowa. He has served as pastor in Baptist churches since 1980 in Iowa and Indiana before moving to Florida.
Pastor Jim writes a weekly devotional that has appeared as a regular column in several newspapers. He is the author of the books "Moments of Meditation" and "Treasure Walks with God." Both are devotional journeys for each day of the year.
When not involved in the joy of ministry you may see Pastor Jim fishing or kayaking one of the beautiful waterways of Southwest Florida.
Gary Collins - Associate Pastor of Family Ministries
Gary Collins is the Associate Pastor of Family Ministries since August 2021. He and his wife Amy have three children, now in college, high school, and middle school. Gary graduated from Spurgeon Baptist Bible College in Mulberry FL, where he also served as pastor of Shepherd Road Baptist Church for 14 years.
He loves to teach the Bible in large and small group settings. Gary and Amy enjoy traveling, kayaking, snorkeling, and other outdoor activities.
Minister of Music - Jim Reuter
Jim Reuter has been serving as the Minister of Music of Peace River Baptist Church since 2008, although he first came to PRBC in 2007 where he played the piano and led the choir as a volunteer. He and his wife Cheryl have two children and five grandchildren. Prior to coming to Peace River Baptist Church, Jim & Cheryl had been involved in the music ministries of various churches in Port Charlotte since coming to Florida from the Buffalo NY area in 1975.
They were founding members of “HIS Four…Ministries”, a Southern Gospel Group that performed concerts all over the State of Florida as well as doing a few northern tours from 1990 to 2007. They still perform many of the HIS FOUR… songs at PRBC using people from the choir to round out the group. Their HIS FOUR… Ministries CD recordings are available at the church during the PRBC Winter Concert Series each year.
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Jim started playing the piano at the age of 5 and took lessons until he was 17 doing lots of
church music over those years as his piano teachers were pastors' wives. He has had the privilege of doing three Piano CD projects: “By Request,” an all Piano Christmas CD “Making Spirits Bright,” and his most recent "Great is Thy Faithfulness." All are available at the church.
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When not involved in the Music Ministry, you’ll see Jim on the Carmelita softball fields, watching his grandchildren play sports, or walking his standard poodle.
​Email Jim: jim.reuter@peaceriverbaptistfl.org
Secretary - Terri Smith
Terri Smith has been serving as secretary of Peace River Baptist Church since 1998. Terri and her husband Bob have been members since 1989. They have three children and take great pleasure in being grandparents to their seven grandchildren.
Terri is involved in many ministries within the church such as working in AWANA, hosting an annual Halloween outreach (Mission 10/31) and directing VBS. She also sings in the choir and helps out in other areas of ministry as needed.
In her free time she enjoys reading, exercising and gardening.
​Email Terri: peacerivbap@comcast.net
Media Director - Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson has served as the Multi-Media Director; which produces the video and audio for the live stream and the recording for the website since October of 2020.
He and his wife, Laurie have two daughters and four grandchildren.
Lee holds a Bachelor degree in Worship Music and has served as a worship pastor in various churches for over 40 years. He and his wife also spent four and a half years on mission field in France. His love of technology through out his ministry has led him to serve as a multi-media director in France and also since they have returned to the states in 2018.