Pastor Gibson and his family moved to Huntsville, MO in January of 1998 from Gillespie, IL when Pastor Gibson accepted the Lord’s calling to lead the church. Pastor Gibson recalls fond memories of Sweet Spring Church and Camp. It was in August of 1982 when he accepted Jesus as his personal savior while visiting at Sweet Springs Baptist Church from his home church in Illinois. Since that time, Pastor Gibson has seen several people come to know Christ as their personal Saviour. The Church has always had a strong emphasis on Bible preaching, and this has continued under his leadership. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the central message of all preaching at Sweet Springs.
Pastor Gibson, and his lovely wife Yvette were joined in holy matrimony on April, 20, 1985. From that union they have raised five children, Samuel, Phillip, Caleb, Hannah and Rachel. Mrs. Yvette humbly serves in numerous capacities within the church. Samuel serves in a church in Marshall, MO while the other children continue their service at Sweet Springs. Pastor Gibson and Mrs. Yvette have been blessed with 9 grandchildren: Brayden, Rylee, Beau, Callaway, Ansley, Charlotte, Greta, Preston, and Hope.
The Lord has blessed the ministry over the past 20 years. In 2004 the church supported a new building for the World Mission Center, which prints and distributes Gospel literature around the world. Seeing a need in the community the church also founded the Sweet Springs Baptist Academy to help provide Christian education to local children. In addition, as a continuation of the youth ministry, each summer the church continues to support our camp ministry with a desire to reach young people for Christ.

Pastor Blaine Graham was born and raised in Benton, Arkansas, where his father, Dr. Ken Graham, pastored Victory Baptist Church. Blaine trusted Christ as his Savior at the age of eleven and surrendered to preach at twelve years old. He later attended Blessed Hope Baptist College, where he earned a Bachelor of Theology.

While attending college, Blaine met his wife, Rebecca. Rebecca trusted Christ as a young girl through the ministry of Vacation Bible School. The two were married on July 20, 2012, at Bible Baptist Church in Highland, Indiana, with Pastor Mike Poole officiating. Blaine and Rebecca have two wonderful children, Kinsley and Kolby, who are a great joy to their family.

Before entering evangelism, Pastor Blaine faithfully served as an assistant pastor for six years. In 2018, he accepted the call to pastor Arnold Baptist Tabernacle, where he served until 2023. In June of that year, Blaine and his family stepped out by faith into evangelism. During that time, they traveled and ministered in churches through preaching, revivals, camp meetings, youth camps, and special services.

After two and a half years on the road in evangelism, the Lord has now led the Graham family to Huntsville, Missouri, where they are serving alongside Pastor Tim Gibson at Sweet Springs Baptist Church. They are deeply thankful for the opportunity God gave them to travel and are especially grateful for the support and encouragement of Lafayette Bible Baptist Church and Pastor Dave Bragg during that season.