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Meet Our Church Staff

Tom and Brenda Petro

  • Pastor Tom has been the pastor of Open Door Baptist Church since 1987.
  • Brenda teaches Junior Church and also works in AWANA,

Dennis Carden

  • Dennis was born and raised in Salem Oregon where he lived and worked as an automotive paint store manager until the age of 62. He was then transferred to work in a store in Flagstaff Arizona, and a year and a half after that was transferred to the Prescott store. He was in the automotive paint industry for 45 years.
  • He came to faith in his early forties and has served as a Deacon in two different churches, one in Oregon and now at Open Door.
  • He has been married to Trita for 19 years and they have been blessed to be a part of Open Door Baptist Church.

Wayne Prindall

  • Wayne grew up in Bowdoinham, Maine, where at the age of 6 he started attending the Baptist church. He attended there until 1970 when he went into the army for three years.
  • After that he attended the university of Maine and received a BS degree in business administration.
  • He spent 5 years selling hearing aid parts around the world and then sold international freight services with an office in Montreal, Canada.
  • After selling his interest in that, he worked in automotive sales for 15 years.
  • Then for 10 years he worked selling antiques and collectibles on the internet.
  • He came to the Prescott Valley area in 2017 to retire.

Debi and Ron DelSordo

  • Debi serves as church financial secretary and treasurer.
  • Ron works at the church doing a variety of jobs.
  • Debi was born in Nebraska and moved to Wyoming when she was 12.
  • Ron was born in Pennsylvania. He left there in 1986, after accepting a job in Wyoming.
  • They met at their church in 1988 and were married in 1991.  They helped with the AWANA program for 9 years.
  • In 2000 they transferred from Wyoming to Washington State to finish their careers. Ron worked electrical and mechanical maintenance for a large company. Debi worked for the school district as secretary for the maintenance department.
  • In 2007 they retired and moved to Prescott Valley and joined Open Door Baptist Church.

Dan Webb

  • Dan grew up in Kansas, and after High School he joined the Marine Corps. He spent about 7 years on active duty obtaining the rank of Staff Sgt. He received a medical discharge and moved to Bullhead City, AZ.
  • Ten months after losing his first wife to cancer, he accepted Christ as his Savior. He was baptized and joined the Baptist Church where he met Debbie. They married and spent the next 20 years in Bullhead City.
  • Later they moved to Prescott Valley, AZ and started attending Open Door Baptist Church. Dan is retired but teaches Evangelism Explosion, creation classes and AWANA.

Michael Gherardini

  • Michael has been in insurance since 1990.
  • Michael and his wife Patsy (who is now in glory) served as firefighters for 6 years in southern Arizona.
  • Michael and Patsy were involved in homeless ministries and world relief ministries for 10 years in Phoenix; and were founding members of Phoenix Compassion Center.
  • Michael has served in youth ministries for over 30 years.
  • Michael is willing to serve the Lord wherever He places him.

Carol Carpenter

  • Carol was born in Wisconsin and moved with her family to Phoenix, AZ in 1957, at the age of 15.
  • She graduated from Carl Hayden High School in 1960 and married John in 1961.  They've been married over 60 years!!
  • Through the years they have done ministry in retirement homes and nursing homes.
  • Both of them were part of the Christian musical group, "The Joyful Noise", in the Prescott area.
  • They were most fortunate to have traveled to Israel in 2000.  Following that they went with a group to do missionary work in Romania.
  • She is privileged to serve Open Door Baptist Church as church clerk.

Deborah Webb

Deborah is our primary church pianist, although we have several others who can fill in if she is unable to be there.