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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,

Edward Imbierowicz

  • Ed and Donna came to us from Mountain View Baptist Church where Ed served as a pastor for over 10 years.
  • He retired from pastoral ministry but says that God’s work is never finished and he will continue to serve here at Open Door wherever needed.
  • He is a veteran who served 20 years in the Air Force from which he retired Sept. '85, then worked as a letter carrier in Tucson, Arizona for 13 years.
  • He served the Lord as a Deacon and Sunday School Teacher at 22nd Street Baptist Church in Tucson, associate Pastor at Robert Road Baptist Church (where he was ordained into the pastoral ministry) and as a deacon at Bethel Baptist Church.
  • Donna served as a C.N.A. for 29 years before retiring from that position.

Gary Needles

  • Gary & Suzi moved to Prescott Valley in 2009.
  • He has faithfully served as a deacon/elder and has taught adult and children's Sunday School classes.
  • Gary is a faithful member of Open Door Baptist Church, which he has attended since 2023.
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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.

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.