Staff of First Baptist Church

Rev. Dan Schumacher, Senior Pastor
Dan has served as the Senior Pastor of FBC since February 2015, and loves serving in downtown Colorado Springs. After graduating from the University of Wyoming, Dan began seminary at Princeton Theological Seminary and finished at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. He loves ministering in historic downtown churches, where the best of a rich history and traditional style of worship meet the needs of a modern downtown city. He loves fly fishing, running, sad songs, woodworking, his Weimaraners, and, most of all, his high school sweetheart, who (by the grace of God) has remained married to him for the last twenty years.

Email: dan@firstbaptist-cs.org
Rev. Katie Hambrick Suddeth, Associate Pastor of Spiritual Growth
Katie graduated from Kennesaw State University with a Bachelors of Arts in English linguistics and literature, as well as a Masters of Divinity from Wake Forest University School of Divinity. Katie’s passion is people and plants. Her concentration for her studies was ecology and ethics. She loves helping people see how fearfully and wonderfully made they are by God and the unconditional love that flows from that. Outside of church life, she enjoys hiking, farmers markets, reading, debating philosophy, and coffee.

Email: katie@firstbaptist-cs.org
Shazia Ali, Director of Music
Shazia is a classically trained pianist and wonderful addition to the staff. Since joining our staff in November 2017 as our accompanist, she has also taken up the organ is making wonderful strides. More recently, Shazia has stepped into the role of Director of Music. We are thrilled to have her leading at FBC!

Email: shazia@firstbaptist-cs.org
​Emilia Arguello, Office Administrator
Front office “Jane of All Trades:” First point of contact for congregation and community, oversees daily office activity, facility scheduling and calendar planning, and responsible for publications and website maintenance. 
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Email: emilia@firstbaptist-cs.org
Barbara Ireland, Financial Administrator
Barbara joined our staff at FBC as our Financial Administrator in the Fall of 2016. She's our go to for questions about ministry team budgets, reimbursements, and all other finance related questions.

Email: barbara@firstbaptist-cs.org
​Richard Dockum, Sunday Custodian
Richard serves as our Sunday Custodian, opening and closing our church facility on Sunday mornings. His years of experience and in-depth knowledge of our church is beneficial in many ways.