Leadership

Taylor Whitmore serves as Lead Pastor of Southridge Baptist Church. In this role, Taylor provides vision, leadership, and direction as Southridge aims to worship God passionately, connect with one another authentically, grow to know God deeply, and go, show and tell the Gospel boldly. Taylor is passionate about preaching the Word of God and shepherding the people of God, all to the glory of God.

Prior to coming to Southridge in 2019, Taylor served 3 years as a youth pastor in Cheyenne, Wyoming and 1 year as a church revitalization resident in Denver, Colorado. Taylor has a B.S. in Mathematics from Hannibal-Lagrange University and an M.A. in Theological Studies from Liberty University. Taylor is married to Jacquee and they have five sons: Ezra, Elias, Theodore, Arwyn, and Isaac.

Jim Misloski serves on the pastoral team at Southridge Baptist Church, where he loves helping people discover their role in ministry service through recruiting, training, deploying, and maturing disciples and leaders.

Jim and Paula joined Southridge in January 2019 when the church called Jim as their transitional pastor, leading the church in the season between pastor Ron Zamkus’ retirement in 2018 and Taylor Whitmore’s installation in 2020.

Jim and Paula planted and pastored churches for twenty years in Colorado with the Colorado Baptist Convention of churches, where they raised their three children, Perry, Ellen, and Davis. It was during this time that Jim earned his Master of Divinity with a church planting emphasis from Golden Gate Theological Seminary. They returned to Missouri in 2016 when the Missouri Baptist Convention called Jim to serve as the Developing Leaders Director. Jim has returned to a pastoral role at Southridge after retiring from his position at the MBC and is currently finishing his PhD in applied leadership at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Before entering vocational ministry, Jim had a 17-year career in advertising after graduating from Missouri State University with a BA in Art.

Roger Whitmore is grateful to serve on the pastoral team at Southridge, where his personal mission is to shepherd next steps for the glory of God. He partners with the rest of the team to equip the church body for effective ministry.

With more than thirty years of pastoral experience, Roger and his wife, Laura, followed God’s clear call to move closer to family to love and support their son, Taylor, his wife, Jacquee, and their five energetic grandsons. Roger and Laura are also the proud parents of two other adult children, Madelyn and Tanner.

In addition to ministry, Roger serves as a Training & Development Specialist in Human Resources at Central Bank, where he enjoys equipping and encouraging employees in their work.

Noah Baker came to serve as Ministry Associate of Music at Southridge in January 2026.  He received his Bachelor of Science in Music Business from Murray State University in August 2026.  Along with local church ministry, Noah enjoys teaching music, playing guitar, and traveling for missions.  He has served on mission trips to France, Arizona, and all across the United States. In his free time, Noah enjoys reading, hunting, fishing, and lifting weights.

Dianna has worked as the Administrative Assistant since 2023. She sees her role as support staff for the pastors and committee leaders in accomplishing goals for Southridge and further His kingdom. Dianna plans on retiring from this position by 2027 but won’t be retiring from serving wherever God leads.

Dianna has been married to Allen for 32 years and has four grandchildren that have taken up much of their time in the past few years. Dianna has also served teaching children, youth and adult Bible study classes (Grow Classes & WOW), participated in Women’s Ministry, and enjoys growing her faith and relationship with Jesus. She desires to continue growing in Christ until her last breath. She says, “Life with God is an adventure worth pursuing!”