Staff
Brenda Holder
Interim Pastor
Pastor Brenda Holder came into pastoral ministry late in life, having been a stay-at-home mom; a preschool, public school, college, and adult education teacher; and the executive director of a nonprofit Head Start agency. She was born in Little Rock but grew up around the Malvern and Hot Springs areas.
Pastor Brenda graduated from Louisiana Tech University with a bachelor’s and master’s in home economics, and, later, a doctorate in education. She furthered her education at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary where she received a master’s in Marriage & Family Therapy and a Master of Divinity degree in 2018. She has since pastored churches in Missouri and in NW Arkansas.
Pastor Brenda is mom to four grown children and “Gigi” to nine granddaughters. She loves people, studying and teaching the Word, music, entertaining, reading, and sewing, along with a host of other interests. She’s been serving joyfully as interim pastor at Pulaski Heights Baptist Church since January of 2024.
Jonathan K. Merritt
Director of Music & Organist
Jonathan K. Merritt is a native of Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he developed a deep love for choral music. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance from Henderson State University and has served as organist, pianist, and/or choirmaster in Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Disciples of Christ churches. Jonathan also served as accompanist for the Arkansas Intercollegiate Chorus. As a bi-vocational musician, he has worked as a flight attendant since January of 2005.
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Midonna Miller
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
mmiller@phbclr.com
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Michael Hammonds
BUILDING ATTENDANT
mhammonds@phbclr.com
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Rebel McClenney
BOOKKEEPER
bookkeep@phbclr.com