Associate Pastor of Worship & Evangelism

Rich Cowan serves as the Associate Pastor of Worship and Evangelism at FBC. His main tasks include equipping the church family in the theology and practice of congregational worship, developing a worship arts ministry that connects artistic people to ministry opportunities, and equipping and encouraging the FBC family in the message and methods of God-centered witnessing and evangelism.

Rich grew up in small town Chester, Illinois. When he was nine years old, his mother shared the Gospel with him, and for the first time, he realized that the death of Jesus on the cross paid for ALL his sins. He turned from his sin and put his complete trust in Jesus Christ.

He entered Southwest Baptist University with a passion for music education. His ministry calling came his junior year in college while serving on weekend revival teams in Southwest Missouri. Since receiving a Church Music degree from Southwest Baptist University in 1995 and Master’s of Church Music from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2002, he has served churches as lead worshipper in Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri.

Rich had the joy of marrying his dearest friend, Kelly, in November of 1996. God blessed them with an amazing little girl, Caris, after ten years of marriage. The Cowan family looks forward to treasuring Christ above all things with the FBC Lake Saint Louis family for such a time as this.