Welcome
Thank you for coming!
Location Details
1106 Poplar Springs Church Road Shelby, North Carolina 28152
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Sunday School at 9:45 am
Sunday Worship at 11:00 am
Wednesday at 6:30 pm -
704-487-8802
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Meet our Ministerial Staff
Senior Pastor
Andy Oliver
Andy Oliver has been pastor of Poplar Springs since April 17, 2011. Before coming to Poplar Springs he had the privilege of serving these wonderful congregations: 1980-1981 Minister of Church Activities at First Baptist Church Hildebran, NC 1985 -1992 Minister of Youth at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in King, NC 1992-2002 Minister of Youth at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Shelby, NC 2002-2011 Pastor of Sandy Run Baptist Church in Mooresboro, NC Andy's wife is Kim Hodges…
Minister of Music
Katherine Asis
Katherine Asis has been the minister of music and music education at Poplar Springs since October 2012. Originally from Lenoir, NC, Katherine received her Bachelor of Music degree in Sacred Music from Appalachian State University. She began working in music ministry in 2006 in Gastonia, NC and received her Master of Divinity degree from Gardner-Webb University in 2010. Her passion is introducing others to the truths of God through music and leading God’s people into authentic worship. Katherine is married…
Minister Children & Youth
Nicole Hamrick
Nicole Hamrick grew up at Poplar Springs has been serving as the Minister of Children and Youth here since June 2017. Nicole studied at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she received a degree in Mathematics, a 9-12 licensure to teach, and a minor in Spanish. She taught high school mathematics for 5 years before heading to graduate school at Gardner-Webb University where she received her Master of Divinity degree in 2016 with a concentration in Intercultural Studies. Nicole loves…
Pastor’s Thoughts
A Welcoming Congregation
In my feeble attempts to be funny I sometimes inadvertently offend the unsuspecting victims of my questionable humor and in my attempts to elicit giggles from folks of other cultures and countries, my record is quite blemished. In fact, it’s down-right scary when I throw caution to the wind, crack a little “southern funny” complete with a story or two told in my native tongue, “Gaffanese” (a form of English spoken by those of us from Gaffney, SC) only to…
Heavenly Business
I would love to tell you that the most exciting and life-changing events on the church calendar are our bi-monthly church business conferences. I wish I could guarantee visions and mighty works of God just by showing up. I’m afraid I could be stretching the truth, maybe lying, if I said you would emerge from this meeting of the Baptist brethren and sistern with the glow Moses received after he met God on the mountain. For some church folks, the…
Curious Rocks
The following is an update of an old article I wrote back in 1997. Please forgive me for sharing old stuff. I realized a long time ago that I can’t re-preach a previously proclaimed message. I have a hard enough time preaching them the first time. But old newsletter articles are not a problem to re-submit if they are “good ‘uns.” Also, I was more creative and insightful in my earlier days. So here’s a reheated one for you: I…