Jason Mackey
Pastor
Jason came to Arnhart on March 1, 2017 after serving for 16 years as the youth pastor at First Baptist Church in Cassville. He was raised in Cassville, MO where he attended high school before completing his BSBA at the University of Arkansas. After working several years in the trucking industry, Jason left to serve full-time at FBC. He completed his graduate education with a MA in Christian Leadership from Liberty Seminary in Lynchburg, VA.
Jason is responsible for all of the pastoral duties here at Arnhart including preaching every Sunday morning and leading an in-depth Bible study on Wednesday nights in the Heritage Room. He has traveled all over the world leading short-term mission trips to far away places like Africa, Nicaragua, Thailand and Mexico. His passion is seeing Jesus change someone’s life.
Wife: Janelle Mackey
Kid(s): Alex (Senior @ University of Arkansas)
Interests: All things Arkansas Razorbacks, College football and basketball, Computers, Video Games and Big steaks!
Ben Hamblett
Worship and Youth
Ben has been on staff at Arnhart since February of 2018. He is a Barry County boy to his toes, having been born and raised here. He and his wife, Katherine, were married at Arnhart May of 2019. They now have three boys, Daniel, Judah, and Thomas.
Ben graduated from Mission University (Formerly Baptist Bible College) in Springfield, MO with a Bachelor’s degree in Biblical Studies. He is currently in grad school studying Biblical counseling. If you have a Bible question, he and Jason would love to talk about God’s Word with you!
Ben helps out with many of the day to day administrative tasks around the church. He teaches our 7th-12th grade student’s Sunday morning Bible study, our Wednesday night youth group, and also leads the worship team on Sundays. If you have any questions about what is going on around the church, Ben should be able to point you in the right direction.
Wife: Katherine Hamblett
Kids: Daniel, Judah, Thomas
Interests: Music, Motorcycles, Basketball
Abbi Coy
Children’s Director
Abbi and her husband, Colten, came to Arnhart in 2018. She currently is an educator here in Purdy at the elementary school. She is also the lead FCA/Youth Alive sponsor for the Purdy district. In her spare time, she teaches Sunday school for our kids before service on Sundays. On Wednesdays she takes all the kids for our children’s ministry. If you have any questions regarding kids at Arnhart, Abbi is the one you’re looking for!
Abbi is a proud graduate of College of the Ozarks, where she completed her Bachelor’s in Elementary Education in 2014. She continued her education at the Arkansas State University where she completed her Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction.
Husband: Colten Coy (the handsome pianist)
Kids: All the Arnhart kids!
Interests: Purdy Eagles & FCA/Youth Alive
