Austin began serving at Holly Springs in the Spring of 2022 as the Worship and College minister. He graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in 2022 with a Bachelor's degree in Communication Studies and a minor in Music Education. He is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Applied Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Austin married his wife, Hadley, in 2024, and they enjoy spending their time together watching movies and ministering to college students. Aside from ministry, Austin enjoys playing music, eating good food, and disc golf.                                                Contact austin@hsbc-tx.com

Taylor began serving at Holly Springs as the college ministry intern in its beginning stages. Since then, he has served in various ministry positions, such as working at local non-profits and as a family pastor. He is a Stephen F. Austin University graduate pursuing a Master's of Divinity at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Taylor has a heart for Youth Ministry, taking the Gospel to those often seen as the hardest to reach. Taylor's favorite hobbies include reading, working out, and movie nights with his wife.              

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Leslie Johnstone is currently in her second round of serving as our Children’s Director.  She started in the fall of 2011 serving until the spring of 2019 when she took a 6-year break to enjoy being a wife, homeschooling mother, and student of God’s Word through Bible Study Fellowship (BSF).  She answered the Lord’s pressing to return to the Children's Ministry in the spring of 2025.  Leslie attended Stephen F Austin where she met her husband and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BA in Education.  She taught for 8 years as a public-school teacher from 3^rd graders to highschoolers throughout East Texas.  She has a passion for teaching- especially God’s Word.  You can find her teaching at home, at our church, or on Thursdays at BSF.    She and her husband, Jason (an elder at Holly Springs) love to talk theology, go camping with their kids, Avaleigh and Everett, and have pizza family movie nights on Fridays.