Reverend Karl R. Marshall, Sr. is a born again believer who loves Jesus Christ and believes in serving

Him whole-heartedly. He is the son of the late Deloris Marshall, husband of Gwendolyn Marshall and the father

to Kiera, KJ, Kieaundra Marshall and Christina Mitchell. He answered the call to preach the Gospel in March

of 2002 and was licensed by Reverend George L. Smith, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in the Holland

Section of Suffolk, Virginia. In December 2009 he was blessed to be called to serve as Pastor of Liberty Baptist

Church in Waverly Virginia where he served for just over ten years. Currently God has blessed Pastor Marshall

to be the Senior Pastor of the church where he received Jesus as his personal Savior, the place he calls HOME,

New Hope Baptist Church in Pughsville. He is Retired as the Assistant Director of Public Works Operations

with the City of Suffolk. He believes what the Bible says in Matthew 19:26 “With God all things are

possible”. He is a graduate of the Virginia University of Lynchburg, M.C. Allen School of Religion with a

Certificate in Ministry, Roanoke Theological Seminary with a Bachelor of Divinity and graduated from The

Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University on May 13, 2017 with a Master of

Divinity Degree.

He has a burning passion for youth because just as Jesus told Peter in Luke 22:31 “Satan hath desired

to sift you as wheat”. Rev. Marshall believes he is still trying to do this with our youth today. There is also a

special place in his heart for the more mature in a congregation, those whom God has blessed to pave the way

for the younger generations, the same people who have been imparting wisdom and experience upon all of us

for many years. He does his best everyday to be like our Savior Jesus, who had the love of all people within

Him. God has blessed him to be a lover of all people, and most importantly a lover of Christ and His Gospel.

He believes with the possession of a God-given vision, the possibilities for His people are endless.

Finally Reverend Marshall always says “I have been called by God to do what Paul admonished

Timothy to do in 2 nd Timothy 4:2 which says “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season: reprove,

rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine””.