Meet the EBA Team

Richard started serving as EBA's interim executive director in January 2016 and became executive director in June 2016.

Richard's passion for church planting, church revitalization, leadership development and community transformation has become the foundation for the mission of the association. He began serving on the EBA Leadership Team in 2007. In January of 2012 he became the Church Planting Associate.

His Sunday School, small group, administrative and church financial experience is a great asset to the EBA churches. Richard and Terry have lived in Ellis County since 2000. All three of their adult children graduated from Midlothian. Two of them live in the DFW area with their families and the third lives in Southeast Asia with his family.

Darla married Brian in 1993 and they have three children, Megan, Dillon and Shane. They have spent a large portion of that time traveling around wherever the U.S. Army told them to go. They have moved 10 different times, and their homes have included Germany as well as many states here in the United States.

Darla has over 25 years of diverse work experience, and is fluent in English and Spanish. She has spent much of that time volunteering at church as VBS director, Sunday School teacher and AWANA Leader/Director. Darla and Brian both grew up as missionary kids in Ecuador.

Feel free to call or come by, she would love to see you, and looks forward to serving the congregations of EBA in any way that she can.