ADAM PARDUE HAS BEEN OUR PASTOR SINCE MARCH OF 2012. HE HAS BEEN IN FULL-TIME MINISTRY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND HE HAS BEEN THE SENIOR PASTOR AT HIGHLAND FOR OVER A DECADE. ADAM HAS A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN MUSIC FROM LAMAR UNIVERSITY, A MASTER’S DEGREE FROM WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY IN CHRISTIAN MINISTRY, AND HIS MASTER OF DIVINITY FROM BH CARROLL. HE GRADUATED WITH A DOCTOR OF MINISTRY FROM LOGSDON SEMINARY IN 2020. ADAM IS MARRIED TO ANGIE WHOM HE MET NEAR HIS HOMETOWN. ADAM AND ANGIE WERE MARRIED ON DECEMBER 27, 1997. THEY HAVE TWO GIRLS, AVERY AND ABBEY, WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO JESUS AND ARE ENROLLED AT HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY. BEFORE COMING TO LUBBOCK, ADAM SERVED IN FOUR OTHER CHURCHES INCLUDING POSITIONS AS ASSOCIATE PASTOR, STUDENT MINISTER, MUSIC MINISTER, OUTREACH MINISTER, AND ACTIVITY MINISTER. ADAM LOVES SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY, WATCHING SPORTS, LISTENING TO MUSIC, AND WORKING. ADAM IS EXCITED FOR WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR HIGHLAND AS A MULTI-GENERATIONAL AND MULTI-CULTURAL CHURCH. ADAM ALSO HAS A PASSION FOR THE LOST AND MISSIONS. LISTEN CLOSELY AND YOU WILL CERTAINLY HEAR HIM SAY, “BEYOND THE WALLS” REGULARLY AS HE ENCOURAGES HIGHLAND TO BE THE HANDS AND FEET OF JESUS “BEYOND THE WALLS” OF OUR CHURCH BUILDING.