Our Staff

Monty comes to us from Second Avenue Baptist Church in Rome, GA and was formerly minister of Christian Education & Discipleship at Wieuca Road Batist Church in Atlanta where was ordained to the Gospel ministry in 1999. You can find his letter of introduction HERE.

Rev. Ellington has written more than seventy curriculum pieces for both the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and for Smyth & Helwys Publishing. He has served as a conference leader for the Southern Baptist Convention, the Kentucky Baptist Convention, the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship, and the Elkhorn Baptist Association. He served on the Governor’s Task Force for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency and has served on the Coordinating Council of the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship. He currently serves on the Lexington Fayette County Urban County Government Senior Adult Advisory Council.

Hank and his wife Linda, also a Louisville native, met as Georgetown College students. They have been married for forty-seven years. Linda is retired after a teaching career in public and private schools. The Ellingtons have two daughters, Sarah Ellington Hicks (married to Drew), an attorney in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Emily Ellington Robinson (married to Randy), a pediatric nurse practitioner serving in the UK Healthcare system. The Ellington’s have five grandchildren, Caroline, Avery, and Tucker Hicks and twins Harrison and Madeline Robinson.

Among his responsibilities at Calvary are the teaching ministry of the church, staff supervision, administrative consultation, curriculum development, stewardship education, leading Bible studies for adults, periodic preaching, and the coordination of LOGOS a ministry created for older adults. Officially retired from thirty years of church softball, Hank enjoys golf, traveling, writing, and his lifelong secular passion – the Kentucky football Wildcats.

Niki served as Minister of Education and Students at Monument Baptist Church in Deer Park, Texas for 19 years before being led to Calvary. She had the privilege of overseeing education from birth to senior adults. She served on the Board of Trustees for The Texas Baptist Home For Children.

Niki enjoys traveling, Mexican food (and all things spicy), and family nights at home. She is married to Ryan, a music teacher, and they have two children, Ryder and Karis.

After seminary Carrie Beth served in two churches in Texas: First Baptist Church, The Colony and First Baptist Church, Abilene. Carrie Beth has served as Calvary’s Minister of Childhood Education since September 1993.

In addition to serving as a minister at Calvary, Carrie Beth enjoys leading children’s ministry conferences. In her free time she enjoys hiking, reading and cooking. Carrie Beth and her husband Ken have two sons, Andrew and Benjamin.