Monty became Senior Pastor of The Church at Canyon Creek in September of 2009. Monty’s passion and gifting is in visionary leadership and expository preaching. He loves to bring worship and the Word to bear on people’s lives to both comfort their needs and to challenge them to live for Christ. Prior to coming to The Church at Canyon Creek, Monty served as the Teaching Pastor and an Elder at Fellowship Bible Church in Roswell, Georgia. Monty’s wife Kathy also served on staff as a director in the children’s ministry. Monty planted and pastored a church in the Northern Virgina suburbs of Washington, DC, for 12 years. His educational background includes a M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, in Fort Worth, Texas, and a B.S. in Accounting from Louisiana Tech University, in Ruston, Louisiana. Monty and Kathy grew up together in Arcadia, Louisiana, were high school sweethearts, and have been married since 1983. They also have two sons. Andy, his wife Tori and their daughter Brooke live in Atlanta, Georgia, and Adam is a sophomore in college.

monty@churchatcanyoncreek.com

Donnie Dixon served as senior pastor of The Church at Canyon Creek (formerly Cypress Creek Baptist Church) from its beginning in 1987 to 2008. In July of 2008, discipleship pastor, Matt Peacock moved to become senior pastor of The Church at Bee Cave, a mission of The Church at Canyon Creek. Following his departure, Pastor Dixon then transitioned from the role of senior pastor to discipleship pastor.

Donnie grew up in Texas City and received a BA in Speech and Communications from Baylor University in 1983. He also received his Masters in Divinity and Masters in Religious Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1987.

Donnie's areas of responsibility include leading Adult Bible Fellowships, Marriage and Family Ministries, Pastoral Care and Missions.

Donnie and his wife, Carolyn, have four boys, Garrett, Hunter, Tanner, and Mitchell.

donnie@churchatcanyoncreek.com

Damon finished high school in the Austin area and received a BBA in Accounting from Baylor University in 1981. He received his Masters in Music from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1985.

After spending eight years as Minister of Music and Education at Second Baptist Church in Dallas, Damon and his family moved back to Austin and joined The Church at Canyon Creek in 1990.

Damon oversees all areas of worship ministry, including the planning and leading of weekly worship services and leadership of volunteers who serve as singers, musicians and media technicians. As business administrator Damon oversees the management of church finances and provides supervision for administrative assistants and the facilities coordinator.
Damon’s wife, Barbara, is the administrative assistant for discipleship, youth and children’s ministries. They have two sons. Dustin and his wife, Nicole, live in the Dallas area. Parker lives and works in Austin.

damon@churchatcanyoncreek.com

Keith Tooley joined the staff at Church at Canyon Creek in January 2011. His spiritual gifts include evangelism, pastor/shepherd, leadership, administration, teaching and encouragement. Keith’s passion is helping believers see, understand and live out their identity in Jesus Christ, and to help unbelievers experience the life-changing reality of Jesus Christ. Keith served as a Team Lead Pastor, and later as the Evangelism Pastor, at Hill Country Bible Church Northwest in Austin. He served on the pastoral staff for five years, from 2005 to 2010. He and his wife of 27 years, Kay, served at Hill Country for 17 years in numerous ministries. Prior to being called to full-time ministry, Keith owned and managed community newspapers for 20 years. He completed his CGS degree from Dallas Theological Seminary in 2007, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Park Administration at Texas Tech University in 1982. Keith and Kay have two daughters: Sarah, age 25, a graduate of the University of Texas with an Advertising degree, who works for Refugee Services of Texas in Austin; and Megan, age 21, who is an Elementary Education major at UT. She is married to Grayson Dzialo, who is the Associate Pastor at Hill Country Bible Church UT.
keith@churchatcanyoncreek.com

Dusty grew up in Gainesville, Texas and received his BA in Bible from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas in 2001. He then received his Masters in Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2005. After four years of youth ministry in Kaufman, Texas Dusty moved to the Austin area in 2005 to join the staff at The Church at Canyon Creek to be the Youth Pastor.

Dusty provides leadership to the Middle and High School ministries, and his main areas of responsibility include enlisting, training, coordinating and supporting the lay leaders as well as the programs and events aimed at developing 6th - 12th graders into faithful followers of Jesus. His goal is to equip teenagers to live out the purposes of God in their lives.

Dusty and his wife Ashley have two children, Hudson and Ellison.

dusty@churchatcanyoncreek.com