Yates Baptist Church
Saturday, June 13, 2026

J. Muckenfuss

 
 
Role at Yates: Minister of Discipleship
 
Date started on staff: June 2007
 
What I love about Yates:
    Our Sunday school class is loaded with lots of great people! We and our kids have been able to make great friends.
    
Family: Married to Robbi Leathers Muckenfuss in 1992
Triplets, born November 1998:
Katie (the best dancer in the world)
Anna (published writer)
Alex (captain of the lacrosse team)
 
Education:
     Ragsdale High School, Jamestown, NC
     Campbell University, B.A., Religion, 1991
     Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Div./Christian Ed., 1996
     Clinical Pastoral Education, Duke Medical Center, 1996-1998
     Having Triplets, 1998-present
 
For fun I enjoy:
    Sci-fi books and movies
    Losing at Madden NFL to my son
    Cooking, especially if it involves learning something new
    Fantasy Football
    Word with Friends
    Watching Manchester United games

Favorite Bible passage
:
    Mark 4:35-41 (Awake now, he told the wind to pipe down and said to the sea, "Quiet! Settle down!" The wind ran out of breath; the sea became smooth as glass. Jesus reprimanded the disciples: "Why are you such cowards? Don't you have any faith at all?” –vv39-40)

Favorite movies:
    1.  Star Wars (any and all)
    2.  The Sting
    3. The Shawshank Redemption

Favorite restaurant
:
    Carter Brothers BBQ

Favorite books (after the Bible):
    Alton Brown, Gear for Your Kitchen
    Skye Jethani, The Divine Commodity
    Robert Wolke, What Einstein Told His Cook  
    Eugene Lowry,
The Homiletical Plot
    Phil Vischer, Me, Myself, and Bob
    Brian McLaren, A New Kind of Christianity

Favorite team
:
    Carolina Panthers, Duke Blue Devils

Previous job people should know about
:
    I once spent a summer working in a factory assembling gas pumps.

Favorite donuts
:    The Maple Bacon Bar from Rise Biscuits and Donuts in Durham. Mmmmmm... bacon.