Ridgecrest Conference Center

Rob Wilton is a multi-city movement leader for Christ. He is the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Charlotte. Before serving this church, he served as Founding Pastor of Vintage Church in New Orleans and Pittsburgh, Send City Missionary for Send Pittsburgh, and the Chaplain for the New Orleans Saints.

Although his family is from South Africa, Rob was born and raised in New Orleans and this is where he met Jesus. Upon moving to the Carolinas for high school and college, he answered the call to ministry and married his high school sweetheart, Annabeth. Rob played basketball and graduated from North Greenville University. Together, they returned to New Orleans for seminary and to serve the city before and after Hurricane Katrina. In New Orleans, they welcomed four beautiful children into this world: Bolt, Mack, Birk, and McCall. After Hurricane Katrina, Rob planted Vintage Church which has reached hundreds for Jesus and he also became the New Orleans Saints Chaplain. After a decade of ministry, the Lord called Rob to plant another Vintage Church in Pittsburgh and serve as the Send City Missionary. Through this mission, Vintage became a multiplying church leading the network to grow from 4 to 15 churches. As Rob was called to a new ministry in Charlotte in 2023, he merged Vintage Church with Travelers Church, one of their church plants in the city.

Rob has been extremely thankful to serve the Kingdom of God in these roles. He has a Masters of Divinity and a Doctorate of Ministry. He loves to travel, play golf and basketball, fly fish, and hang with his family and close friends.

Crossland Worship is a worship band and ministry based out of Bowling Green, Kentucky that has been leading worship at camps and conferences all over the country all while fulfilling a call to intentionally pour deeper into the local church and it’s community.

Crossland Worship has a longing to see young people engage in worship together and simultaneously grow deeper as a body of believers. We are beyond excited to be partnering with Student Life to impact Pastors, students and staff in a way that they can go change their local church and communities!