Derek Martin -Youth Pastor

Derek Martin -Youth Pastor

Derek is married to Mallory and they have a two kids, Gavin & Nora. Derek graduated college in 2011 with an education degree and spent five years teaching seventh grade social studies at Opelika Middle School.

Derek completed Highlands College with a ministry certificate in 2017. He was hired as Young Adults/Small Groups Pastor in July 2017 and became Solitude’s Youth Pastor in August of 2018.
One of Derek’s favorite verses is 1 Samuel 16:7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”