Pastor Steve Foster

Pastor Steve Foster was born in 1965, and was raised in North Florida by hard working, Christian parents, who were very involved in their local Baptist Church. At age 18 he moved to Texas and enrolled in Bible College, where he met his wife, Dori. The Lord has blessed them with four children who love and continue to serve Christ. Colt serves as the Pastor of Liberty Baptist Church in Russellville, Arkansas with with his wife Shalyse and family. Kortney and her husband Andrew, and Kelsey and her husband Travis, all serve faithfully in the church. Kacilyn is continuing in her professional career with her husband Collin as they also serve faithfully on staff at the church. The family is a tremendous blessing from the Lord and bless the Lord often with special music.

Pastor Foster joined the staff in 1988 and took the church as Pastor in 1993. He is a faithful servant of God who is confident in his call and ministry. Under his leadership, New Heights has followed Pastor Foster through many trials and great endeavors for the work of God. New Heights is thankful to call Steve Foster, “Pastor.”

Daniel LaBarge – Assistant Pastor

Daniel LaBarge grew up in a first-generation Baptist home and raised on the foreign mission field of Quebec, Canada. He was saved at the early age of 5 and baptized shortly thereafter. He would later graduate from The Crown College of the Bible with a Bachelors in Biblical Education where his wife Candice also graduated with a Bachelors in Elementary Christian Education. The couple moved to San Antonio, Texas area where they got their business and family started. The Lord blessed them with two daughters, Audrey and Sophie. God later brought the LaBarge family to the Dallas area and New Heights Baptist Church in 2017. They have faithfully served the church as adult Sunday School teacher and ministry workers ever since. In August 2024, Daniel was licensed into the Gospel ministry and now serves the Pastor and church on a part-time basis as Assistant Pastor.

Gabriel Smith – Staff Intern

Gabriel Smith was born and raised in Centennial, Colorado just a few miles outside of the city limits of Denver. He grew up in a Christian home and was raised in Church. He got saved In the summer of 2013 while attending Silver State Baptist Youth Camp. After graduating high school in 2017, Gabriel worked at Silver State Baptist Youth Camp where the Lord got a hold of his heart calling him into the ministry. In the fall of 2017, Gabriel attended Heartland Baptist Bible College, where the Lord began to work on his heart about the call to the pastorate. During the Pandemic in 2020, Gabriel met his wife Sydney, they were married in the fall of 2023. Currently, both Gabriel and Sydney oversee the Children’s Department.

Collin Helton – Staff Intern

Collin grew up in rural towns across the Bible Belt of the Midwest. Originally from Oklahoma, he was raised in the hills of Tennessee and on the plains of Kansas. At 6 years old, Collin called upon the Name of the Lord beside his parents bedside and was baptized at age 10. During the summer of 2019 Collin surrendered to preach and give his life to the ministry. He graduated from Heartland Baptist Bible College in 2023 with a Bachelors in Missiology. He married his beautiful wife Kacilyn in October of the same year and joined the church staff August 2024.