Todd Parrish

Todd Parrish has served as Vice President for Institutional Advancement since July 2022. He and his wife Merinda are Welch College alumni. Merinda serves as Welch’s Clinical Coordinator for Teacher Education. They have two daughters. Emily and her husband, Zach Vickery, live in Chapmansboro, Tennessee, where Zach pastors the Oaklawn Free Will Baptist Church. Ellen Stox and her husband, Kevin, live in Albany, Georgia, where Kevin serves as Youth and Children’s Pastor at First Free Will Baptist Church.

Todd graduated from Welch College in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in Church Music and a minor in Christian Education. He holds a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Webster University and a master’s degree in Theology and Ministry from Welch College. Currently, he is working toward his Doctor of Educational Ministry degree at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Todd and Merinda came to Welch in January 2018 after pastoring for many years in North and South Carolina.