Marshall Brown is the lead minister at Flagstone. He spent the bulk of his “growing up” years in Fort Smith before attending Harding University. He began working as youth minister at Southside Church of Christ in Rogers after graduating with a B.A. in Bible from Harding University in 1995. He served as youth minister for 11 years and then was asked to begin serving as the associate minister at Southside in 2006.

Marshall joined several families from Southside in planting the Flagstone church in 2010 and has enjoyed watching God do amazing things through this church family ever since. While at Harding, he met Kristy Alexander, and they were married in 1996. They have been blessed with three wonderful boys: Ethan, Griffin, and Tyson.

Ashley Jackson is the Children’s Minister at Flagstone. She grew up serving in ministry with her family in Upstate New York. She especially loved working with the children at Camp Hunt, a Christian Camp in NY.

Ashley met her husband Luke at Harding, and while there she co-led an Outreach Children’s Ministry called “Caring and Sharing” for 3 years. She married Luke in 2016, and for 5 years Ashley and Luke led the Youth Ministry in Albany, NY at Albany Church of Christ, all the while having two girls of their own. In late 2020, Ashley, Luke, and their girls moved to Northwest Arkansas for Luke to pursue his counseling career where they have been members at Flagstone ever since.

Ashley and Luke now have three girls who always find a way to have fun: Ella, Avery, and Maya. Ashley loves serving with children because she “gets to have a front row seat to see God’s creativity and love in every kid for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

Brandon Dodd has served as the Connections Minister at Flagstone since June of 2024. Prior to his Connections Minister role, Brandon served as the Flagstone Teens Youth Minister from 2016-2024 after he graduated from Harding University where he majored in Bible & Youth and Family Ministry.

In November of 2016, Brandon married his best friend and life partner, Morgan, and together they have enjoyed building a life in NWA. They have three incredibly fun and silly kiddos, Rayna, Remmington, and Thaden, a handful of dogs, and a whole lot of love (and kids snacks literally everywhere).

As the Connections Minister, Brandon has three main focuses: Connection, Adult Education and Events. Brandon’s goal in this ministry is to fulfill the “Connect” part of Flagstone’s mission statement that through church events, classes, and service opportunities anyone that walks through our doors feels seen, known, and valuable both to this community and to God Himself. (It’s a big task!)

Originally from south Texas, Brandon loves the outdoors, hiking, and running. He enjoys woodworking in the garage, finding good food in the area with his beautiful wife, and playing video games (the not nerdy kinds he thinks…). He doesn’t take himself too seriously and is incredibly passionate about leading others into a deep relationship with their heavenly Father.

Tom Smith and his wife, Wendy, have been Flagstone members for more than eight years. They live in Rogers and have two daughters, Cate and Camille. Tom serves as a Benton County circuit judge, and Wendy is a nurse.