Meet Our Pastors

Thank you for your interest in West Hills Baptist Church.  We are a church with a rich and wonderful history.  I have had the pleasure to serve this diverse assembly since June of 2010. 

I want you to know that I’m deeply humbled by that privilege and do not take the responsibility of shepherding God’s flock lightly.  The passion of my heart is that the Lord Jesus will be glorified in the building of His church. 

With that in mind it is my joy each week to proclaim the life-transforming power of God’s Word through a verse-by-verse exposition of the sacred text, thus allowing God to reveal His beauty to us through  its pages.  It is because of the ongoing influence of His Word that our love for the Savior and each other continues to grow. 

I am thrilled with the work which God has called me to and look forward to the future with great anticipation.  My prayer is that the Lord Jesus will continue to add to His church those who have the same passion to know Him, the same zeal to serve Him, and the same desire to be like Him.  If that’s you, then I invite you to come visit us and see for yourself what God is doing here at West Hills Baptist Church in Long Island.

Sincerely yours,

Sermons by Pastor Dan

Stephen Kolagani became a pastor at West Hills Baptist church in July 2023. He considers this responsibility a high privilege, to serve the one true God Jesus Christ, and His church with eagerness and joy. He desires to pursue this responsibility by God’s grace alone, with an intent to honor God by carefully obeying the Bible in life and ministry.

Stephen first heard the gospel at a young age from his parents, who led him to salvation in Jesus Christ. Later he began serving in different ways in his local church through the years as God gave opportunities. He encourages believers to make their local church a high priority in their individual and family lives.

Pastor Stephen and his wife Savvy have a son Avishai, and are grateful to be able to live and serve God on Long Island. They have seen God at work in many lives at West Hills Baptist Church and eagerly anticipate what God will do in the future.

Sermons by Pastor Stephen

Paul came to saving faith in Jesus Christ at the age of twenty-three. In the following years he served in the local church leading music and teaching. In 2003 he served as an Interim Pastor at a church in Islip, NY for two and a half years. For fifteen years he led an evangelistic music ministry and had the opportunity to share the Gospel from New Hampshire to Maryland.

Paul studied at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and received his MDiv from Luther Rice Seminary in Lithonia, GA. He is extremely grateful for the opportunity to serve the Lord Jesus Christ since October 2025 in the role of a Pastor at West Hills Baptist Church, knowing it is both a great privilege and responsibility to minister to God’s people.

Paul and his wife Cathy have been married for thirty-one years and their son Steven and his wife Katherine are members and serve at WHBC. Their daughter Ariana lives out of state. Their family has been blessed to see the hand of God at work at WHBC as believers grow in grace and those who are lost come to know Christ as Lord and Savior.

Sermons by Pastor Paul