ABOUT

Missions Staff

Missions Team

Dr. Benji Lavender, Missions Pastor


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Lisa Fyfe | Celebrate Recovery | Email

Tanna Roush | Adoption & Foster Care Ministry Director | Email

Hunter Clayton | Seminary Intern | Email

Yessen Itashev | Resident | Email

Jason Hart | Retreat at Long Mountain Assistant Director

Bill Ingram | Retreat at Long Mountain Director | Email

Dr. Benji Lavender | Missions Pastor | Email

Kevin Stradley | Missions Associate | Email

Parker Matthews | Resident | Email

Thompson VanDeMark| Upwards Sports Director | Email

John Hilburn | Recreation Ministry Associate | Email

Kelli Reeves | Administrative Assistant | Email

Sandi McKinley | Executive Assistant | Email

*Jeff Branyon | Safety/Security Director | Email

*Ben Presten | Resident | Email

*Jason O’Bryant | Recreation Ministry Director

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Convictions

Click the link below to learn more about Lakewood Missions’s Convictions.

CONVICTIONS

Missions Blog

Check our Missions Blog regularly to hear from people involved in Lakewood missions.

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LOCAL

Local Missions

Visit our Local Mission page to learn about ways to be involved in missions at Lakewood and in our Gainesville community. This is where you can learn more about ministries like ESL, Adoption and Foster Care, Celebrate Recovery, Prison Ministry and Disaster Relief.

LOCAL MISSIONS

NATIONAL/COR 3:6

Learn about COR 3:6

COR 3:6 is Lakewood’s national church planting network. Visit our COR 3:6 page to learn about our Church Planters, This is also the place to go if you are interested in finding out about how to get involved and apply for support. While you are there, be sure to check out our COR 3:6 Podcast and hear from some of our Church Planters.

COR 3:6

GLOBAL

Global Missions

Visit our Global Missions page to learn more about our global partners and to find out how you can be involved in global missions.

GLOBAL MISSIONS

RESIDENCY PROGRAM

About

Lakewood’s Residency Program is a two-year residency designed to prepare future pastors, church planters and missionaries in their future ministries. The program takes a holistic approach to this preparation by fostering spiritual formation and personal development of residents and their spouses through practical ministry experience.

 

Do you feel called to be a pastor, church planter, or missionary? Click the link below to apply for Lakewood’s Residency Program

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