Council
Church Council is a Lay Leader Team that oversees and makes final decisions regarding policies and ministries of the church. The Council works with individual teams such as Finance, Personnel, and Trustees to ensure tasks are handled appropriately.
Chairperson
Charles Burnett
Vice-Chair
Patrick Briley
Secretary
Melanie Porter
Lay Member to Annual Conference
Ronnie Smith
Lay Member to Annual Conference
Michelle Laughridge
Alt. Lay Member to Annual Conference 1
DJ Fussell
Alt. Lay Member to Annual Conference 2
Matt Hartman
Washington Representative
Steve Knight
Lay Elder Chair
Herb Ormond
Missions Chair
John Tennison
Trustees Chair
Scott Farmer
Personnel Chair
Sara Lilley
Finance Chair
Heather Davis
At Large Members to the Council
Wes Singleton
Wendy Rains
Keith Williams
Staff Representative(s)
Lead Pastor
Branson Sheets
Executive Pastor
Mike Cruser
Personnel
The Personnel Team has primary responsibility to work with staff so the mission of the church is realized. This team is the administrative unit in the local church where staff and congregational interests are integrated to focus on the mission of the church.
Chairperson
Sara Lilley
Staff Representatives
Branson Sheets/Mike Cruser
Members
Lindsay Harris
Brad Garner
Charlie Langley
Sarah Peninger
Fred Ash
Joy Hill
Stan Harwood
Jeff Gise
Missions
Responsible for appropriating mission funds of the church to make sure all disbursements fit the DNA. Work side-by-side with local outreach ministries and International Ministries.
Chairperson
John Tennison
Staff Representative
Jeremy Griffin
Members
John Savage
Laura Respess
Greg Smith
Heather White
Marisol Martinez
Troy Narron
Tilly Hammond
Renato Salgado*
Trustees
Trustees are responsible for the supervision, oversight, and care of all real property owned by the church and of all property and equipment acquired directly by the church.
Chairperson
Scott Farmer
Staff Representative
Eric Demsky
Members
Dwayne Flexer
Diana Williams
Crystal Malpass
Taplie Coile
Jeff Gibson
Kim Cobb
Tyler Averett
Jeff Clark
Finance
The Finance Team is responsible for overseeing the financial activities of the church, recommending an annual budget to the Church Council; regular oversight of church financial transactions to ensure adherence to approved budgets.
Chairperson
Heather Davis
Council Chair
Charlies Burnett
Personnel Chair
Sara Lilley
Trustees Chair
Scott Farmer
Staff Representative
Gina Glick
Members
Todd Karraker
Brian Minshew
Paul Whedbee
Michael Hale
Ed Keesler
David Forehand
Blaine Wetherington
Chris Wood
Nominations Team
The Nominations Team gets to know members of the congregation and identifies their skills, gifts, and knowledge and matches potential leaders with leadership positions. They invite members to serve in leadership positions, making sure the people represent the makeup of the congregation.
Chairperson
Branson Sheets
Members
David Wall
Miri Wordsworth
Amanda Patel*
Neil Brewer
Marilyn Gibson
Louise Bradshaw
Courtney Tilley
Laura Beth Tyndall
Michael Turner
Compassion Fund
This fund is responsible for partnering with a Congregational Care staff person to oversee the process and will be responsible to co-sign checks written from the Compassion Fund. Board members will serve a 3 year term and will rotate off the board at the end of their term.
Lay Elder Team
The Lay Elder Team provides spiritual and prayer support to all areas of our church. This includes maintaining an unwavering commitment to pray for our congregation and staff and encouraging, challenging, and exhorting the Lead Pastor.