Our Staff
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Kevin Lee
Lead Pastor
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Josh Hensley
Worship Pastor
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Cliff Hines
Kids/Family Pastor
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Michael Shearon
Student Pastor
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Paxton Redd
Discipleship Pastor
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Justin Eshenbaugh
Communications Pastor
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Evan Ryan
Middle School Pastor
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Steve Buttram
Assistant Pastor
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April Oatts
Missions Coordinator
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Dennis Kempa
Operations Manager
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Nikki Heiserman
Connections Director
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Sundae Oakley
Financial Officer
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Alicia Lancaster
Administrative Assistant
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Stacey Redel
Kids Admin Assistant
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Brandon Tubbs
Communications Strategist
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Hunter Ezell
Videographer
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Dianna Lee
Kids Curriculum Coordinator
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Rebecca Mullins
Pre-School Coordinator
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Betsi Smith
Admin Assistant to Lead Pastor
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Scott Mayes
Facilities Manager
E-Mail:
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Tate Wells
Worship Ministry Resident
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David Rambo
Kids Ministry Resident
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Hannah Buttram
Student Ministry Resident
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Our Elders
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At New Work Fellowship, we have a leadership team that is comprised of our pastors and elders. This spiritual leadership team is charged with the responsibility of safeguarding the vision and direction of the church. The elders are the primary decision-making team in the church. The New Testament churches were jointly pastored by a biblically qualified council of shepherd-elders rather than by a single person.
The Scriptures consistently show that a plurality of Godly men are to share in the responsibility of leading and shepherding each individual Church (Acts 15, James 5:14, Acts 14:23, Acts 20:17, Acts 20:28, Philippians 1:1, Titus 1:5, 1 Peter 5:1), though the Elders within each church may differ in their specific functions and giftedness.
Based on the New Testament, we believe that in the early church the presbyteros (elders), episkopos (overseers or bishops), and poimen (pastors) were the same and that their role was to humbly and ably shepherd the church as a team, under the headship of Jesus Christ. They are responsible for, and ultimately accountable to, the congregation they serve.
Read about "Elder Board VS Elder Body"