Teams
Church Office
913.599.6447
Meet the Pastor
Chad McDonald
Senior Pastor
seniorpastor@lenexabaptist.com
Chad McDonald
Senior Pastor
seniorpastor@lenexabaptist.com
Business Office
Jim Fruth
Executive Pastor
913.627.9336
Trisha Hamilton
Director of Business Administration
Business & Database Coordinator
Brook Rinehart
Business Office Coordinator
913.627.9342
brinehart@lenexabaptist.com
Amy Stewart
HR Coordinator
913.627.9361
astewart@lenexabaptist.com
Barbie Swiger
HR Assistant
Nancy Wood
Business Office Coordinator
Accounts Payable
913-627-9341
nwood@lenexabaptist.com
Worship Ministry
Bill Shiflett
Worship & Media Pastor
bshiflett@lenexabaptist.com
David Shaw
Worship Associate Pastor
913.627.9335
dshaw@lenexabaptist.com
Jack James
Worship Ministry Director
jjames@lenexabaptist.com
Sandra Evans
Worship Admin
913.627.9349
sevans@lenexabaptist.com
Campus Pastors & Leaders
Ryan McDaniel
Campus Pastor
Reach Church De Soto
913.953.8051
Ryan Shatzer
Associate Pastor
Reach Church De Soto
913.953.8052
rshatzer@reachdesoto.com
Clay Cartwright
Interim Worship Leader
Reach Church De Soto
913.953.8051
ccartwright@reachdesoto.com
Darren Oglesbee
Campus Pastor
Reach Church Paola
913.226.8113
doglesbee@reachpaola.com
Bethany Stafford
Campus Worship Leader
Reach Church Paola
bstafford@lenexabaptist.com
Luke Pauli
High School Associate & Saturday Night Campus Pastor
913.627.9012
lpauli@lenexabaptist.com
Jonathan Slade
Campus Pastor
Reach Church Raytown
816.979.3795
jslade@reachraytown.com
Martin Studdard
Media Associate
Reach Church Raytown
816.356.1924
mstuddard@reachraytown.com
Discipleship & Pastoral Interns
Kent Hackathorn
Discipleship Pastor
Pastoral Internship Director
khackathorn@lenexabaptist.com
Bethany Morgan
Discipleship Admin
Logan Pope
Pastoral Intern
913.599.6447
lpope@lenexabaptist.com
Nelson Schutte
Pastoral Intern
913.599.6447
nschutte@lenexabaptist.com
Micah Sarmiento
Pastoral Intern
913.599.6447
msarmiento@lenexabaptist.com
Missions, Cares & Counseling
Kelly Hughes
Missions & Cares Pastor
913.627.9331
khughes@lenexabaptist.com
Bud Jones
Cares Pastor
913.627.9360
bjones@lenexabaptist.com
Leif Leaf, Ph. D.
Counseling Director
913.627.9343
lleaf@lenexabaptist.com
Dick Dearwester
Counselor
913.599.6447
ddearwester@lenexabaptist.com
Tanner Baumgart
First Impressions & Cares Pastor
913.627.9026
tbaumgart@lenexabaptist.com
Paula Duckett
Cares & Missions Admin
913.627.9348
pduckett@lenexabaptist.com
Capri Bauer
Cares & First Impressions Admin
913.627.9348
cbauer@lenexabaptist.com
Gaby Greener
Cares & Local Missions Admin
913-627-9351
ggreener@lenexabaptist.com
Evangelism & Communications
Steve Barnes
Evangelism & Communications Pastor
913.627.9018
sbarnes@lenexabaptist.com
Seth Kelly
Associate Evangelism Pastor
913.627.9028
skelly@lenexabaptist.com
Liz Tilden
Social Media & Graphic Design Lead
Abby Fults
Graphic Designer
913.627.9010
afults@lenexabaptist.com
Children’s Ministry
Sam Sievers
Children’s Pastor
913.627.9015
ssievers@lenexabaptist.com
Brenda Engel
Nursery Associate
913.627.9363
bengel@lenexabaptist.com
Jennifer Huddleston
Preschool Associate
913.627.9354
jhuddleston@lenexabaptist.com
Jessica Ingalsbe
Children’s Admin
913.627.9357
jingalsbe@lenexabaptist.com
Gracie Neland
Special Needs Associate
913.787.2505
gneland@lenexabaptist.com
Miranda Renfro
Elementary Associate
913.627.9352
mrenfro@lenexabaptist.com
Clayton Robrahn
Elementary Ministry Pastor
913.627.9014
crobrahn@lenexabaptist.com
Student Ministry
Brian Griffin
Middle School Pastor
913.627.9339
bgriffin@lenexabaptist.com
Scott Johns
High School Pastor
913.627.9027
sjohns@lenexabaptist.com
Kyalyn Mellema
Student Ministry Admin Assistant
913.627.9338
kmellema@lenexabaptist.com
Young Adults
Nick Swearingen
Young Adults & Venue Campus Pastor
913.627.9016
nswearingen@lenexabaptist.com
Tavis Hackathorn
College & Career Pastor
913.627.9367
thackathorn@lenexabaptist.com
Senior Adults
Kyle Wiltshire
Senior Adults Pastor
913.627.9017
kwiltshire@lenexabaptist.com
Media & IT
Justin Pedigo
Media & IT Director
913.627.9362
jpedigo@lenexabaptist.com
Chris Eflin
IT Associate
913.627.9356
ceflin@lenexabaptist.com
Alexandria Eflin
Media Associate
913.599.6447
aeflin@lenexabaptist.com
Dalton Fountain
Media Associate
913.627.9358
dfountain@lenexabaptist.com
Kainsley Holdman
Media Assistant
kholdman@lenexabaptist.com
Facilities Administration
Greg Solem
Building Manager
913.627.9364
gsolem@lenexabaptist.com
Matthew Swift
Building/First Impressions Associate
913.599.6447
mswift@lenexabaptist.com
Jason Nolan
Maintenance Team Lead
913.599.6447
jnolan@lenexabaptist.com
Jacob Drum
Shift Leader
jdrum@lenexabaptist.com
Sam Griggs
Shift Leader
sgriggs@lenexabaptist.com
