Meet Our Team

Meet the Pastor

Chad McDonald

Senior Pastor

 913.627.9346

 seniorpastor@lenexabaptist.com

Chad McDonald

Senior Pastor

 913.599.6447

 seniorpastor@lenexabaptist.com

Business Office

Jim Fruth

Executive Pastor
913.627.9336
jfruth@lenexabaptist.com

Trisha Hamilton

Director of Business Administration
913.627.9345
thamilton@lenexabaptist.com

Sara Schwegman

Accounting & Database Coordinator
913-627-9344
sschwegman@lenexabaptist.com

Sharla Sylvester

Business & Database Coordinator
913.627.9344
ssylvester@lenexabaptist.com

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
913.627.9350
bswiger@lenexabaptist.com

Nancy Wood

Business Office Coordinator / Accounts Payable
913-627-9341
nwood@lenexabaptist.com

Worship Ministry

Bill Shiflett

Worship & Media Pastor
913.627.9332
bshiflett@lenexabaptist.com

David Shaw

Worship Associate Pastor
913.627.9335
dshaw@lenexabaptist.com

Jack James

Worship Ministry Director
913.599.6447
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
rmcdaniel@reachdesoto.com

Ryan Shatzer

Associate Pastor
Reach Church De Soto
913.953.8052
rshatzer@reachdesoto.com

Wesley Nix

Next Gen Pastor
Reach Church De Soto
913.953.8052
wnix@reachdesoto.com

Clay Cartwright

Interim Worship Leader
Reach Church De Soto
913.953.8051
ccartwright@reachdesoto.com

Matt Copeland

Media Assistant, Campus Support
Reach Church De Soto
mcopeland@reachdesoto.com

Darren Oglesbee

Campus Pastor
Reach Church Paola
913.226.8113
doglesbee@reachpaola.com

Bethany Stafford

Campus Worship Leader
Reach Church Paola
913.599.6447
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
913.627.9337
khackathorn@lenexabaptist.com

Bethany Morgan

Discipleship Admin
913.627.9353
bmorgan@lenexabaptist.com

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

Greg Solem

Cares Associate
913.627.9364
gsolem@lenexabaptist.com

Capri Bauer

Cares & First Impressions Admin
913.627.9346
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
913.627.9340
ltilden@lenexabaptist.com

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

Ethan Gelatt

IT Assistant
egelatt@lenexabaptist.com

KaLon Hale

Media Assistant
khale@lenexabaptist.com

Kainsley Holdman

Media Assistant
913.599.6447
kholdman@lenexabaptist.com

Facilities Administration

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

Kim McDaniel

Facilities/Admin
Reach Church De Soto
kmcdaniel@reachdesoto.com