Meet Our Team

Meet the Pastor

Chad McDonald

Senior Pastor

 913.627.9346

 seniorpastor@lenexabaptist.com

Chad McDonald

Senior Pastor

 913.627.9346

 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

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

 913.599.6447

 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

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

 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

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

Caleb Loyless

Cares & Maintenance Associate

 913.627.9011

 cloyless@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

 913.599.6447

 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 Director

 913.627.9014

 crobrahn@lenexabaptist.com

Student Ministry

Brian Griffin

Middle School Pastor

 913.627.9339

 bgriffin@lenexabaptist.com

Scott Johns

High School Pastor

 913.627.9012

 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

Steven Barnes

Media Assistant

 913.599.6447

 stbarnes@lenexabaptist.com

Kainsley Holdman

Media Assistant

 913.599.6447

 kholdman@lenexabaptist.com

Facilities Administration

Greg Solem

Building Manager 

 913.627.9364

 gsolem@lenexabaptist.com

Matthew Swift

Maintenance Supervisor

 913.599.6447

 mswift@lenexabaptist.com

Jacob Drum

Shift Leader

 jdrum@lenexabaptist.com

Sam Griggs

Shift Leader

 sgriggs@lenexabaptist.com