Pastor/Teacher

Born in Huntington, Indiana, and raised in Thomasville, Georgia, John has spent most of his life in Central Florida. His wife, Nancy, is a retired teacher and they have 4 children (Allison, Jonathan, Jordan, and Jessica) and 9 grandchildren (Alana, Liam, Kenadi, Olive, Colton, Claire, Avery, Isla, and Cavitt). John and Nancy are dog lovers and their family also includes Gia and Charlie, both Jack Russell Terrier/Chihuahua mixes. John studied music at Georgia Southern College and ministry at Covington Seminary. He is the founding Pastor of Life Community Church (1997), and the Chaplain for the Eustis Fire Department.

John played in rock and country bands in his early years and has enjoyed lending his “announcer voice” to several central Florida radio stations. He enjoys singing and playing any one of his several guitars, and target shooting with any one of his several handguns, and bicycling.

John has recorded 3 Gospel albums, and after winning a vocal Elvis impersonation contest on an Orlando radio station in 1992, he has both entertained and ministered over 475 times with his program, “Love Songs From Two Kings.”

Minister to Kids & Youth

April joined our staff in August of 2022. She has worked with children and youth for 25 plus years. She has a passion to see children and youth take their next steps with Jesus and seeing families grow together in faith. She is currently studying at Grand Canyon University for her Bachelor’s Degree in Biblical Studies.

April and her husband Nate have 6 children, a bonus daughter-in-law, and a grandchild on the way. They enjoy the outdoors, fishing, visiting zoos, theme parks, the beach, and fast-paced board and card games.