POSITION: Senior Pastor
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JOINED WOL STAFF: May 1983

EDUCATION: BA in Christian Education / Associate in Theology
HOMETOWN: Oklahoma
GREATEST INFLUENCE: My wife, Bishop T.D. Jakes
FAMILY: Married to my high-school sweetheart, Jeanie Dobbins Smith; One Son: Timothy Smith (married to Melissa), One Daughter: Megan Smith Sullivan (married to Tony), One Granddaughter: Annie, One Grandson: Rhyder

FAV BIBLE VERSE: Zechariah 4:6 - "So He answered and said to me: 'This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the Lord of Hosts.' "
FAV BOOK: The Bible
FAV FOOD: Cheeseburgers, lasagna
FAV MOVIE: The Grinch
FAV TV SHOW: Andy Griffith
FAV PASTIME: Motorcycles
FAV SPORTS TEAM: Panthers, Dallas
FAV SEASON: This one
 

Pastor Jimmy & Crystal Barrs

POSITION: Youth Pastor/Media Director
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JOINED WOL STAFF: February 2008

SAVED: Age 5
EDUCATION: St. Petersburg College
PREVIOUS LINES OF WORK: Church Caretaker
HOMETOWN: Ocala, FL
GREATEST INFLUENCE: Reverend Jim Hull, my youth pastor
FAMILY: Married to Crystal

FAV BIBLE VERSE: Job 13:15 - "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him."
FAV BOOK: Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell
FAV FOOD: Italian or Mexican
FAV MOVIE: Gladiator
FAV TV SHOW: Burn Notice
FAV PASTIME: Basketball
FAV SPORTS TEAM: Florida State Seminoles
FAV SEASON: Autumn

Pastor R David & Danna McAbee

POSITION: Worship Pastor
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JOINED WOL STAFF: March 2012

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Music Theory with minors in Piano and Vocal Performances from Furman University
HOMETOWN: Mauldin, SC
FAMILY: Married to Danna Michelle Moore McAbee; Two Daughters: Arianna DeVai' & Alexandria Brookes.....and "Mini Cooper"

FAV BIBLE VERSE: Jeremiah 29:10-11 - "This is God's Word on the subject: 'As soon as Babylon's seventy years are up and not a day before, I'll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I am doing. I have it all planned out -- plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.' "

POSITION: Children's Pastor
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JOINED WOL STAFF: January 2013

EDUCATION: Bible from Liberty University
HOMETOWN: Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies
FAMILY: Married to Patricia (Pat) in 1975; three Daughters, 1 Son & 8 Grandchildren

FAV BIBLE VERSE: Mark 12:29-31 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. ‘There is no commandment greater than these.”

POSITION: Accountant
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JOINED WOL STAFF: September 2005

SAVED: May 22, 1983
EDUCATION: Diploma in Esthetics
PREVIOUS LINES OF WORK: Hairdresser, Accountant, Teacher
HOMETOWN: Québec, Canada
GREATEST INFLUENCE: My parents, some of my teachers, and my first pastor
FAMILY: Married to Roger since 1982; Two Daughters: Judith (married to Isaac) & Jolyane (married to VJ)

FAV BIBLE VERSE: Psalm 37:5-6 - "Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun."
FAV BOOK: Too many to be listed
FAV FOOD: Pasta & sweets
FAV MOVIE: Comedy
FAV PASTIME: Reading & playing Scrabble
FAV SPORTS TEAM: Go Cocks! :-)
FAV SEASON: Summer
 

POSITION: Secretary
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JOINED WOL STAFF: April 2012

FAV BIBLE VERSE: Psalm 37:4-5 - "Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on, rely on and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass."

POSITION: Facility Care
JOINED WOL STAFF:  April 2011

FAV BIBLE VERSE: Proverbs 25:11 - "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver."