Our Pastors
Ched and Leah Carpenter have been serving together in ministry for over 28 years. Ched began preaching while he was still in high school. After Bible College, he continued to travel as an Evangelist. When Ched and Leah married in 1997, they began serving as Chi Alpha Campus Missionaries to Arkansas Tech University. In 2003, the Carpenters would move to the Dallas area where Ched became an adjunct professor at what is now Nelson University. Since that time, the Carpenters have been involved in church planting, church revitalization, and Missions trips. Ched has served as a Sectional Presbyter and has 20 years of pastoring experience.
Ched and Leah have three kids…Isabella, Chase, and Cami, as well as a granddaughter Leah Grace.
“Our heart is to unashamedly bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ and its life changing power to all in Jacksonville Arkansas and surrounding areas.” - Pastor Ched Carpenter
Our Team
Bob Blanchard,
Men's Ministry
Bro. Bob, after retiring from the U.S. Air Force, and later being an industrial mechanic, went back to school and received his credentials from the Assemblies of God and is a licensed minister. For the past 13 years his ministry has been focused on the prisons, being a volunteer chaplain, having ministered to inmates in most of the prisons in Arkansas. In all of this, he has remained rooted in the local church serving as needed.
Christi Stacy,
Women's Ministry
Sis. Christi has been involved in church ministry for many years in both Alabama and Arkansas. She has been active in both children and youth ministry, as well as being a Chaplain for First Responders and victims for Emergency Response Disaster Relief.
She is licensed and ordained through Destiny Leadership Institute.
Chase Carpenter,
Children/Youth
Ministry
Bro. Chase received and recognized a call on his life to vocational ministry at the age of 13. Since that time he has traveled on Missions trips to Belize and Africa. He has served as a children's pastor and a youth pastor in Pleasant Plains, Arkansas, as well as being an active member of the Chi Alpha Campus Ministry at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville. Chase has a heart to see all of Jacksonville come to know Jesus, especially the youth and children of our community.
DeWayne Myers,
Media/Production and Worship
Bro. DeWayne is the moderator of the church's social media platforms and website and facilitates the online streaming of our services. He also serves as our Worship Leader.
He has served in the past as Worship Leader, Choir Director, and Youth Pastor at several churches across Arkansas.
Christina Kelley,
Forever Free
Addiction Ministry
Sis. Christina serves as the leader of the Forever Free recovery program. Her approach is rooted in compassion, Scripture, and the belief that true freedom comes through Christ.
Her leadership reflects that no one is beyond hope and that every life can be restored. In this ministry, she inspires tranformation, healing and lasting freedom for individuals and families in our community.