Lonoke Baptist Church Leadership
Lonoke Baptist Church is blessed to have a leadership team who are truly dedicated to Christ and accomplishing His will. Following are brief bio's of our leadership team and their qualifications for ministry.
Josh Edwards
Senior Pastor
Lonoke Baptist Church is privileged to introduce our Senior Pastor, Josh Edwards. Pastor Josh and his wife Angela have been part of Lonoke Baptist for years serving as our Missionaries and we are looking forward to what God has planned. The Edwards’ love serving and are a great fit to the Conway County community. They have 4 beautiful children, Addison, Parker, Jaxon and Judah.
Joe Taylor
Outreach Pastor
Lonoke believes the Bible explicitly teaches that evangelism is a central component of a child of God and His church. Pastor Joe has a HUGE heart for loving on people and sharing the Gospel. Pastor Joe has been at Lonoke since 2009. He spent a couple of years in his previous home in Maryland since 2009 but has since come back to Lonoke and in 2017, he came back on staff to lead out in this important work.
Tim Wood
Children's/Mission Pastor
To effectively build a young generation of kids who love God and want to serve Him, a leader needs to love them and passionately want to see them grow. Pastor Tim has been given a deep and affectionate love to see young people grow in God. He primarily leads 3 years through 5th-grade students. He and his wife, Deana, have 4 kids.
Kim Gifford
Church Secretary
Sis. Kim has been serving in this role for over 20 years. She is an invaluable piece to the office and church as she cares for the details and organizational efforts. Her and her husband, Dale, have been serving and worshiping at Lonoke for decades.