Pastor Jack
& Joan Whitaker
Bro. Whitaker is an Ordained Bishop in the Church of God.
His ministry started in 1979 at the Christopher Church of God in Hazard, KY. From 1979 to 1984 he served the Christopher Church
as Associate Pastor while also serving the Hazard District as Youth Minister. Bro Whitaker also served as an Evangelist from
1984 to 1986. Then in 1986 he helped organize the McIntosh Church of God in Wooton, KY. A year later he became the Pastor
of our church here at Old Paris Road where he now serves as overseer to a dynamic ministry staff and congregation
Associate Pastor Butch & Linda Payne
Bro. Payne began ministry in 1979, as an evangelist. In 1982
he was appointed Pastor of the Paint Lick Church of God in Madison Co. Kentucky where he served for 2 years before being appointed
Pastor of the Cornerstone Church of God in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. While serving as Pastor in Hopkinsville he was elected
to the State Youth and Christian Education Board for 2 terms. He was then elected to the State Evangelism Board in 1988. Bro.
Payne then moved to Bristol, Florida where he was appointed Pastor of a church in 1992. Shortly following this appointed he
was asked to move to Arizona to serve as the State Youth and Christian Education Director and Pastor of the Harvest Worship
Center in Tucson. In 1999, he moved back home to serve once again as an evangelist in the State of Kentucky. In 2001, Bro.
Payne was elected, Evangelist of the Year shortly before accepting his current position as Associate Pastor here at Old Paris
Rd. He and his lovely wife Linda have now served this church for 5 years. They have 3 children: Vanessa wife of James Tyra
(Pastor of the Harmon's Lick COG), Jennifer (Children's Minister, Celebration of Praise COG, Clermont, FL) and David (Minister
of Music and Worship, Marshall, TX) They currently reside here in Lexington, with their dog, Millie "the Boss"!
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