Gary Woodring, Pastor

Pastor Gary Woodring has pastored churches in Arkansas, Alabama, and currently serves as our pastor at LBC. He began his tenure with us in October of 1997.  Gary surrendered to the ministry in 1980 and was ordained and began to pastor his first church in 1981.  He earned his Ba. Degree in Bible Languages and a Ba. Degree in Theology from the Missionary Baptist Seminary in 1984. The school is located in Little Rock, Arkansas.  He  received his Ma. in Theology from Oxford Baptist Institute in Oxford, Mississippi in 1998.  He is passionate about God, God's Word, and seeing people discover and then growing in Christ.

 Pastor Gary is blessed to be married to Cathy, a beautiful devoted and loving wife who shares his passion for Jesus.  She has faithfully served in each of the churches Gary has pastored and serves as a great mentor and role model of what a Proverbs 31 woman looks like. They are blessed with three children; Amanda, Jonathan, and Timothy. They have ten grandchildren who bring them great joy. Each of their children are faithfully serving the Lord. 

Amanda serves in Togo Africa with the Hospital of Hope.  She and her husband, Andy Justison, are sent out by their church in Evansville, Indiana and are with ABWE.  They have four children.  Jonathan has been led to plant a church in Plainfield, Indiana.  Work toward this goal began in January 2018 to raise the funds needed for this effort.  He was voted to be sent out by LBC in 2019. Jonathan and Kristine have three children.  Tim and Tamara have three children and are fostering three others as well. They are currently serving at Faith Baptist Church in Edinburg, Indiana where Tim serves as pastor.  Please keep Tim and his family in prayer as well as Faith Baptist Church as they serve their community.

Pictured left to right are Tim, Amanda, and Jonathan.