Leadership
The body of Christ known as Pinelake believes that Jesus is to be the head of the Church in all things. Pinelake Church is led by the pastors and ministry staff team in all matters of spiritual direction, teaching, ministry programming, strategy and priorities. The pastors and staff of Pinelake work under the spiritual oversight of a group of leaders called Elders. These Elders function as overseers for the church in the areas of theology, accountability, wisdom, church discipline and prayer.
CHIP HENDERSON
Senior Pastor
Dr. Chip Henderson has served as Pinelake's Senior Pastor since 1999. In that time, Pinelake has grown from 700 people to more than 9000 on four campuses. His passion for seeing Christ bring about powerful life-change in people—as well as his commitment to biblical, life application teaching—has sparked dynamic spiritual growth in the life of the church and beyond.
He holds a Ph.D. in New Testament studies, is the co-creator of the L3 Journal, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Launch Church Planting Network. He and his wife, Christy, have three children: Rachel, McKenzie, and Reagan.
TIM SMITH
Senior Executive Pastor
Tim Smith came to Pinelake in 2003 and serves as Senior Executive Pastor, a role in which he provides directional and organizational leadership to the church. He is passionate about developing the next generation of leaders, as well as being a catalyst for church development and church health.
He and wife wife, Lynette, have two children, Levi and Zoe.
JEFF REDDING
Executive Pastor of Ministry
Jeff Redding serves as the Executive Pastor for Ministries at Pinelake. He leads all of Pinelake's Adult and Family Ministries by working with our campus pastors and ministry leaders. Jeff is passionate about leadership development and helped coordinate Foundations, Pinelake's online discipleship resources.
He and his wife, Jennifer, have two children, Mitch and Lynn.
ROD CADENHEAD
Executive Pastor of Operations
Rod came to Pinelake in 2004 from the Houston, Texas, area and serves as Executive Pastor of Operations. He oversees all of Pinelake's business and administrative functions, including finance/accounting, human resources, communications, technology, and facilities.
Rod and his wife, Pamela, have three children: Rawley, Mallory, and Hillary.
DAN BARBER
Lead Pastor, Missions and Church Planting
Dan Barber serves as Lead Pastor of Missions and Church Planting, and in this role coordinates Pinelake's vast local, national, and global missions efforts. He has lived overseas extensively and is passionate about indigenous church planting movements that grow and thrive in their local context.
He and his wife, Allyson, have three children: Kathryn Ann, Ramsey, and Titus.
KENT VINCENT
Lead Pastor, Worship
As Lead Pastor of Worship, Kent Vincent provides the overall creative direction to the production and programming aspects of Pinelake's worship ministry.
He and his wife, Vonda, have three children: Katie, Eli, and Isaiah.
Campus Pastors
The role of campus pastor is integral to the life of Pinelake’s multi campus strategy of reaching the world for Christ — one community at a time. They serve as the key leadership link between Pinelake Church and the area community. Each campus pastor’s role is to serve as the spiritual shepherd for the local staff team and campus attendee at the local campus level. As a multi campus church, we are one church with several locations. The local campus pastor works to teach, cast vision, develop strategy and purposefully lead the campus under the direction of one senior leadership team and elder body.
Other Campus Staff: Clinton, Madison/Ridgeland, Reservoir, Starkville