Pastor Jacob and his wife Lynsey married in 2008 and have three children. He began serving as Lead Pastor at Lake Hills on Mothers’ Day in 2023. Prior to that, he pastored in Southeast Michigan for 10 years.
He is a fourth generation pastor. He received a bachelor’s degree from Welch College near Nashville, TN, the Master of Divinity degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and is due to finish the Doctorate of Ministry degree (also from SBTS) in 2025.
He does most of the preaching and leads the staff. He drinks (at least) one Diet Coke a day and loves the University of Tennessee Volunteers.