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Pastors
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Robert Ramsay, Sr Pastor |
Bob
was raised in East Longmeadow, MA and is a graduate of that town's public
schools. As a child and teen he attended the First Baptist Church
of East Longmeadow. It's Sunday school taught him basic Bible knowledge,
and through an evangelistic service he received Christ as Savior at the
age of 14. Through the ministry of a fine pastor and an excellent
Christian youth group he was discipled and called to ministry. Bob
graduated from Bob Jones University, where he met his wife, Ginny. After
their graduation and wedding in 1970, they moved to Philadelphia where Bob
attended Biblical Theological Seminary and interned at the Whitehall Baptist
Church of Northeast Philadelphia. In 1971 he assisted his Father-in-law,
Rev John Spare, who was interim Pastor at the Lawndale Baptist Church. When
Pastor Spare was transferred to Jackson, TN in 1972, the church voted to
retain Bob as pastor. Throughout the next 30 years, Bob and Ginny have witnessed God's blessings on their home with the birth of four children: Heather, Jonathan, Jeremy, and Beth; and blessing upon Lawndale Baptist Church in so many ways. Among the many passages of God's Word that comfort, convict, or challenge is Lamentations 3:22-23, "through the LORD's mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: Great is Thy Faithfulness." |
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Benjamin Brous, Youth Pastor |
Ben was born and raised in Philadelphia. He attended Temple University before being called to the ministry and then attended and graduated from Pensacola Christian College (Pensacola,FL - Graduate of Practical Theology - Youth/Pastoral Emphasis 1999). Ben was a Youth Pastor at Macon Road Baptist Church(Memphis, TN) from 1999 till April of 2001. In addition to his responsibilities as Youth Pastor of the Lawndale Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA, He is the Director of Operations at the Nueva Esperanza Charter School. Ben desires that the Lord will become the center of the Youth Group and they will grow closer to him. Ben's hobbies include softball, basketball, hockey, camping, and hanging with his friends. His favorite musician is Stephen Curtis Chapman and Audio Adrenaline. One of his favorite verses is Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." |
