Called to pastor Lake Pointe shortly after its founding in 1979, Steve leads a congregation that has grown from 53 in attendance at its inception to more than 12,000 each week at Dallas metro campuses. In addition to leading Lake Pointe, Steve provides coaching to partnership churches throughout the world. Pastor Steve’s spiritual gifts are evangelism, leadership, and teaching. He has a passion for seeing the Gospel presented to unchurched people in a culturally relevant style without compromising its truth. He also believes that one of the keys to an effective church is keeping a balance between evangelism and discipleship.

Josh graduated from Union University with a degree in Theological Studies and went to Southern Seminary. He was the Lead Pastor of The Bridge Church in Nashville, TN for ten years before coming to Lake Pointe. Josh is married to Jana, the love of his life he met on a blind date, and together they have two daughters – Eliana and Felicity Hope. Being (in God’s strange and good providence) a third-generation pastor and deeply gripped by a love for the church, Josh’s passions are to lead a healthy church, plant healthy churches, and develop leaders who will lead and plant healthy churches. Josh is cursed to be a lifelong Cincinnati Bengals fan.