Ruffin Stacey Baptist Church

Lance Cole joined Ruffin Stacey as the pastor in September of 2016.  He has earned graduate degrees from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div.), Liberty University's School of Divinity (D.Min), and is a Ph.D. candidate through Johnson University's Center for Global Studies with a concentration in Leadership Philosophy and Theology.  Dr. Cole's research and study interests include biblical leadership as portrayed in the pastoral epistles, the parables of Jesus, and the Old Testament narratives.  He and his wife Stefanie have been married since 2006 and are parents to three boys, Sawyer (2010), Carter (2013), and Asher (2015).