About Us

Making disciples who live and love like Jesus.

Sunday Mornings @ 9 & 10:45 am

Lewis Memorial Baptist Church is a place where people can meet Jesus and engage in a life-giving community. We believe in creating a space where people can have authentic encounters with Christ, discover their gifts and use them for God's glory.

Your Life

Wherever you are in life, you matter and you have a purpose. We want to help you become the person God has created you to be. Your journey has a next step and we'll help you find it. It could start with serving, finding God's vision for your life, giving, or joining us regularly.

You don't have to take the next step alone. With a strong community of friends, you can laugh, grow, and serve with people who genuinely care about you. Find a Life Group and join them on the journey.

Your Family

Strong families start with solid foundations. That's why we partner with parents to help raise the next generation to become followers of Christ. Your children and teens have opportunities throughout the week to grow relationships with each other and with God.

Our Community and World

We are passionate about serving the global community and demonstrating God's love to others. Whether in person or online, individually or in groups, within our church and around the world, we are focused on supporting and engaging in relationships that provide relief and restoration to a hurting world.

Meet the team.

Our leadership team works together to shape the vision and direction of Lewis Memorial Baptist Church.

Dr. David Lemming

Lead Pastor

Dr. David Lemming is a graduate of Covington Seminary and Luther Rice Seminary. He has been the Lead Pastor of Lewis Memorial Baptist Church in Huntington, West Virginia, since December of 1982, having previously served as a Youth Pastor in Stockbridge, Georgia. He is also a founding member of Daystar Baptist Missions, which is involved in church planting efforts around the world. Married since 1976, David and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, have a loving family of two grown children and their spouses. The Lemmings are also proud grandparents of three grandchildren.

Tim Yates

Life Group & Outreach Pastor

Tim Yates is an assistant pastor who oversees the Life Groups at Lewis Memorial. Tim and his wife Myra grew up locally and graduated from Barboursville High School. Both Tim and Myra are multiplying small group leaders and thoroughly enjoy their role as trainers and equippers for the glory of God. They have a passion for making disciples and mentoring small group apprentices.

Nathan McClay

Worship Pastor

Nathan McClay is an assistant pastor and oversees the music and worship ministry of LMBC. He has been serving God at Lewis since 1991. Nathan and his wife, Audrey, have 4 children and two grandchildren.

Jeremy Shaffer

Executive Pastor

Jeremy Shaffer is an assistant pastor who oversees the technical and administrative areas of the ministry. He regularly works alongside his wife Rebekah in the Children's Ministry, teaches in the LMBC Bible Institute, and teaches together with his wife tackling marriage and family topics as well as general Bible studies for adults. He has been at serving the Lord at Lewis since 2004. He and Rebekah have two children, Grace and Luke.

Matt McClay

Student Pastor

Matt McClay oversees the student ministry at Lewis. He was raised locally in Huntington, and married his wife April in March of 2011. In May of 2012, Matt and April welcomed their daughter, Addison, into the world. Matt has a heart for student ministry, the outdoors, and redeeming technology for God's glory.

Bill Blankenship

Visitation Pastor

Bill Blankenship oversees the visitation ministry at Lewis Memorial. He and his wife, Debbie, joined Lewis Memorial in March of 2004, after serving as a bi-vocational pastor. He has a heart for the sick, shut-in’s, widows, and widowers. Bill and Debbie married in 1974, have two grown children and four grandchildren.

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