Pastor Jim Lacy as served as an interim pastor in 18 churches since 1998 and has served as a part-time professor of Bible and Ministry at Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids Theological Seminary and Grace Bible College.  Prior to forming "Intentional Interim Church Ministries," he served as a senior pastor for 25 years at Faith Baptist (Greenville, MI), Fellowship Baptist (Racine, WI) and Sparta Baptist.  His goal as an interim pastor is... "to prepare churches for future success."

He has been married to Nancy for 47 years and they have 3 children- a cowboy in Montana, a teacher in Tennessee, and a counselor in Grand Rapids.  Thankfully 2 of their 3 grandchildren live in Grand Rapids.

He was raised in Pontiac, MI and became a Christian in high school through the witness of friends.

Pastor Jim loves being an interim pastor, preaching the Word of God and meeting with people.  He is fighting a diet Mt. Dew addiction.

He looks forward to starting as the interim pastor at RBC in September.

He prefers to be called Jim or Pastor Jim.

Mark has attended RBC since 1997, and he came on staff as the Youth Pastor in 2011. He is married to Amy, and they have two sons – Luke and Blake.

Isaac has been at RBC since 2013, currently serving as the Pastor of Young Adult and Worship Ministries. He studied at Kuyper College, where he received a degree in Bible/Theology and Ministry Leadership. He currently attends Calvin Theological Seminary, pursuing a Master of Divinity. He and His wife, Maegan, have a heart for “Living Room Discipleship” and love to connect with the church by investing in relationships outside the four walls!

Bethany McCullough has grown up at Ravenna Baptist. She is a 2019 graduate of Ravenna High School and is currently a junior at Kuyper College in Grand Rapids. Bethany heads up RBC Children's Ministries, ages 3-5th grade.

Mary has been at Ravenna Baptist since June 2013. Mary and her husband, Jack, moved to Ravenna to be near family. She comes to us with several years of church secretarial experience. Mary and Jack have 4 grown children and 14 grandchildren.

Mel, a long-time Ravenna resident, comes to us with several years of bookkeeping experience. Mel works part time for RBC as well as several other businesses using her bookkeeping expertise. Mel is married to Troy and they have 4 children.