Leadership
Senior Pastor – Ian M. Dent
Pastor Ian accepted the church’s call to become its first pastor in August 2007. Born in Des Plaines, IL, Pastor Ian made his way south as quickly as he could. He moved to Rock Hill, South Carolina with his family in 1978 and graduated from Northwestern High School in 1981. While attending Winthrop College (now University), he made the decision to enlist in the United States Navy. After serving honorably for twenty-three years in the submarine community, he retired as a Master Chief Machinist’s Mate in September 2006.
While in the Navy, Pastor Ian graduated from the Nuclear Power training pipeline as well as numerous technical and leadership schools. Additionally, Ian has an Associate’s Degree in General Studies, a B.A. and M.A in Pastoral Studies, a B.S. in Liberal Arts (emphasis in leadership, administration, and sociology), and a Doctor of Ministry degree in Pastoral Leadership. He is undergoing certification as a biblical counselor with the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors.
Pastor Ian is the Supervising Chaplain (Certified by the State of Georgia Peace Officer and Training Council) for the St. Marys Police Department, is a Chaplain with the Southeast Georgia Health System – Camden Campus, is a certified Salvation Army Disaster Relief Volunteer, teaches inductive Bible study methods for In Worship Ministries, is a member of the EFCA Ministerial Association and the Georgia Sheriff’s Association Chaplain’s Division. He can be heard each day at 6:30 pm on the Lighthouse FM 89.3 for C4 Connections.
Pastor Ian met Kari while attending Winthrop. They were married on May 17, 1986 (Kari’s birthday) in Orangeburg, SC and have lived, courtesy of the Navy, in Washington, Alabama, and Connecticut before moving to Georgia in 1994 to be stationed in Kings Bay. Ian and Kari live in St. Marys and have two children, Seth (21) and Amelia (17). Seth and Michelle were married on October 4, 2009 and live in St. Marys with Pastor Ian’s granddaughter Kinsey and their dog Klara. Amelia is a home schooled senior this year.
Administrator – Tom Reaves
Tom Reaves serves as our Church Administrator and handles the administrative and business aspects of the church as well as a variety of other duties. Born and raised in Columbia, SC, Tom earned a B.S. in Operational Management with a minor in Computer Science from Coker College in Hartsville, SC in 1996 and just graduated with a Master’s Degree in Missions and Leadership from Liberty University. His real life education came as a result of starting and running several businesses. In 2003, Tom decided to close these businesses and joined the United States Navy. Tom currently serves honorably in the Navy’s submarine force.
Tom met Sara Beth while attending a college Bible study at the University of South Carolina and married in June of 2000. Tom and Sara Beth have three boys. Jud is ten years old and in the fifth grade, Harry is seven and both attend New Hope Christian Academy in St. Marys. McCutcheon is three.
Youth Pastor – Tim Jones
Tim accepted C4′s call to become the first Youth Pastor in June 2008. Tim was born in Greenville, SC but grew up in St. Marys. He works with students to teach and influence spiritual growth in their daily lives. Shortly after graduating from Camden County High School, he began ministering as a volunteer with the Rock Youth Ministry, the on-site campus ministry of the Lighthouse FM 89.3. Recognizing God’s call to youth ministry, Tim later served as Lighthouse FM’s Youth and Young Adult Director for The Rock and HeBrews as well as duties for on-air ministry. Tim and Brittney met through friends at HeBrews and were married in July 2007 with Pastor Ian officiating. Tim and Brittney have one child, a daughter named Kingsley born on October 27, 2009. Tim and his family live in St. Marys with their dog Brody.
Director of Missions – Kari Dent
Kari serves as the Director of Missions at Camden Crossroads. She was born in Orangeburg, SC and graduated from Winthrop College in Rock Hill, SC, in 1986. A week after graduating from college, she married Ian and moved to Washington state, thus beginning their journey as a Navy family.
Kari was raised in a Christian home where church was a big part of her family’s life. Her hero was her pastor as well as the many missionaries with whom her family came into contact through the work of their church. Saved at the age of nine, she always felt God’s hand upon her life and became a serious student of the Word at the age of thirteen. Several years ago she began to read great Christian biographies, many of whom were missionaries – Brother Andrew, Darlene Diebler Rose, Gladys Aylward, Isobel Kuhn, Amy Carmichael. These had a tremendous impact on her perspective toward reaching the world for Christ.
After developing a missions program for children at a former church and seeing the children’s enthusiasm for world missions as well as doing mission work in Romania, Kari knew that God had placed a passion in her heart to teach and encourage all ages the importance of Christ’s command to His disciples in Acts 1:8 – “. . . and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth” – and in Mark 16:15 – “. . . Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” It is Kari’s desire to see every disciple of Christ, first of all, to study God’s Word for himself, and, secondly, to go on a short-term mission trip.
In addition to her Missions responsibilities, Kari leads Precept Camden, a non-denominational Bible study that has been meeting in Camden County, Georgia, since 1999. Kari has been trained by Precept Ministries International and is qualified to lead Precept Upon Precept Bible studies as well as select seminars offered by Precept Ministries. Kari also serves on the Board of Directors for the Southeast District of the Evangelical Free Church of America, teaches inductive Bible study methods for In Worship Ministries, serves on the Internet Technology Advisory Board for Precept Ministries International, and is an air minister for The Lighthouse FM 89.3.
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Worship Leader – Sonya Cowart
Sonya has been using her voice and musical ability for the Lord most of her life. She has been in various choirs, groups, and bands, and done solo work around the world praising God for His greatness and spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She stands firmly on the Word of God and her philosophy of worship is that we should praise the Lord in all things and at all times for when praise of the Lord is continually in the mouth, there is no room for the negative things of this world (Psalm 31:1). She smoothly integrates prayer and scripture reading into modern praise and worship at Camden Crossroads and desires nothing more than to see every tribe and every tongue united in spirit and truth, worshiping at the throne of God. Sonya is a 2011 graduate of Liberty University and lives in Woodbine with her husband Jerry. They have two grown children.
