Our Leadership Team

Our leadership team recognizes the authority of God and realizes that we are shepherds who serve under the Chief Shepherd, Jesus Christ. We desire to devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the Word. Our passion and goal is to equip the believers for the work of the ministry until we all attain maturity in the fullness of Christ.

Chris and Amy Whalen | Senior Pastors

Pastor Chris and Amy are Rhema Bible Training Center and Life Christian University Graduates. They have been serving at Lake Area Bible Church for over 20 years. They are passionate about equipping the body of Christ and being a supply to wherever the need may rise in the church.

Danny and Jenny Smartt | Founding Pastors

Pastors Danny and Jenny have been in the ministry for over 50 years. They are graduates of Rhema Bible Training Center and served as instructors for Life Christian University. As founding pastors, they built Lake Area Bible Church with the mandate to provide a place where people can worship God freely, experience the power of God through understanding His word, and develop a relationship with Him. Pastor Danny and Jenny have a heart for missions. They have trained many so that they too can share Jesus and further the Kingdom of God. They live by the words freely we have received, freely we give.