CHURCH LEADERSHIP

Sean Stanfield

Lead Pastor/Plant Pastor

Writing a bio about yourself is sometimes awkward and you never know where to start.  I have not always been United Methodist, but it is in the United Methodist where I found healing, hope, and my calling into ministry.  I served as student minister in the North Georgia Conference for a few years. I also served with the Wesleyan Church to become a church planter for several years. Later, I came back to my home in the UMC and have been a part of the now Tennessee Western Kentucky Conference for about thirteen years.  I have been involved with inner city ministries, Fresh Expressions, and various other conference connections. Currently I am one of the clergy a part of the Vine UMC, an online ministry of the TWK.

I hold 3 degrees from Liberty Theological Seminary, one being a MDiv in Pastoral Leadership. I am an Associate Member of the TWKUMC and am blessed to serve in this conference and the UMC.  I am a single dad and have three great children: Emily 27, Christopher 23, and Lindsay 16.

I look forward to living into this great mission that God has for us: “To discover, equip, connect and send lay and clergy leaders who shape congregations that offer Christ to a hurting world, one neighborhood at a time.”