MEET OUR SPECIAL GUESTS

Jeremy grew up at Park West Church. His father and mother launched Park West Church in 1980 with 26 people attending that first Sunday.  Park West Church became a second home and was considered extended family. He began full-time ministry at Park West in late 1999. He has served in multiple roles from hospital visitation to Associate Pastor and campus pastor. In September 2018 he and his beautiful wife, Heather,  were elected as our Lead Pastors.

Together they have three wonderful children, Elise, Luke and Ella Kate, that are the greatest source of joy in their lives.

Pastor Tony is the Lead Pastor of citylife church…a dynamic, 5000 member, multi-ethnic, multi-generational church in Tampa, Florida with 3 campuses. citylife church was named as one of the fastest growing churches in America multiple times by Outreach Magazine and Lifeway Research.

Along with his pastoral responsibilities, Pastor Tony serves on numerous international
ministry boards and also oversees a network of affiliate churches. Additionally, he...

• was elected as 2nd Assistant General Overseer of the Church of God, Cleveland, TN
• serves as co-chair for the Empower 21 USA Cabinet
• travels nationally and internationally speaking at churches and conferences
• hosts a weekly broadcast of citylife church TV reaching into over 10 million homes
• has been featured on Fox News, Fox and Friends, TBN, Daystar and various other media networks
• was recognized as one of the Top 40 young Kingdom voices in the United States
• served as Chairman of the Executive Council of Eighteen for the Church of God, Cleveland, TN
• served on the Church of God International World Missions Board

Kaci Stewart is a passionate worship leader and speaker. She is the worship and arts Pastor at citylife church in Tampa, FL where she and her husband, Tony, serve as Lead Pastors of the dynamic 5,000 member, 3 campus, multi-racial, multi-generational church. Additionally, she serves on the International Women’s Advisory Council for the Church of God, Cleveland, TN.

Kaci’s desire is to reach women. She launched BRAVE Women’s Conference in 2015, started SMILE, a ministry for single moms, and is active in supporting Non-Profit Service Providers and Advocacy Agencies for Sexually Exploited and Trafficked Women and Youth.

Pastors Tony and Kaci are proud parents of their three beautiful girls, Bayli Grace and Hadli Hope, and their fur baby, Maci Mae.

Bishop Joseph L. Garlington, Sr. is the presiding pastor of Covenant Church of Pittsburgh, a large multi-racial, a cross-cultural Christian community which he and his wife Barbara founded in 1971. Covenant Church of Pittsburgh has been a model for racial healing and reconciliation for more than forty-eight years. Through the auspices and energy of Covenant Church, they launched Reconciliation! an international network of churches and ministries for which he is the Presiding Bishop.

As the Senior Pastor and visionary of Covenant Church, a ministry located in the heart of Wilkinsburg, he launched an outreach in the late 1980s to recover Horner, an abandoned junior high school which was located one city block from their worship center. This initiative has now become Hosanna House, a world-class, award-winning community center, enjoying partnerships with government, businesses, financial institutions, foundations, and churches. This and other numerous outreaches to the local and international community have positioned Bishop Garlington as a recognized leader in the faith-based community.

Bishop Garlington served from 2000 to 2018 as president of Building United of Southwest Pennsylvania, an ecumenical coalition of bishops and clergy in the southwestern and western Pennsylvania corridor. Through the synergy of this partnership with local and financial institutions and foundations, they saw genuine fruit from President George W. Bush’s faith-based initiative which provides home-ownership for low and middle-income families.

Bishop Garlington is an accomplished musician, recording artist, author, and scholar whose life and work has touched countless thousands throughout the world through radio and TV. He is a popular speaker at national and international conferences. He is internationally recognized in the religious community for his work and ministry in many churches in South Africa where he has traveled since 1979. Bishop Garlington consults for pastors, churches, and organizations that are eager to develop similar models of racial reconciliation and healing as they have at Covenant Church of Pittsburgh.

He has been married to Barbara Williams Garlington for more than forty-eight years. They share life with seven grown children, thirteen grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Aaron and Amanda Crabb are no strangers to ministry. Their music has crossed genres, generational boundaries, as well as denominational barriers. They have seen what the power of worship can do in the presence of thousands as well as calm their little daughter in a Vanderbilt trauma unit. They understand that worship is the breaking of ground to prepare for a seed to be sown.

Aaron and Amanda not only sing the gospel of Jesus, they both preach the good news as well. Aaron surrendered to the call to preach in November 2002 and Amanda in 2004. They have seen countless lives changed through the power and anointing of Jesus Christ.

Aaron and Amanda have always had Pastors’ hearts, but until God begin to deal with them, they didn’t know when or where. In March of 2013 God commissioned them to birth the dream that had been given to them 10 years prior. As the worship leader of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, TX, Aaron began to seek God for direction. While life was comfortable and music was being made, God told Aaron that he wanted him to take his family, leave stability, and plant a church in Hendersonville, TN.

July 9th, 2014, that dream became a reality. Restoring Hope Church began in the auditorium at Trinity Music City in Hendersonville, TN on Wednesday nights. With their family of 5 and soundtracks, they ministered to 25 people that first Wednesday night service. God blessed and the congregation grew. While that facility was great for the time, Aaron & Amanda prayed for a building of their own. At their first Sunday service on September 14, 2014 they not only had over 500 in attendance, but they were able to announce that God had made it possible for them to obtain their own property. After much prayer, renovation and restoration, Restoring Hope Church began services at 1041 Center Point Road on November 2, 2014. Pastor Aaron says; “When we do our part in declaring the name of Jesus, those who are wounded, broken and hurting will come to the water that can refresh, renew and restore.” We will continue to walk with unshakable faith, lead others to the unfailing Hope and show unconditional love. God is a God who loves to put life back into dead dreams, fuel dried up purpose and give light to a dark desolate place. We are that mouthpiece for this Kingdom work. We will sow seeds of Hope all over this community until it spreads throughout the world.

Aaron and Amanda are thankful for many things, but the greatest are their 4 children, Elijah, Eva, Ean & Eda-Beth.