Leadership

Jared and his wife Jen have been married since 2014. Before meeting Jen, Jared served in the U.S. Army for six years. Jared, a native Texan who grew up in Houston, entered into full-time ministry in 2013. Since then, he has planted three churches: one in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (2015), one in Washington, D.C. (2019), and now one in San Antonio, TX (2022). Jared and his family moved to San Antonio in the summer of 2022 with two other families after being commissioned and sent out by his sending church. Jared holds a B.A. in Bible from Howard Payne University in Brownwood, TX and an M.A. in North American Church Planting from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC. He and Jen adopted three wonderful children in 2021: Joshua, Joanna, and Caleb; and had their other daughter Abigail in 2023.

Andrew was born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee. While pursuing his undergraduate degree at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the Lord saved Andrew out of a life of cultural Christianity. Soon after, Andrew responded to God’s call to preach and teach the Gospel with a specific burden for those living a nominal faith. While finishing his B.A. in Religion and Philosophy at UTC, Andrew met his wife, Laura. Andrew spent two years after college interning at his local church with college students. Once he and Laura were married in the Spring of 2020, they moved to Washington, D.C. where Andrew served as a church planting resident for two years. In July of 2022, Andrew was ordained into the ministry when Pillar Church of Washington DC commissioned him to help plant Pillar Church of San Antonio. He is currently pursuing an MDiv at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Saved as adults, Kyle and Gina have been married since 1986 and have two adult daughters who also live in Texas. Kyle, a veteran who served in the United States Coast Guard for six years before settling in San Antonio, retired from a long career in IT in 2023. Having served as a Bible study leader for many years, Kyle has now realized his call to become a lay elder at Pillar Church San Antonio. Since retirement, Kyle and Gina have found great joy in the in the newfound freedom to serve the body of Christ.

John Turner was an elder at Pillar San Antonio but in June of 2024 we commissioned he and his family to move to Killeen to plant a church. We are now supporting the Turner family as they work to make Jesus known and plant a healthy church in Killeen, TX. John came to faith in Christ in 2001 and God called him to ministry in 2005, but it wasn't until he retired from the Air Force in 2013 that he was able to enter ministry full-time. He and Angie met while serving together in the Air Force and have been married for almost 27 years. They have three children: Georgia, Diego, and Caleb. While serving as an Associate Pastor of a Baptist Church in San Antonio, God began calling John and Angie into church planting. They came to Pillar SA in January of 2023 to participate in the church planting residency before planting in Killeen. John holds a B.S. degree in Business from Wayland Baptist University and an MDiv from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY.