
Living Word Pastors
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Mac & Lynne Hammond
Senior Pastors
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Pastors Mac and Lynne Hammond
Mac and Lynne Hammond are senior pastors of Living Word, a large and growing body of Christian believers in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Mac is the author of several internationally distributed books. He is broadly acclaimed for his ability to apply the principles of the Bible to practical situations and the challenges of daily living.
While helping her husband pastor Living Word, Lynne Hammond travels internationally as a teacher and author on the subject of prayer. The desire of Lynne’s heart is to impart principles of corporate and Spirit-led prayer to the Church throughout the world. Under her leadership, the prayer ministry at Living Word has become an internationally recognized model for developing effective pray-ers in the local church.
After nearly 40 years, Living Word’s church attendance has grown from twelve people in 1980 to an active church body of more than 10,000 members. Today Living Word sends the hope of the Gospel across the country and around the world through numerous outreaches and brings practical help and the message of God’s grace and love to an ever-growing number of people!
Jim Hammond
Executive Pastor
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Jim Hammond
Jim, along with his family, moved from Mississippi north to Minnesota in his early teens. Prior to traveling to Singapore where Pastor Jim studied at Rhema Bible Training Center under the leadership of Pastors Toni and Patsy Cameneti, Jim worked in various areas at Living Word including Facility Maintenance, Accounting, Living Free Recovery Services, Maranatha Christian Academy as Athletic Director, and as Pastor Mac Hammond’s Executive Assistant for two years. Pastor Jim was a basketball coach at Maranatha Christian Academy for 17 years. He coached both the boys and girls varsity team and eventually took the Maranatha Girls Varsity to state, where they won two back-to-back Class A State Championships in 2011, 2012.
Pastor Jim has made over 50 trips to the country of Indonesia. It has been his lifelong goal to see Living Word have an orphanage in Indonesia. Pastor Jim’s son, Jamey Hammond, is the Pastor of Living Word’s Saint Paul campus. He currently oversees Living Word’s additional campuses, and the Wednesday Night Services.
Directors:

Brian Sullivan
Pastor

Brian Kelly

Ryan Watkins
Pastor

Layne Johnson

Treena Haase
Pastor

Kevin Weiers

Deb Larson

Rick Bruce

Tim Amstutz
Campus Pastors:

Ken Olson
LW Online Pastor

Brandon Lyles
Northwest Site Pastor

Hugo Bellido
Iglesia Español Pastor
Care and Counseling:

Baltimore Medina
Pastor
Kids Ministry Pastors:

Virginia Shunkwiler
Kids Pastor
Birth–Kindergarten

Mark Harper
Brooklyn Park Kids Pastor
Grades 1–5
Youth Ministry Pastors:

Dustin Sherry
Youth Pastor

Sabrina Sherry
Youth Pastor
Life Group Pastors:

Tammara Gisanri
Life Group Pastor

Thomas Williams
Brooklyn Park Young Adult Pastor

Stacey Houle
Womens Ministry Pastor
Guest Experience and Member Services:

Folu Gisanri
Guest Experience Pastor

DuWayne Petersen
Member Services Pastor

John Gapp
Digital Service Producer & Pastor
Living Word Pastors:

Angela Watkins
Pastor

Heather Sibinski
Community Outreach Pastor

Deb Campbell
CUFI MN State Director

Nick Kinn
Evangelism Pastor

Ray Kelly
Prayer Pastor
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