Staff

Tony Leonard has served as minister of students at RBC for the past 5 years. With 20 years of experience in working with teenagers, Tony has been a youth pastor in Nashville, TN, Lexington SC, Ft Worth, TX and Rome, GA. He enjoys traveling, backpacking, yard work, and watching sports on TV. One of his passions in ministry is involving students in missions. Tony and his wife, Lana, have been married for 21 years. They have three daughters, two of which are in the youth group Madison, and Megan. Macy has a few years to go before she will be in the youth group.

“It is my desire to see students acquire a personal faith in Jesus Christ that is able to grow and stand strong apart from others. I believe student ministry is built on relationships. Those leading should be building relationships in order to lead others to a relationship with Christ. Student ministry should be a “hands on” ministry where students are actively involved in ministry.”

Chad Poe partners with us as a Teaching Pastor for our Student Ministry in addition to spending the year traveling throughout the country speaking to students about the overwhelming presence of God in everyday life. After graduating from the UT Chattanooga, Chad received his Masters of Divinity from Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, TX.

He desires to show Christ's love whether on stage or on the rec field. Chad is an avid reader, occasional video gamer, and infrequent visitor of his local fitness center. His greatest desire is for students to see God as the center of every aspect of life. His second greatest desire is to see cheesecake served with every meal. Feel free to find out more about Chad and/or contact him at chadpoe.com.

Tyler Runnels is Tony's intern who helps Tony by doing all the things Tony does not want to do. He teaches the 6th grade boys sunday school class and does Wednesday Night Worship at Cloud Springs. He is the staff member with the most hair. He may not have a fancy degree but he knows stuff about the Bible. He is also much younger than Tony which makes him much cooler. He also has a manlier picture than both Tony and Chad. He has a Facebook and Twitter so everyone needs to find him and add him. He also finds talking in the third person to be weird and wonders how long it is going to take Tony to find that he added this...