Our Staff

Jacob Powers - Lead Pastor

What do you do at The Heights?

What do you do outside of The Heights?

What do you like to do when you're not working?

My Testimony:

My walk started a bit later than some. I never attended a youth group, did not attend church on Sundays or major holidays either. My first vivid memory is of my dad reading the bible on our farm when I was a child but that was my only memory of God or religion. After leaving home (Cheney WA) in 1997 and serving in the Marine Corps for 4 years, I came back to Spokane to study business at Eastern Washington University. When I entered the Marine Corps I was issued a Bible (and I read the OT, story of Samson) but with no guidance or mentoring I related church to a place where I fell asleep for an extra hour or two on Sundays. During my college years I openly mocked my Christian friends, which lead to me having no Christian friends. I partied late and slept with multiple women, and had a no respect for religion or Christianity attitude. During my junior year of college I met a friend whose whole family I quickly became close with, they were Christians who walked the walk and talked the talk. Her younger brother attended Life Center where he served on the drama team. He continually invited me to his church to see him perform. After many invitations I went. God knew his plan for me because I went to see my friend “perform” but had an intimate encounter with God. That day at 25 years of age I said “yes” to God. Then a year went by, I attended church sort of in secret. It was the don’t ask, don’t tell policy about attending church. Roommates didn’t ask why I was up early on a Sunday and I didn’t freely tell them why I was getting up.
 

That first year I didn’t change much about my life. I still worked downtown at a bar and I wasn’t in a serious relationship. Then I met my future wife and our third date was church. We started reading the bible together (yes we met at the bar I worked at) but this relationship started to develop our relationship in Christ. Our HEARTS started to change and grow as the spirit took ahold. I decided to volunteer in Children’s ministry. That developed into an internship. Although I wasn’t ready to delve into full time ministry God was preparing my heart for the change. After my internship I continued to work in the secular world until God plainly showed me and told me he had a very different plan for my life. I started to take classes in 2007 through SMI (Spokane Ministry Institute) at Life Center North, I was offered a position on staff and from there Jesus started to radically change my life for His purpose. My wife, Kym, and I took all three tracts of SMI at LCN. We were active in ministry and bible studies. God revealed his plans for us, as he was growing us up in him, and readied us with the Call of Church planting. Through the mentoring of Mike and Tesa, and wisdom and call from God we knew we were ready to radically step out in faith for Jesus. Using all he is equipping us with to sell our house, move our family to Airway Heights, and plant a church to inspire and bring more members to His kingdom. We love the west plains and we truly felt like Airway heights would be the town we raised our family. We are being faithful, obedient servants to God’s will in our lives and look forward to the journey he has for us and our family.

Kym Powers - Co-Pastor

What do you do at The Heights?

I guess we could call me a jill of all trades, I have done a bit of everything over the years.  Being the co pastor I get to help in many areas but my favorite thing is creative teams and event planning.

Vocation:

I work in pediatric dentistry.

Area of Service:

creative arts, sisterhood, sound/media/worship

 

What do you like to do when you're not working?

Spending time at our property on lake Roosevelt, paddle boarding, working out, reading, visiting with friends over a great cup of coffee

 

My Testimony:

Growing up believing in Christ was something I had said yes to at an early age, but I would have termed myself as a “BNW” (believer not a walker).  I was active in Young life and attended Sunday service with friends or on my own throughout High School.  Grace and salvation were terms I understood and believed in but unbeknownst to me I had yet to have a heart change.  As I grew up and went off to college I was much more of the world than a light in it.  Parties, drinking and dating were a priority along with studying and staying at the top of my class, moving 400 miles away for college brought independence but I did not get connected with a church or attend any services.  It wasn’t until an old friend (Pastor Dan Burch) whom I grew up with moved to the Spokane area to be a worship pastor and reached out to me.  We went on a hike one day and he asked me questions about my faith and walk with Christ.  My answers were shallow and I suddenly realized there was no depth to my belief in Christ it was purely superficial.  Per his invite I went to check out a service at Life Center North.  Between the hike with a spiritually mature Christian, the Message Pastor Mike spoke, and an overwhelming burden of how I had been living my life placed squarely and heavily on my heart I recommitted my faith in Christ.  It went far beyond just a “yes.” I signed up to serve, decided not to date for at least a year, and made a heart commitment to Christ that led me down the path of rectifying  past hurt, regret, and healing.  In that year my life was changed and I can say my foundation in Christ was built.  At the end of that year I met my husband and our third date was church.  God built in me a solid foundation and then allowed me to meet Jacob and build an even more concrete foundation with him at my side, grounded in Christ.

Alissa Webb - Groups Pastor