Leadership

Pastor Josh and Natalie are the founders and lead pastors of Restoration Church. They have been married since June 1, 2002 and have 3 children: Gabriel, Caleb and Rylee. They were youth pastors for nearly 19 years, leading youth ministries at several churches in North and South Carolina. They have a heart to see people changed and restored by what Jesus did at Calvary. 
Josh has a Bachelors in Pastoral Ministry from Heritage Bible College and a Masters in Theology from Southwestern Christian University. In addition to leading Restoration Church, Pastor Josh is a chaplain for the Harnett County Highway Patrol and City of Dunn Police Department. 
Natalie is pursuing a degree in Counseling from Heritage Bible College. in addition to being a full-time mom and co-pastoring Restoration Church, she has a passion to minister to broken women through counseling. 
Pastor Josh and Natalie believe God has called them to shepherd and lead the people of Restoration Church and see broken people restored. Regardless of where you are in life, our pastors would love to get to know you, lead you and pastor you to reach your divine purpose!

John has been apart of Restoration Church from the very beginning and has recruited a worship team that is center focused on ushering in the presence of God. John has led worship since he was 13 years old, starting in his youth group. He felt the call on his life at an early age to be a worship leader. John and his wife Michaela have been married since June of 2018.
John’s heart for worship is that above anything else we protect the presence of God and continue to dive deeper into that presence, growing closer to Him. This includes overseeing our alter ministry, ensuring that the flow between worship and prayer is preserved. Spiritual warfare is a real thing that takes place during prayer and worship, but there is no better person that we trust to go to battle for us than PastorJohn.
Michaela, has become the face of our children's ministry here at Restoration. With her servants heart, she diligently does the kids check-in most Sundays and serves as one of our leaders for our pre-school class. Don't let her humbleness fool you though, if you catch her during worship or alter time, she is quietly going to war with John refusing to let the enemy have his way.
John works full time at Orkin Pest Control as a Home Inspector and Michaela works for SECU. When he isn’t at church or inspecting a home, you will find him dragging Michaela fishing on the lake or at the beach with family.

Elisha and Claudia Calo are the Associate and Next Generation Pastors at Restoration church. They oversee Remnant Youth Ministry with Pastor Solomon and Bri, lead the Resilient College/Young Adult Ministry, oversee our church media department, and help with the development of our School of Ministry. They have been married since October 7th, 2012 and have 4 amazing children:  Annabelle, Sophia, Caroline and Josiah.
As a teenager, Elisha felt called into ministry and has been pursuing God and His will ever since: part of that pursuit is what brought Claudia into his life. He served as Pastor Josh's intern during his teenage years and has worked side by side with him off and on throughout the years. His servant's heart will normally result in him running around the church trying to keep everything running smoothly, while also trying to talk to as many people as possible.
In addition to her many responsibilities at the church, Claudia is also on the church praise team. She is a very kind and gentle person until the enemy tries to attack one of her people. Her heart for worship and her protective mama bear spirit is a force to be reckoned with. There is also nothing more comforting than one of her mama bear hugs.
Together, they have been serving the Lord in ministry for 10+ years. Their vision and desire for Restoration Church is to help lead the next generation into an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ, to help lead and guide new ministers, to break statistics of the American Church turning from God, and help others walk in their true identity in Christ and become who they are called to be.

Solomon and Bri are the Youth Pastors here at Restoration. They have been here since the the church was planted in 2020. They have a heart for the next generation and for missions abroad. Bri and Solomon were married on October 9, 2021 and have been living the honeymoon life ever since.
Solomon has felt called into the ministry ever since he was a young child and has a heart for the Middle East. He has served in many leadership roles over the past several years mostly with youth and worship. Currently he is also serving on the praise team, you will be able to find him by listening for the loudest singer on stage. When he isn’t spending quality time with his bride or at church, he will most likely be at work with Orkin Pest Control as a Home Inspector.
Bri was attending a baptism service on November 10, 2017 when the Lord started tugging on her heart and she surrendered everything to Him. She is one of the kindest, most big hearted people you will ever meet. She is a little more soft spoken than Solomon and prefers to operate behind the scenes, but I assure you that if there is something that needs doing around the church, she will be one of the first to volunteer. Even though she prefers to do things unnoticed, she shows her heart for worship when she sings on the praise team. On top of all the ministry responsibilities, she takes an interest in entrepreneurship with working full time on her small business.
Their long-term goal is to eventually move to the Middle-East to be full-time missionaries. In the mean-time, their heart is to equip, lead, and strengthen the up-coming generation.

Andrea is our Children's Pastor at Restoration Church. She is a former public-school teacher who has spent the last 11 years homeschooling her own 3 kids. She grew up immersed in church ministry, and her first official job was cleaning the church bathrooms. Having graduated from the University of Valley Forge with a Bible/Church Music degree, she began her graduate studies at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary and finished her master's degree in English Education at Canisius College.
She has been a part of Children's Ministry since she herself was in children's church- helping her aunt (the Children's Pastor) with puppets, dramas, VBS, fall festivals, and many other local and missions outreach events. She knew from her early years that God's hand was on her life and received a clear calling to ministry in her teenage years. While ministry involvement has changed through seasons, children's ministry in one way or another, and her love of children and desire for them to experience the presence and purpose of God, has kept her involved in children's ministry. She looks forward to nurturing and developing the gifts and love of God in each child at Restoration.

Joe and Pat have been a part of Restoration Church since the first service and Pat is now Director of the S.W.A.T. Team. “Servants With A Testimony.”  She feels that God has not put our Senior Community out to pasture but is continuing to use them for their wisdom with the future generations in discipleship and testimony.
Pat is an evangelist, inspirational speaker, creative writer, and published Author of Children’s books. “The Turtle And Giraffe series.” God called her into the ministry at ten years old and she preached her first sermon the same day. She has her Doctorate in Theology and Biblical Counseling from Western Central School of Theology. She received her Mission Licenses in 1990,  Ordination Credentials in 1993, and her Christian Education Credentials in 1996, from the International Pentecostal Church. Pat gets excited when she is honored to Lead and Train others to finding their gifting for the ministry.
 Pat and Joe have been married 46 years and have two daughters: Tara and Anna. They are dedicated to the ministry, whether they are Pastoring, Teaching Children’s Church, Starting Life Groups and Programs from the Nursery to Senior Adult Ministries.
She continues to follow God’s calling on her life in her Golden Years, serving the Senior Citizens in her community and church. She feels, The Bible is clear that senior adults are not just to be respected because they are “old.” Rather, they have an important place in the life of the local church.

Shannon and her husband, Lee Newcomb, have been a part of Restoration Church since September 2020. She oversees a passionate First Impressions volunteer team that helps our congregation and visitors feel welcomed and loved each Sunday morning. From umbrella escorts on rainy days and opening the front door to genuine smiles and warm hugs, her team is ready to greet you with open arms and answer any questions that you may have about our church.
Shannon and Lee have been married since 2019 and have two young adult children, Thomas (TC) and Samantha. They adore being able to serve God together and being a part of Restoration Church. Shannon works full-time in advertising sales at Ross Media Solutions and facilitates several professional networking groups in the Triangle. In her spare time, she has her own start up marketing company and an online ministry, HIS Birdhouse Ministries, that ministers to people who need to be shown the love of Jesus during the trials of life through small gifts, bibles, cards and blog posts. When Shannon is not assisting businesses with their marketing needs, she can be found outdoors gardening, doing DIY house projects or with Lee on some type of boat, on any body of water, in NC.

Boyd and his wife Kim have been married for over 39 years and have two children, Brittany and Jonathan. He graduated from Campbell University and retired from County Government.
Over the years he have been involved in Children’s Ministry, Intercessory Ministry, Church School Ministry and has had the honor and privilege to work with King of Glory Ministries International as well as Destiny Encounters International. He currently leads our church intercessory prayer ministry that meets every Tuesday night.
If you feel called or have a desire to be part of a group of people who are called to prayer then please don't hesitate to reach out to us.

“GOD HAS A PLACE FOR YOU!”

Regina had been apart of Restoration Church shortly after they open their doors. She felt God pulling her to attend this church even before it became Restoration.
Regina is a mother of two children, a daughter and son and grandmother to three, two granddaughters, and one grandson.
Being administrative and financial assistants helped prepare her for the financial administration position that she now holds here at Restoration.

Andrea and John both began doing missions work prior to meeting in 1996.
Andrea was attending Bible College and John was coaching at a university
Prior to meeting they had been to several countries in Central and South America. When they met, there was already a mindset of missions in them both and even that summer before getting married Andrea spent the summer in Peru. Once married they traveled to Calcutta India and helped establish a Bible school.
In the season after graduation,  they returned with many grads, doing crusades and planting churches with these new grads. After a few years the season in India closed and they began doing open Air Crusades with Mentor Jerry and Marilyn O'Dell. Crusades and mission continued in SE Asia and India. In 2012 a door opened in Belize and they began traveling into Central America again. A Bible school and church were planted and crusade ministry continued. In that season radio became a permanent fixture with a program called "Love Never Fails"
John and Andrea have 5 kids, all have lived on the mission field and also go on missions trips of their own.They have ministered in over 30 countries using radio, books, drama and open air crusade coupled with Bible School. They are non denominational full Gospel believers. Healing is the dinner bell of the Gospel and the local church is the root of The Church to establish a godly community in the places most don't want to go.
The two of them currently lead our Young Married Couple Ministry where they take all these life experiences and help pour into those coming behind them. You can expect to receive some delicious food, lots of laughs, and some good Godly wisdom when they meet with everyone.