
Meet Our
Lead Pastor
BJ STRICKLIN
BJ grew up in Birmingham, AL but now calls Arkansas home. His passion is seeing people discover God’s purpose for their lives and helping them walk in the fulness of life God has made available to them!
BJ has served as a part of The Summit Church family since 2007 and after serving in several different roles, stepped into the role of Lead Pastor for The Summit Church in Little Rock in 2019. He received his Bachelors Degree in Religion and Classical Languages from Samford University and a Masters of Theological Studies from Beeson Divinity School.
BJ and his wife Jenny have three sons and two daughters and love serving the Lord together both in the church and at home. He loves running, cycling, and drinking a good cup of coffee while reading a great leadership book.
BJ has served as a part of The Summit Church family since 2007 and after serving in several different roles, stepped into the role of Lead Pastor for The Summit Church in Little Rock in 2019. He received his Bachelors Degree in Religion and Classical Languages from Samford University and a Masters of Theological Studies from Beeson Divinity School.
BJ and his wife Jenny have three sons and two daughters and love serving the Lord together both in the church and at home. He loves running, cycling, and drinking a good cup of coffee while reading a great leadership book.
Little Rock Elders

BJ Stricklin

Randy Rogers

Marshall West

Rob thorpe

Jerry Byrum

Glen Solberg

George Platt

Barry Williams

Bill Elliff

kyle hollaway

john scott

hoyte pyle

jeremy lively

Merlin Hagan

tim grissom

Dan heard

lee tuxhorn
Little Rock Staff

BJ Stricklin
Lead Pastor

Marshall West
Associate Pastor

Chance Riehl
Worship Pastor

Caleb Seals
Student Pastor

Bryant Jones
Equipping Pastor

Jenny Stricklin
Ladies Minister

john Scott
Groups Pastor

Bradley Toone
Young Adults Pastor

Dave Taylor
Worship Associate

Chris Williams
Worship + Production Associate

Mark troutz
Facilities Manager

Kim scott
Kids Associate

Tim Grissom
Men's Minister

Taylor Solberg
Student Associate + Ministry Assistant

Shelley Riehl
Childcare Coordinator

Anna Taylor
Equipping Assistant

Sarah Marden
Kids Associate
Family Leadership
The Central Team provides Communications, Design, Technology, Production, Finance, Human Resources, Facilities, Global Engage, and National Engage for each church.

SETH PRICE
Executive Pastor of Ministry

JEREMY LIVELY
Executive Pastor of Operations

KEVIN BLACK
Global Engage Team

BILL ELLIFF
National Engage Team

JENNA LEE
Communications + Design Team


KYLE UPTERGROVE
Technology + Production Team

WALLACE REED
Facilites Team