angiebeaver@charity.church

I was just an eleven year old girl when I asked Christ into my heart and although I knew what I was saying yes to, I didn’t really know who I was saying yes to. Jesus Christ has changed my life from the inside out. Walking through the motions for years with the fleet of emotions that lit the fire at times, there was something missing. I never found what was missing until I found Jesus on my floor next to me when my life felt empty at the age of 31. 

After an encounter with Christ, everything in my life changed! It was as if my eyes were opened for the first time. As we began our newly encountered life as a family, we were led here to Charity for our new church home and God began a new path in our lives. Sitting under the most influential Pastoral Leadership we have ever sat under, God began speaking directly into our hearts. The messages we heard week after week were so life applicable and challenging that we were encouraged for the first time in years. We knew this was home!

In a series of orchestrated events and circumstances by God, He has led us on paths we never imagined. Feeling a call into full-time ministry, my heart said yes and though I didn't know what it all meant just yet, I knew the One I was now fully following and trusted Him. 

In May 2014, God invited me to join the staff ministry of Charity as a full-time Administrative Ministry Assistant. The invitation was such an exciting moment in my life as it had been a dream that God had deeply planted in my heart a few years prior. It was such an exciting moment in fact that I sat frozen in my chair as Pastor Marty offered me this dream come true opportunity! Though I wanted to jump up and down and shout a little, it was as if I couldn't move in the moment, frozen in awe of how God answered my prayers and my dreams! I serve as the Administrative Assistant to our Senior Pastor, Marty Payton, as well as the Administrative Ministry Assistant and the Volunteer/Guest Services Coordinator. I love the ministry God has entrusted me with and I love serving His church! I am thankful to be here and look forward to coming to work every day to do what I get to do! 

I married my high school sweetheart and love of my life, David, in September 1996 and we have one beautiful daughter, Carrington Faith, who filled us with joy just three years later. I love to write, sing in the car and my office as if they are my very own sound studio, I am an organization nerd, I love office supplies, and keeping things running is what I love to do, as long as it's not me that's running! 

saulcibas@charity.church

Both of my parents were immigrants from Lithuania, who had to flee their country during World War II, when the Soviet Union was overtaking this small European country. Born and raised in Chicago, IL, and following my father's conversion to Christ from a Catholic background, I was blessed to be raised up in a Christian home and to be a part of a strong church. My father was the Pastor of a Lithuanian congregation in the Chicago area. Later he was also able to move back to Lithuania in the late 1980's, after the wall came down, to start a Baptist Church in Kaunas Lithuania. 

Being around ministry most of my life, I was able to see all facets of ministry growing up, from music ministry, to watching my father type and print bulletins for his church. God used all of these things to prepare me for serving as the Administrative Pastor here at Charity. I also get to play keys for worship. 

Having made professions of faith growing up in grade school and high school, and being a graduate of Liberty University, it wasn't until the adult years that I became serious about my relationship with Christ and repentance, and gave my life completely to Him. I am blessed with three children, Allison, Jacob, and Caleb who are all married now, and  two granddaughters, Haverly, and Maeva, who are absolutely amazing! I have served on staff at Charity since October of 2003.

angieculbertson@charity.church

jacobcibas@charity.church

I was born and raised in Kannapolis, NC and have lived here for all of my life! Charity has been my family’s home church for the past 17 years as well. Growing up in a home where my parents heavily prioritized church and ministry, I too began to do the same from an early age. I’m very thankful for the way my parents led by example, and showing us the importance of being involved in the local church and growing with a community of fellow believers.

It was around the age of 7 for me when I trusted in Christ as my personal Lord and Savior. I knew what it meant to trust Christ and have Him be Lord of my life, but I didn’t really go deeper in my relationship with Him until my sophomore year of High School. After dealing with doubts and anxiety about my faith, I began to really dig into things and ask myself: why do I believe what I believe? During that period of time, I was reminded of how amazing God’s love and grace is, and that as undeserving as I am and will always be, He still chose to extend His grace to me, and everyone in this world. That truth reassured me in so many ways, and it lead me to rededicate my life to Him.

Watching my dad’s passion and love for church ministry growing up, I knew from an early age that ministry was something I too loved and felt passionate about. Serving as a volunteer in our kid’s ministry and being a regular attendee of our student ministry, I wanted to do even more and be involved in more. The blessing and opportunity came up for me to intern at Charity starting the summer of 2017; I left my job working at Chick-Fil-A for over 2.5 years, knowing that this was what I was called to do - this was where my heart truly was. 

Fast forward to Summer of 2019, God opened an amazing door, allowing me to lead full time in Kid’s Ministry here at Charity. I feel so blessed to be able to do what I do! Working with kids is something that I’ve always enjoyed; I love and appreciate the simple joy, passion, and honesty they bring every single week to our Charity Kids Ministry. I remember how the leaders I grew up with prioritized kids, students, and everyone in the next generation, and it is my hearts desire to do the exact same.

I met my lovely wife Aubrey around Thanksgiving time in November of 2018. What a blessing she is to me! From being my best friend and amazing wife, to also being the best help and teammate together with me in ministry, she truly is a gem. She has a heart for the next generation and loves to love on our Charity Kids! We got married September 21st, 2019 - just a little under a year after we met. God truly has been great to us; I can’t wait to see what He has in store for our future here at Charity!

tomdolinger@charity.church

I was born and raised in Greensboro NC and was fortunate to be raised in a God centered household where church and Christian fellowship has been a part of my life as far back as I can remember for me and my older sister Christy.  Both of my parents love God and serve in the local church and have modeled a healthy marriage for us for over 40 years.

I gave my life to Christ at the age of 13 and felt a calling into ministry early on as a high school student.  I have always had a passion for people and team building whether through sports, business, or the church. 

I met my bride Leah in high school and became best friends with her long before we started dating.  I may or may not have used our friendship to my advantage when working angles to get her to go out with me (just saying).  Leah was and is the cutest woman I know and we have been married now for 20 years.  We have been blessed with two amazing daughters Denise (18) and Hannah (16) who both love God and are active in their walk with Him. 

We moved from Greensboro to Rowan Co. in 2007 with my work and this transition put some new relationships in our lives that really began to shape us and grow us in our walk with Christ and rekindle my calling into ministry.  I became a teaching pastor of the church we were attending which had 8 campuses and I would travel from campus to campus preaching the Gospel. I then went on staff full time and had the privilege of being the Campus Pastor at High Rock Church of Lexington for almost 3 years where we got front row seats to see God do amazing things and see many lives change for Christ. 

After stepping away from that ministry, God led our family to Charity in 2014 and it immediately felt like home to us.  I have been on staff as the Connections Pastor since the beginning of 2019 and hope to get people plugged into life groups and watch God change lives through our life groups just like He changed mine.   

seanheady@charity.church

I was born and raised near Detroit, Michigan where I also began my journey with Jesus Christ as a young boy. After graduating from High School there, I attended Liberty University for three years, but stopped short of graduating in order to pursue a singing career based out of Myrtle Beach. Before leaving Liberty, though, a beautiful young lady on campus named Krista Childress caught my eye, and it wasn’t long after that we were married and on the road singing together. 

Later in life, with two wonderful kids, we moved back to Lynchburg to finish my degree at Liberty. I graduated with a BA in Religion with a Biblical Studies concentration in 1999. I recently earned my Masters of Arts and Religion in Worship Studies from Liberty Theological Seminary and now teach at Charlotte Bible College and Seminary. My passion is to sing and praise God through music, and to see (and join with) my brothers and sisters in Christ from every nation fully engaged in adoring worship, not only in our worship gatherings, but also in every area of our lives (Romans 12:1; 1 Corinthians 10:31). 

Family: My wife, Krista; my daughter, Caitlin; my Son-in-law, Bradley; and my son, Josh; three grandchildren, Nash, Milo and Ella...and our dogs, Jovi and Sam(antha) Favorite Books: Grace Awakening (Swindoll), The Pursuit of God (Tozer), Let the Nations Be Glad (Piper), Who You Are When No One's Looking (Hybels), Crazy Love (Chan), Radical (Platt)

LucasPayton@Charity.church

I was born in Monroe, LA, but now call North Carolina my home state. We moved up here when I was 7 because my dad got a job as the Student Pastor of a pretty awesome church called Charity. Charity, ever since then, has been my home and my family.

I grew up serving in every part that I could that involved media ever since I was in the 7th grade. Whether it was running sound and the computer in youth on Wednesdays to running a camera for Sundays. I loved every part of it. Since my sophomore year of high school I discovered my passion for video and photography and kept learning and learning until I got pretty good at it that I thought I could make a living out of it.

In 2014 I graduated from South Rowan and attended Liberty University where I traveled with YouthQuest as the Videographer. For the next two summers I worked for WinShape camps as the media specialist and production director. These two opportunities helped me grow in so many ways and has been a huge impact on my life and how I am today.  I moved back home to finish up my schooling online and after that happened life got pretty crazy. I met my beautiful wife, Taryn, and fell in love. We got married September 29th 2018 and now have two amazing kids, Elias Wesley and Ivy Mae.

Volunteering at the church, making videos and taking pictures over the years has made me realize just how much I love this church and has made me want to put my full time and efforts into reaching people through all forms of media. I was blessed to be given the opportunity to be hired on as the Media Specialist for Charity to help the church as the need for media arises due to the pandemic we are living through.