Our vision is to see the members of our church, the city of Greensboro, and the globe, transformed by the Gospel, and set on fire to take the Gospel to their neighbors, their family and the nations.
Janice James
Dr. Lawrence Clapp, Lead Pastor
Lawrence has been in full-time ministry for over 40 years. The North Carolina native, son of a pastor answered the call to ministry while in grade school. He attended Gardner-Webb University. After undergrad he went to Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary where he got his masters and his Doctorate. Lawrence met his wife Jenny while he was a pastor in Asheville and she was doing summer missions. He moved to S. Elm in January of 1985. He served on the Board of Directors at the North Carolina Baptist State Convention and sat on the executive committee.
Lawrence loves spending time with his family including his grandchildren. He is a Christmas fanatic and known to many as Mr. Christmas. Lawrence loves playing golf, mowing the yard, watching Andy Griffith, football and Duke basketball.
Donna Cho
Rev. Jason Lawson, Pastor of Families and Discipleship
Jason grew up in Greensboro, but has lived all over North Carolina for the past ten years. He is married to Lindsey Lawson and they have three crazy kids, Oliver, Amos and Salem. Jason has been in youth ministry for the past 20 years. His passion is discipling teenagers to walk with God, and training families to live out their faith together. God has blessed him with the opportunity to serve on mission in 9 countries around the world.
Jason enjoys hiking, disc golf, woodworking and leather working. He has written a book titled “The Potter’s Hands” which is a year long devotional aimed at drawing people closer to God. He also enjoys building forts in the woods with his kids.
Email Jason at, jason@sesbc.org
Margaret Qillaq