Dennis Eenigenburg
Background: Following graduation from Calvary Bible College, Dennis received both his Master’s and Doctorate of Ministry degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary. Over the years, he has ministered at over 100 FamilyLife Weekend to Remember Conferences both nationally and internationally. Family: Dennis is married to Jill, who studied music at Moody Bible Institute and teaches piano. They have three sons and six grandchildren.
Marriage and family enrichment are their passion along with biblical exposition and missions. Dennis is the author of Workbook on Morality, and he and Jill co-authored Expressing Love in Your Marriage.
Ministry: Dennis is Teaching Pastor and Directional Leader of The Chapel. He spends most of his time teaching at the Oaks location. He also serves the entire church body as an elder on the Chapel Board of Elders.
Kevin McKee
Background: Kevin's hometown is Baton Rouge. He graduated from LSU in 1985 receiving a B.S. in computer science. Kevin has enjoyed three key seasons of his life and ministry at The Chapel. As a student in the 80s, he enjoyed growing and learning through the college ministry. It helped him become grounded in his faith and set the course for a lifetime in ministry. After graduating from Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M.) in 1990, God brought Kevin and his family back to work at The Chapel as a youth and college pastor. For seven delightful years, he grew as a pastor, husband and father. By God's grace during those years, Kevin was also able to complete his studies at Gordon-Conwell Seminary for his Doctorate of Ministry. In 1998, the McKee family moved to Colorado Springs where Kevin served on the pastoral staff of Fellowship Bible Church. But with mountains in the rearview mirror, they returned to The Chapel in 2002. Through all these seasons of life he has had one simple desire, “To tell people about Jesus.” He has not recovered from God's amazing grace and salvation that Kevin experienced at a Young Life Camp at the age of 16.
Family: Kevin married his wife Mary in 1985 and they have four wonderful children. Ministering to the community and students of LSU is one of his passions.
Ministry: Kevin is one of the Teaching Pastors and the Site Pastor for the Campus location. He is also humbled to serve the entire church body as an elder on the Chapel Board of Elders. It is his joy to be involved at The Chapel, serving and growing in the unique community of our church.
Steve Johnson
Background: Steve received his BS in Engineering at Georgia Tech, his ThM at Dallas Theological Seminary and his PhD from Westminster Seminary. He has spent thirty years in pastoral ministry in multi-staff churches.Family: Married to his wife Meredith in 1975, they have two children Lindsey and Matt.
Ministry: Steve is Teaching Pastor at The Campus location and Staff Leader. His personal ministry vision is to communicate biblical truth that is practical and give leadership to the staff and the body so that His vision for The Chapel is accomplished. Steve serves as an elder on the on The Chapel Board of Elders.
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Jeff Mitchell
Background: Jeff received his MDiv. from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. Jeff has served 28 years in ministry, 20 at The Chapel. Nine years as a Chaplain in the Louisiana Army National Guard, he was deployed for Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, two Louisiana hurricanes Rita and Katrina and most recently was deployed to Iraq.
Family: Married to Edie for 25 years they have three children Lauren, Ben, and Jonathan.
Ministry: Jeff has served in College and Adult Ministry and is a Teaching Pastor at the Oaks, overseeing our Deacon Board, Men's Ministry, Lay Counseling, Equipping, and Pre-marital Counseling. His passion includes Men's Fraternity, a three year curriculum that involves understanding 'Authentic Manhood,' 'A Man's Work and His Home,' and 'The Great Adventure' from a biblical perspective. Men's Fraternity offers a teaching time on these topics and a built in Community Group time for fellowship for each weekly session. A fourth year of 6 sessions is being being added for Fathers and Sons to interact about authentic manhood.
Jeff heads up the annual Men's Conference, a time for Chapel men and their guests to get away for a weekend to focus and to be challenged. There is a different speaker every year and a time of worship led by our Chapel Men's Praise Band. Additionally, he serves as an elder on the on The Chapel Board of Elders.
His passion is seeing people grow to maturity in Christ and to help people see how the love of the Father, the grace of Jesus Christ, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit is relevant to every aspect of our lives.
Hans Googer
Family: Hans married his wife Courtney in January of 2005. They recently had their first son, Ethan James.
Ministry: Hans is a new pastor at The Chapel with three very different ministry areas: Internationals, young professionals (the new word for “singles”), and young families. While these ministries seem very different, the end goal is the same: maturity in Christ. He is here to help establish a discipleship structure for these areas and equip and train leaders who can continue people on to maturity.
Hans longs to see three things in his ministry here at The Chapel: (1) that the Internationals become mature leaders in their home cities; (2) that our young adults and families become the next generation's leaders and missionaries and (3) that our church family becomes completely dedicated to life-long discipleship.
Josh LaRavia
Background: Josh received his Bachelors of Arts degree at Louisiana State University in history and a masters from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in Masters of Divinity and Biblical Languages. Before working with the college ministry at The Chapel, he was the collegiate director for Istrouma Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the youth pastor for Grace Life Church in Alexandria, Louisiana. Through each one of these positions Josh has learned a lot about leading and serving the body of Christ.
Family: Josh is married to his wife Allison and they have 2 children, Kennedy and Jackson.
Ministry: Josh pastors a collegiate flock of nearly 500 at the nightly Refuge service. He recently started a campus morning service with nearly 200 students and adults. He disciples a core group of 90 collegiate leaders and adults that serve the campus through outreach and evangelism, community groups, and service. Josh mobilizes students and adults for several world-wide mission trips. He does this because he has a heart to develop life-long missionaries.
His vision is to reach the world through the campus of LSU by shepherding young collegians with a heart "wholly His" and believes the great commission can be fulfilled through the next generation reaching the world for Christ - in Him, by Him, and for Him alone.
Eric Mitchell
Background: Eric recieved is undergraduate degree from Mississippi College. He then went on to get his Masters of Church Ministries, from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Eric continued his schooling and has a Doctorate of Education Ministries from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.Family: Eric married his wife Barbara in 1983. They have three children Tiffany, Danielle, and Jon Adam.
Ministry: Adult Ministry Pastor and Administration Director at The Oaks, Eric's personal vision related to ministry is to see people come to the reality of who God is and how He desires to “know” them personally. He loves to provide the encouragement and resources for people to grow in their walk with God, and to challenge them to release their passion to love God and share their life story.
Donald Tabb
Background: Reverend Tabb originally came to Baton Rouge as a member of Billy Graham’s Evangelistic Team in 1970 for a five day crusade in Tiger Stadium. Reverend Tabb became a Christian at Texas A&M in his senior year, through the witness of his roommate. (His conversion was a shock to his teammates on the Texas A&M Rodeo Team!) Following his service as an Airborne Ranger in the 82nd Airborne Division, he worked two years as the Director of North Texas Methodist Foundation, and two years at Lost Valley Ranch in Colorado. Reverend Tabb then joined the Billy Graham Team for seven years, leaving for a call to form a new church on the Louisiana State University campus -- The Chapel on the Campus.Family: Donald married his wife Mary in 1958. Mary is a retired Professor of English at Louisiana State University. They have five children, and eight grandchildren.
Ministry: Donald Tabb is the Pastor Emeritus of The Chapel on the Campus, an independent evangelical church on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. He founded this church and served as the Senior Pastor for 30 years.