Our Prayer
"May We Be A Blessing to Lago Vista
and the Communities of the North Shore"

Paul Rodgers was born to Frederick Ford and Lillian Ruth Rodgers on August 13, 1956, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He was the oldest son with one older sister, Brenda, and three younger siblings; Shirley, Charles, and Henry. He graduated from Hobart Senior High School in Hobart, Indiana, in 1974, with an emphasis in College Prep.

     Paul became a Christian at age thirteen and was called to preach in his later teens at Camp Zion in Myrtle, Mississippi. He went to William Carey College in Hattiesburg, MS, from 1974 to 1978, and graduated with a BA in Biblical Studies. While in college, he served as a Baptist Student Union Summer Missionary (BSU) in Delta Junction, Alaska, in 1977. He met his wife, Patsy Collins, at the BSU orientation in MS. She was going as a BSU summer missionary to Washington State. Patsy graduated from William Cary College in 1979, with a BS degree in teaching (K-8) and an MS degree in School Counseling from Mississippi State University. Paul and Patsy were married June 7, 1980. They went on to serve as a summer missionary couple on Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri in 1981. He graduated in 1982, with a Master of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Seminary. After graduation, they returned to Missouri to pastor Ivy Bend Baptist Mission on Lake of the Ozarks (1982-1985). Later, they were called to New Home Baptist Church in Camdenton, Missouri, where they served a little over two years.

     In 1987, Paul accepted the call to serve as a U.S. Army Chaplain. He served in various positions for twenty-three years and retired as an Army Major in 2011. During his service, Paul received a Master of Science in Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family from the University of Central Texas in Killen, Texas. Later Paul took four quarters of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and went on to serve as a Hospital Chaplain. He was deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and Qatar for two years where he was awarded the Bronze Star. He worked with soldiers dealing with PTSD at Fort Bliss, TX. He has also served in Suwon, South Korea, Schweinfurt, Germany and SHAPE, Belgium.

     Paul served as pastor at Lowery Creek Baptist Church in Seminary, MS, for two years and went on to serve as the pastor of First Baptist Church of Sanford, in Sanford, MS for three years. From Sanford, he and Patsy served as missionaries with Word of Life Ministries in Pyeongtaek, South Korea where their son and his wife were serving as full-time missionaries. Paul pastored a small English-speaking service for six months while the pastor was on furlough. Upon completion of their missionary assignment to Korea, they built a home in Lago Vista, TX, to be near grandchildren.

     After visiting Lakeside Christian Fellowship, they joined, and he was later called to be their pastor. They have been serving here for almost two years. The church has since bought and moved into their current building at 3305 Pinnacle Cove Drive.

     Paul and Patsy have three children: Rachel Lagos (Athens, Greece), Jeremy (Elsbeth) Rodgers (Jeju Island, South Korea) and Amy (Landon) Hobson (Lago Vista, TX). They have eleven grandchildren: Rachel (Nefeli & Perseus); Jeremy (Loralyn, Paul, Estelle, Mae and Danny); Amy (Suzie, Jolie, Levi, & Ford).

*Amy and Landon Hobson own the Arise Gym for gymnastics, ninja and cheer in Lago Vista.