Chad Stafford Associate Pastor, Spiritual Life cstafford@sanctuaryonline.cc Bio Chad Stafford is a credentialed minister in the Church of God. He has served in a variety of pastoral roles over the past twenty years since receiving the call to ministry in 1989. Prior to coming to The Sanctuary, he and his wife ministered in churches across West Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Both he and his wife, Philana, of eighteen years, are alumni of Lee University. Chad holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music with a Church Music/Worship emphasis. His principal instrument is voice and he also enjoys leading and training choirs and worship teams. Currently, Chad is pursuing graduate studies in worship from Liberty University Theological Seminary. Chad has been featured as a guest soloist, clinician, and choral conductor in worship seminars, conferences, recordings, concerts, and crusades. In 2007, he was invited by Greg Laurie Harvest Crusade Ministries to direct the Harvest Crusade Mass Choir in Raleigh, NC. Local outreach and world mission have also been very important aspects of Chad’s ministry experience having led many worship teams and choirs to minister outside the church both regionally and internationally to areas such as Post Katrina New Orleans as well as countries such as Germany, Ireland, and Ecuador. Spouse Philana McNeely Stafford Children Isaak, Benjamin, Abigail, David and Joseph Birthday February 4, 1971 Favorite TV Show Throwdown With Bobby Flay Favorite Restaurant Carrabba's Italian Grill Favorite Book of the Bible Psalms Favorite CD Rescue by Newsong Hobbies Hanging with the family, reading, Facebook, songwriting, basketball and tennis Most embarrassing thing that ever happened to me Leading worship with my fly down and having to wait to correct the problem until the pastoral prayer...the longest ten minutes of my life!