IMMANUEL
BAPTIST CHURCH
Meet The Team
Pastor Jack Benzenhafer
Music Director
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Pastor
Keith Jefferson
Keith Jefferson is a native of Houston, Texas. He and his wife, Deborah, are the proud parents of four daughters who are living for Christ. Keith is the pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Greensboro, NC. Previously, Keith and Deborah served as International Mission Board Missionaries in Brazil from 1995 until 2011. After serving over 15 years on the mission field, Keith accepted the offer to work at IMB headquarters to serve as Church Missions Strategist and Mobilizer for African American churches and 14 northeastern states. After five years at this position Keith took early retirement from IMB and then worked with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina where he served as the Senior Church Planting Consultant SBC African American Churches, 2016 – 2018. Keith holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Houston Baptist University and a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Along with this, Keith has completed the majority of doctoral seminars in the Doctorate of Ministry degree at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
Associate Pastor
Jack Benzenhafer
Jack and his wife Pat joined the Immanuel Church family in October of 2011 after moving to the Triad when their granddaughter was born. In March of 2012, he was called to join our staff as Assistant Pastor for Senior Adult Ministry. In addition to assisting the Pastor and the church in other areas of ministry, he gives oversight to the monthly Senior Adult luncheon and provides pastoral care to Immanuel's home-bound and members in care facilities. Jack holds the Bachelor of Science degree in Bible with a minor in Christian Education from Philadelphia Biblical University, a Master of Arts in New Testament from Wheaton College, and the Doctor of Ministry degree from Western Seminary, with additional studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has served as Pastor of First Baptist Church, Fosterburg, Illinois and Jackson Baptist Church in Jackson, New Jersey, and Interim Pastor at a number of churches. He and Pat served as missionaries to Philippines, where Jack also served as President of Koinonia Theological Seminary. He has served on the faculty of Carolina Evangelical Divinity School, Carolina Christian College, Westminster Christian Academy, Koinonia Theological Seminary (Philippines), Bethel Seminary of the East, Philadelphia Biblical University, Northeastern Bible College, and Charlotte Christian High School. In addition, Jack has coached basketball and soccer at Wheaton College, Northeastern Bible College, Faith Academy (Philippines), Westminster Christian Academy, and Charlotte Christian High School.