LEAD Staff

Pastor Jason Robinson

Student Ministries Pastor
LEAD Internship Executive Director
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Jason joined the COTK staff in 2001 to work in youth ministries. Around thirteen years ago God opened up an opportunity for him to be a youth pastor in the New Orleans area in another small church, consisting of thirty-five people. At this time Jason wanted to get into a few high schools to get more in touch with students. Then he met Pastor Stephen Robinson who ran Next Generation Ministries, a local campus ministry. Jason helped him raise one of the school clubs to over two hundred students each week. Jason immediately inherited four high school clubs running around eight-hundred students a week while our youth ministry had grown to about sixty at the time. The most important part of the story happened during this time and he married Stephanie Smith, a New Orleans girl and a blast to be with. They have four kids; Mia , Trent, Ella and Elise are his beautiful children. Pastor Steve felt a call from God to go to a suburb of New Orleans and start a church, about an hour away from the church Jason was in, but a different region all together. Two years after Pastor Steve started, Jason came over to help as the youth minister and in eight years they watched the youth ministry go from twenty-five students to five hundred in regular attendance.

Fun Facts:

• Hometown – Covington, La
• Best book I ever read – One Word from God Can Change Your Destiny
• Food I crave the most – Brownies
• Top 3 bands on my iPod – Hillsong United, Passion, Kim Walker
• Favorite vacation spot – Disney World
• Where I feel alive – Running around with future leaders and triathlons
• Favorite Starbucks Drink – Cinnamon dolce latte extra whip

Pastor David Madden

College/20Somethings Pastor
LEAD Director
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Dave joined the COTK staff in 2005 working in student ministries. Dave graduated from Baylor with a degree in Finance and Accounting before working at a prominent international consulting firm after college graduation. During his time in the business world he spent his free-time volunteer serving at his church in the inner-city youth ministry. During his time serving, God called him from the corporate world into occupational ministry. His first assignments were as a youth pastor and campus minister in the inner-cities of Dallas, Nashville, and Missouri before moving to Mandeville in 2005 (post Katrina) to be a part of the student ministries staff at Church of the King. Dave currently serves as the director of LEAD Internship and
the C20 (College/20’s) pastor. Dave is married to the love of his life Sarah and they currently have two beautiful children
Kailyn and Alayna and a dog named Lucy.

Fun Facts:

• Hometown – Katy, TX
• Best book I ever read – Bible
• Food I crave the most – Any dessert (with the exception of mint ice cream or any dessert with citrus)
• Top 3 bands on my iPod – Hillsong United, Coldplay, Jesus Culture
• Favorite vacation spot – Anywhere with mountains or on the beach. Love to travel!
• Interesting Facts – Worked as a commercial fisherman in Alaska and a beekeeper
• Where I feel alive – Spending time with my family, investing in young leaders, exercising, and spending time with Jesus.