About us
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OUR COMMITMENTS TOGETHER
WORSHIP
loving God
Our chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever - loving the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength in all of life. Together we worship God in spirit and truth seeking first his kingdom and righteousness.
FELLOWSHIP
loving one another
We love one another as fellow disciples of Jesus Christ. We serve one another. We encourage and exhort one another in the faith. We rejoice with one another and bear one another's burdens. We do all this as a church family.
MISSION
loving our neighbor
God sends us to be Spirit-empowered witnesses to Jesus. We love our neighbor both in word and deed and make disciples of all nations - eagerly awaiting our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
OUR LEADERSHIP
Derek Lam, lead pastor
Derek and his wife, Stacy, grew up in the Roanoke Valley and graduated from Glenvar High School. He was raised in a loving church and came to saving faith in Christ Jesus as an older teen. Through the years, Derek has worked as a construction laborer, a museum educator, a middle and high school science teacher, and a church youth director. He is a graduate of James Madison University (B.A.), VIrginia Commonwealth University (B.S., M.T.), Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (M.Div.) and Knox Theological Seminary (D.Min.). Derek and Stacy have three sons, three daughters and a daughter-in-law.
Christian Beuggert, mission pastor
Christian Beuggert grew up in Switzerland and met his wife, Bonnie, while serving as missionaries in the Philippines. Bonnie grew up in Martinsburg, WV. They were married in 1996. After serving as missionaries in the Philippines for 11 years and in Thailand for 9 years, they moved to the States in 2014. They served as pastor at Ghent Grace Brethren Church until the merge with Citylight in 2019. Christian is leading outreach programs and is also overseeing missions work in Asia. Their burden is to shine the light of Jesus in both our communities and the nations. Christian and Bonnie have one daughter, two sons and a son-in-law.
ELDER TEAM
Elders who are responsible for overseeing the vision and ministry of the church, teaching God's Word, and giving pastoral care.
- Michael Beaudoin
- Christian Beuggert
- Kelvin Cooke
- Derek Lam
- Troy Tate
- Lowell Troyer
DEACONS
Deacons assist the Elders and serve the Members in providing practical leadership to Citylight’s various ministries.
- Beth Guilliams - Fellowship
- Danny Minnix - Facilities
- Thomas Lusk - Music and AV
We have many dedicated men and women leading different ministry teams. We will soon be recognizing others for their leadership to this role of deacon.
STAFF
- Derek Lam - lead pastor
- Christian Beuggert - mission pastor
- Ben Rodkey - part-time youth minister
- Kelvin Cooke - part-time administrator
MISSION
As God the Father sent Christ Jesus (John 20:21), so we are now sent to be witnesses unto him (Acts 1:8) and to make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:18-20). We are called to shine the light of the gospel in this city and into the world for the glory of God and the good of all peoples.
Citylight has partnership in the following ministries and nations:
- local: Blue Ridge Women's Center, Camp Tuk-A-Way, Rescue Mission
- international: Philippines, Zimbabwe, Vietnam, France, Ireland
