Meet The Pastor
Pastor Bill Kirkpatrick
Bill graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Biblical Studies and Business Management from Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri. He met his wife Lori while attending Evangel University. His wife graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education/Early Childhood. After that, in 1990, they married and moved to Kansas City. They went on the pastoral staff at Antioch Church, in Overland Park, Kansas. While at Antioch, Bill served as the Student Ministries and Life Groups Pastor. He and his wife served together on this staff for over 18 years.
After doing ministry in Overland Park, Ks, Bill and Lori went to Birmingham, AL to study church planting at Church of the Highlands, one of the most successful plants in the country. Then in 2011, working closely with the ARC (Association of Related Churches), Bill and Lori moved their family to Chandler, Arizona to start New Heights Church.