Desert Shores Community Baptist Church

Meet the Pastor     

My name is George Lyman.  I am the Pastor of Desert Shores Community Baptist Church.  I want to thank you for taking time to learn more about our church and this humble servant.  I say servant because I am first and foremost a servant of God.  I am here to serve His Purposes.  I have made this commitment because I realize how much He loves me and He has given up more than I can ever imagine for me.  My life is the least I can give Him.  I came to know the Lord when I was 17 years old.  I realized how lost and alone I was without Him.  I was blessed to be planted in a loving church that helped me grow in my walk.

I was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona and lived there until 1985.  I attended college at Grand Canyon University where I obtained my Bachelors Degree in Psychology and met my best friend, my wife, Martha.  We became George and Martha.  (A pretty good name combination, don't you think?)  We were married a week after I graduated from college.  We moved to Mohave County 6 months after we married and I took a position as a Deputy Probation Officer for Mohave County and Martha began her career as an Elementary School teacher. 

Being a Deputy Probation Officer was a wonderful job.  I was able to work with people, helping them make positive changes in their lives.  It also taught me how to deal with difficult people.  I was blessed with being a probation officer for over 17 years and I enjoyed serving the courts, helping people to get their lives on the right track.  I guess that is what kept me striving as a probation office and as a follower of Christ.

It was during this time that I continued to serve in whatever capacity was needed, at my local church.  I served as a Deacon; I taught the 4 & 5 year olds and worked with the youth.  I was just a big kid at heart.  I love to have fun serving the Lord.  I learned how to play the guitar and helped lead music whenever needed.

I sensed God telling me to get ready for ministry.  My pastor at the time, Jack Marshlender, told me that if I wanted to be ready as a "full time" servant of Christ, I needed to be out of debt, to be serving wherever God placed me and to be obedient to His word.  I have continued to work on those things, even to this day.  I realize that those suggestions are not just to get ready for ministry, but to keep oneself usable in ministry.

God is faithful!  It was not long after that, God used me to preach in the pulpit of my home church.  I answered the call to the Gospel Ministry in the summer of 2001 and was ordained in August of 2001.  I served in a part-time position as an interim pastor at Golden Shores Community Baptist Church from June 2001 to February 2002.  I continued to fill in and provide pulpit supply as needed.  In the Fall of 2002, I took a part-time position as the Worship Leader of First Baptist Church of Fort Mojave.  I served there until I was called to be the Pastor of Desert Shores Community Baptist Church in January 2003.

Allow me to tell you a little about Desert Shores Community Baptist Church.  We started in 1995 as a mission church of Mohave Valley Baptist Church until we constituted (officially formed as a non-profit organization/church) in 2000.  We are associated with the River Valley Baptist Association and the Arizona Southern Baptist Association.  In June 2008 we began worship service in our first permanent home that God provided at 2625 Landon Drive.  It is our hope to reach everyone in the area with the Light of the Gospel, including the students of Sunrise Elementary.  We invite you to come as we grow and reach others for Christ.

You might be asking how you can help!  First of all, pray for the church and the members of our body.  You can also pray for me.  I am in my sixth year as a pastor.  The desire to serve God and to help the congregation grow spiritually is greatly on my heart.  There are many needs in the BHC region.  Pray that I, along with the members of our church, might serve God and grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Finally, pray for me and my family.  I have embarked on becoming more fit as a pastor pursuing my seminary classes at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary.

Thank you for taking the time to read about what we are doing and how we can use your help to become part of God's work.

Sincerely,
George Lyman
Pastor, DSCBC