New Life Staff
Joe Varner
Senior Pastor
Pastor Joe Varner is originally from Farmville, Virginia. His wife is Morgan. They met in his fraternity house when they were students at Randolph - Macon College (Ashland, VA). Pastor Joe earned his masters of divinity at Duke Divinity School. He then served two years as Associate Pastor at St. Mark’s UMC (Midlothian, VA) and then 9 years at Thalia UMC (Virginia Beach). Joe & Morgan have 3 daughters.
He is grateful for the opportunity to serve Christ with all at New Life. He is confident the Spirit of the Lord has gone ahead of us to prepare the way for an incredible journey.