A Message From Our Co-Lead Pastors

Hey Life Church Buffalo Family!

Watching God’s work in and through Life Church Buffalo is nothing short of miraculous. Each year, we are amazed by how He moves in our church, and it’s a privilege to be part of this journey.

Our mission remains clear: to help people know and follow Jesus step by step. This year, we’ve seen lives transformed and our community strengthened, all for His glory. Behind every story of life change is a dedicated group of selfless servants making it possible.

The 2024 Annual Report highlights what God has accomplished this past year. You’ll find stories of life change, new leaders, ministry updates, and a brief financial recap. Each number and story represents a life impacted, reminding us that every story matters to God.

None of this would be possible without your trust and generosity. Thank you for investing your time, resources, and passion into God’s work through Life Church Buffalo. Together, we believe the best is yet to come!

Humbled and grateful,
Pete & Kelly Jankowski
Co-Lead Pastors

Reach & Teach

Social Media

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  • 2,894 Followers
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  • 4,589 Followers
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  • 2,047 Subscribers
  • 52,392 Views
  • 12,949.4 Watch Hours
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Total Adult Attendance

Special Attendance

2,019

Easter Attendance

2,369

Christmas Attendance

1,080

1st Time Guests

308

2nd Time Guests

Total Next Gen Attendance

11,403

Total KidsLife Yearly Attendance

229

Average KidsLife Weekly Attendance

1,558

Total Middle School Yearly Attendance

3,585

Total StudentLife Yearly Attendance

2,027

Total High School Yearly Attendance

85

Average StudentLife Weekly Attendance

77

Kids Said Yes To Jesus

31

Students Said Yes To Jesus

27

Extra Needs Students Learning About Jesus

Our Vision

We

ENVISION

A

Local Church

Of

CHRIST

Followers

Who

joyfully make room for people at every stage of belief

gather as one each WEEKEND to experience God and proclaim the Good News in the most excellent way

belong in small group COMMUNITY to grow their faith and authentically live it out together in real time

love their world with intentional, creative OUTREACH so those far from God may be brought closer to Him

Belong & Become

113

People Completed Growth Path Step 1

104

People Completed Growth Path Step 2

Adult Salvations

People Baptized

New Covenant Partners

Find Yours logo for Life Groups

710

Total People In Life Groups

89

New Life Group Leaders

79

Total Life Groups

24

New Life Groups

20

People Joined Alpha

Our Mission

Love & Serve

Support To Missions

Given To Disaster Relief

$32,495

Given To Christmas Offering

2,788

International Mission Hours

5500+

Local Outreach Volunteer Hours

675

Unique Volunteers in Outreach

553

Unique Volunteers on Dream Team

395

Volunteers

203

Families Sponsored

485

Children Served

700+

People Heard The Gospel

693

Volunteer Shifts

2,700

Gifts Provided

650

Games Provided

29

Families Adopted

LCB, What a loving family we are, full of diversity in ethnic culture and backgrounds, full of generations of wisdom, creativity, passion for Jesus, sharing the truth and the way both locally and nationally.

Gosh, I love my church 🙌 and I love how they love Jesus

You are all so kind, warm, gentle, and inviting, true examples of Jesus and how we as people should always be to one another! I’m so happy I found my love for God and, of course, Life Church Buffalo

I love my community of faith ❤️

Pastor Pete holds nothing back. I’m so happy my wife found this church.

I’ll be back again! I love it here, even if I have to drive from Springville. I feel at home here.

The way I look forward to Sundays ❤️✝️

I love my church! I knew it was my home church from the first service I attended. The more I go, the more I can’t stay away!

Great music, great people, great volunteers, great staff, doing God’s work and answering His call. Doesn’t get any better than that.

Church was wonderful this morning!! Nothing like coffee, Jesus, & Pastor Pete-it just starts my week in a grateful & thankful way Thank You LCB. YOU ROCK

New Staff Hires

As we reflect on the year 2024 and all that God has done, one of the areas where we clearly see His goodness and provision at LCB is in the people that He has called to be a part of this ministry! On New Year’s Eve, when we were reflecting on the year behind us, we were specifically thanking God that in 2024, we were able to add 9 people to our staff! This is such a gift not only to our team, but also to the people of Life Church Buffalo and our community.

The words of Jesus in Matthew 9:37-38 bring some perspective to the need for people when He told his disciples, “…The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

Because of the generosity of the people of God, giving towards the mission of God, we have been able to continue to add staff our team to further the work of spreading the Good News of the Gospel wherever God opens doors!

We have prayed for the Lord to bring the right people, at the right time, for the right purpose to our staff, and He has done just that! The impact, reach, and contribution of our newest staff members has already been felt and we can’t wait to see what else God will continue to do in and through them in 2025!

 Pete & Kelly Jankowski

Jordan McLeod

Jordan McLeod

Worship Pastor

Jordan has had a call to ministry on His life from a young age. After years of falling away Jordan came back to a relationship with Jesus in 2018 and dove back into worship ministry soon after that.Jordan served as a leader and worship pastor at Sozo Community Church in Nashville, Tennessee. And in the years to follow Jordan felt the Lords pull to teach others what the Spirit has shown him.He started a ministry with his wife, Allie, called Abide & Dwell. Which serves people in ministry by providing them rest, healing and discipleship. A big part of that ministry is teaching pastors, worship leaders and church staff what rest and worship truly are.Jordan is continuing to cary out his callings as the Worship Pastor at Life Church Buffalo.Jordan has been married to his wife Allie since 2011 and they have two wonderful kids, Ian and Isla.

 

Erik Ticen

Erik Ticen

Communities Pastor

Erik has been drawn toward equipping people since his early college days. For over 25 years, he served as a media producer, director, and strategist on hundreds of creative projects. Yet, without a doubt, his greatest love is producing and directing disciples for Jesus. In 2014, Life Church Buffalo helped Erik plant Simple Way Church, which he had the joy of shepherding for eight years. He joined the LCB pastoral team in 2024.

 

Caleb DesJardins

Caleb DesJardins

Outreach Director

Caleb felt the call to serve at age 20, growing his passion for people over the next decade while honing his operational skills in tourism across Niagara Falls and Buffalo. After he and his wife began attending Life Church Buffalo in early 2023, Caleb put his relational gifts to work through various outreach efforts. In the summer of 2024, he joined the staff as Outreach Director, where he combines his love for people, the community, and his executive experience to lead outreach initiatives and support the building of God’s Kingdom.

Dylan Smith

Dylan Smith

Guest Services Director

Dylan was born and raised in Texas. After accepting Jesus at a young age, he fell away in high school and college before finding faith again in 2012 alongside his girlfriend, now wife, Angelina. Dylan worked for his father’s air and water filtration business after college and remained in the business until his wife got a job opportunity in Buffalo, NY in 2020. After the move, they and their two boys began to get involved in LCB. Dylan was hired as the Guest Services Director in June 2024 to support, encourage, equip, and disciple our greeter, usher, cafe, and merchandise teams, by building trustful relationships, speaking life, and imitating Christ to the best of his abilities.

 

Jeremiah Baksa

Jeremiah Baksa

Facilities Director

Jeremiah and his wife, Danielle, have been involved in LCB since December 2022 and just welcomed their newborn son, Samuel, in September 2024. He was hired as LCB’s Facilities Director in March 2024 to coordinate our facility and property operations. He’s responsible for all new projects, maintenance, repairs, cleaning, and operation of the church building, the grounds, and the church office. Since being on staff, he’s significantly grown our volunteer facilities team and completed numerous projects around the church. On Sundays and Wednesdays, he also serves the next generation as a StudentLife leader.

Jenna Keller

Jenna Keller

Integrator

Jenna was a part of LCB at its beginning in 2006. Having given her heart to the Lord at age 12, she began serving in youth and worship ministry at age 13. In college, God called her to vocational ministry. God returned her family to LCB in 2020, and she was hired as the Integrator in February of 2024. In her position, she develops Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), integrates key functions to allow our teams to work more effectively and efficiently together, and handles daily operational issues related to processes and procedures. She, her husband, Josh, and their two children, Wyatt and Emery, love their church family and can’t wait to see what the Lord has for them.

 

Hunter Johnson

Hunter Johnson

Next Gen Ministry Assistant

Hunter has been a member of LCB since day one. He accepted Jesus in middle school and started seeing his calling for ministry as a sophomore in high school. Hunter had the unique experience of growing up in our kids and student ministries and was excited to begin serving in KidsLife in 2018 and then StudentLife not too long after. He was hired on staff as the Next-Gen Ministry Assistant in March of 2024. He works alongside our Children’s Director and Student Pastor to help with curriculum, scheduling, volunteer onboarding, and whatever else working with kids and teens brings! He’s also a proud patriots fan.

 

Isaac Gay

Isaac Gay

Creative Collaborator

Isaac is a multifaceted artist and visionary working at the intersection of creativity, spirituality, and contemporary thought. As a worship leader, thinker, and writer, his heart is that of an iconoclast while remaining grounded in the enduring principles of orthodox Christianity. He is the co-founder of Parallel Society, an organization centered on reimagining evangelism in our modern cultural moment. Isaac’s background and education is in musical theater, where he worked nationally and in New York City. He has also spent over a decade in local pastoral ministry with his wife, Emily, as part of the planting team at Church of the City New York. They then moved cross-country to build a creative community in Light Church San Diego before moving to Buffalo in the Winter of 2024 to serve as Creative Collaborators at LCB.

 

Emily Gay

Emily Gay

Creative Collaborator

Emily is a versatile artist with a rich background in musical theatre, holding an MFA in acting. For the past decade, she has served in full-time ministry in NYC and Southern California, leading prayer rooms and prayer ministry, mentoring worship leaders, and discipling artists to be powerful messengers of the gospel in today’s world. In the Winter of 2024, God invited Emily and her family to come back home to Western New York. With Isaac, her husband, she serves as a Creative Collaborator here at LCB. They and their three sons, Simeon, Silas, and Schafer, continue to enjoy discovering the beauty of the Buffalo region.

 

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