Our Leadership
Sojourn Church is led by a plurality of Elders.
Sankie Lynch: Church Planter/Elder/Pastor of Preaching & Theological Vision
Sujan Joshi: Lay Elder
Tyler Mills: Lay Elder
(Bio’s coming soon!)
the path to plant
Sankie & Jamie have been married since 1999. They have three boys, Sankie II, Owen, and Jackson.
For several years, they knew God was directing them to church planting. But what gift set does that require? What assessment is needed? What country? What city? What type of church? What type of church planting network would collaborate, care for, and walk them through?
They began their lives together in a church plant in NW Arkansas. After three years, they thought they were going to spend their lives overseas, so they joined a missions-mobilizing group called The Traveling Team. God began to clarify calling and gifting over the next couple of years, and they knew shepherding/pastoring churches, making disciples, church planting, and further theological education was part of the future.
They spent ten years in Tahlequah as Sankie was on staff at Grace Baptist Church as the Pastor of Twentysomethings & Small Groups and then four years on staff in South Tulsa at New Beginnings as Pastor of Discipleship and Young Families.
While part of New Beginnings, God began to lead them toward church-planting again. Sankie had finished his Masters of Divinity through Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY. Several Professors and Pastors introduced them to Harbor Network (formerly Sojourn Network). They went through assessment and were launched as the first church plant from New Beginnings Church in 2018.