Leadership

Pastors & Staff

Meet our Staff

We want you to get to know us!

Michael Lacobee

Lead Pastor / Elder
Michael and his wife, Heather, both grew up in Springfield and served at Crossway Baptist Church. Michael completed his Biblical Studies degree at Luther Rice before being called to plant a church in Omaha, Nebraska.

Michael became the lead pastor of River Stone Fellowship in 2017. The Lacobees have four children: Adalay, Millie, Nora, and Elsie.

Court Ennis

Operations Pastor / Elder
Court and his wife, Emily grew up in Springfield. Court graduated from Southwest Baptist University in 2006 and served in various ministries before God called him to serve here in 2010.

Courtney became the executive pastor of River Stone Fellowship in 2017. The Ennis' have two children: Lucy and Liam.

Heather Lacobee

Josh Clutter

Director of Kid's Ministry
Director of 56ers Ministry
Heather is from Springfield, MO, after her and Pastor Michael planted a church in Omaha, NE. In 2017 God called them back to Nixa.

Heather began serving as the Director of KIDS Ministry in August of 2022. The Lacobees have four children: Adalay, Millie, Nora, and Elsie.
Josh grew up north of Kansas City, MO. After college at Southwest Baptist University Josh joined the army.  Josh came to River Stone in 2018 and began serving as the 56ers Director in 2020.

Josh has a daughter named Abigail.

Elders

Gary Kirk

Lay Elder
Gary and his wife Nicole live in Republic

Deacons

Joshua Clutter
Randy Magers
Matt Raithel
Stephen Short
Bobby Suttles