The Team
Chris Westbrook
Lead Teaching Pastor
Nickname: The original Karate Kid
Childhood Hero: Wolverine
Favorite things: Rock climbing, Snowboarding, Martial Arts, Photography
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2012- Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelors in Middle Grades Education, Georgia State University.
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Chris has been a Worship Leader and Bible Teacher for more than 15 years. He also owned and operated a photography company before coming on full time staff at Riverstone.
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MINISTRY LEADERS
Anna Vibert
Kids Pastor
Profession: Stay-at-home-mom-extraodinaire
Favorite things: The Public Library System, all things Winnie the Pooh, Horse, Dance
Graduated: Piedmont College, bachelors in Early Childhood Education
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Anna met her husband in Sunday school when she was 8… so now she’s in the business of future match-ups. (JUST KIDDING) She also had a quarter horse who was the ‘absolute love of her life for 7 wonderful years’ She then noted he was probably the reason she never had a boyfriend till she was 22.
Scott Westbrook
Founding Pastor Emeritus
Nickname: The original hipster.
Childhood Hero: Superman, A.K.A Man of Steel
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Favorite things: Kids & Grandkids, Nature Photography, Jeeping & Fly-Fishing.
Scott has been in Ministry since 1972 serving as a Pastor, Youth Pastor & Bible Teacher, Christian Musician, and Chaplain. In July 1991 he planted the Gwinnett Vineyard Church with a group of friends. The Gwinnett Vineyard changed it's name to Riverstone Church upon moving to it’s present location.
1977- Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion, Mercer University, Atlanta.
1986- Graduated with a Masters of Divinity, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth Texas.
Elders
Our Elder Board consist of mature disciples of Jesus who help us make value based decisions for the flourishing of our people and the effective execution of our mission. These fine folks help keep our leadership spiritually accountable to their duties and roles. They also Serve our people giving pastoral council and prayer and we are so thankful for their wisdom and input.
Finance Team
This team overlaps with our elders in part- but they are tasked with keeping our finances above board and on track in impact and effectiveness. They have full access to all our books and oversee annual audits along with other initiatives aiming at financial accountability and health.
Lay Council
This team meet's quarterly to answer this question: How do we know what we are doing- Is actually DOING the thing we THINK it's doing? In other words, they help keep us on Mission and moving towards our goal in practical ways. We brainstorm, we assess, we pray.