William Attaway became the third senior pastor of Southview Community Church in 2006. Prior to coming to Southview as the associate pastor in 2004, he served as a staff minister at North Richland Hills Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, as well as churches in Mississippi and Alabama. Pastor William is a native of Birmingham, Alabama. He is a graduate of William Carey University in Hattiesburg, MS (B.A. in Religion) and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, TX (M.A. in Theology). His seminary studies focused primarily in the areas of Old Testament and Hebrew studies. William and his wife Charlotte were married in 1997, and they have two daughters: Erin, born in 2004, and Allison, born in 2007.

In previous ministry settings, Pastor William has most enjoyed developing programs for leadership training. He believes and tries to model that a pastor's job is not to do everything himself, but to "equip the saints for the work of service". Pastor William's primary spiritual gifts are teaching and administration. He enjoys reading, traveling, playing golf, and working with computers. He also teaches New Testament Survey for Itawamba Community College’s distance learning program. The Attaways homeschool their daughters, striving to bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. His favorite verse of Scripture is Romans 8:31 - "What then shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?"

Andy grew up in Northeast Indiana and spent the first 29 years of his life there. He became a follower of Christ in 1999, with the guidance of a former Sunday school teacher. Andy met Krissy, his wife, at Huntington University, and they married in 2002. They have two daughters: Elina, born in 2006, and Eva, born in 2009. Andy graduated from Huntington University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Accounting and a minor in Business Management.

In late 2007, Andy felt the leading to begin full-time ministry in worship arts. He served 3 years as the worship leader at Life Church in Huntington, Indiana. In October of 2011, Andy joined the Southview family as the Worship and Arts Pastor. Andy approaches the worship and arts ministry with a broken spirit, remembering Isaiah 6:5 as his reference point – "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."

At home, Andy enjoys spending time with his three “girls”, watching and playing sports, and ‘googling’ sports and tech facts for no purpose whatsoever.

Steve Kane is our newest staff member, coming on full time staff on March 1, 2009 as our Minister of Children and Administration. He became a member of Southview Baptist Church in 1999. He and his wife, Amy, soon began teaching the 3rd/4th grade Sunday School class. After several years of teaching, he felt a calling to become more involved in the children's ministry at Southview and became the volunteer Elementary Director in September 2005. Steve has a passion for developing true discipleship in the lives of children, built on a solid foundation in Christ. He tries to instill the following truth from 1 Timothy 4:12 in the childrens ministry - "Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity."

Both graduates of Virginia Tech, he and Amy have been married since September 1998. His hobbies include playing sports, reading, video games, and collecting sports memorabilia.

Mark Kime and his wife, Susanne, began attending Southview in 1985. Mark has been active in several ministries and currently is serving as an Assistant to the Pastor. Mark graduated from the University of South Florida with a degree in Criminal Justice in 1978 and is retired from the Federal Government after 34 years of service. Mark and Susanne were married in 1978 and have 3 children.

When not volunteering at Southview, Mark enjoys sports of all kind, reading, and a new interest, hiking. One of his favorite Bible verses is Colossians 3:17 “And whatever you do, whether word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God through Him”.

Leah grew up in Sterling, VA, and went to her church school at Calvary Temple from kindergarten to twelfth grade. She began working at Southview in 2006 when she graduated from high school. Her duties at Southview include all communications, promotion and outreach, office management, and church operations. She thanks God for giving her many opportunities to take mission trips to Kenya and looks forward to returning to Africa very soon. Leah earned a B.S. in Music and Religion from Liberty University and teaches private voice and piano lessons in the Northern Virginia area. One of her favorite Bible verses is 1 John 3:2-3, "Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see him as He is. Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as He is pure."

Lynn began working at Southview in 1999. As Church Administrator, Lynn handles the accounting, database, HR, and operational responsibilities for Southview. She graduated from Mary Washington College in 1982. She and Randy married in 1983 and have been blessed with three children. Lynn has been an active member of Calvary Temple in Sterling, Virginia, since 1980. She enjoys reading Christian biographies, Southern Gospel music, proofreading for her churchs transcript ministry, and working there in the childrens ministry. Her favorite Bible verse is Psalm 139, verse 5: "Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me." She is grateful for knowing the saving grace of Jesus since 1978.

Lydia Young began attending Southview in 2002 and soon became active in the children's ministries as a substitute teacher, activity assistant, and taught during the Neighborhood Bible Clubs. Lydia began serving as volunteer Preschool Ministry Director after joining Southview in September 2006 with her family. Lydia was married to Glen in March 1990 and they have two sons - Tyler Russell (born in 1995) and Cameron Allan (born in 1998).

Her father is a retired Lutheran pastor and her extended family has a long history of service in the church and community; values which she has seen modeled since early childhood, and which she embraces with her whole heart. Lydia was born in Michigan but has always lived in Northern Virginia. She graduated from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA with a degree in Accounting and went on to attain her Certified Public Accountant designation shortly thereafter. Lydia works part-time as a financial analyst and compliance auditor. She considers her spiritual gifts to be patience and organizational skills, and her favorite hobby is sewing. Her favorite Bible verse is John 8:31-32 - “If you abide in my word, then you are truly disciples of mine, and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Brittany is serving the church as a one-year Worship and Outreach Ministry resident. She and her husband Jonathan moved to the Herndon area in May and will be serving the church until May 2012. She helps to bolster the worship ministry through assisting the Worship and Arts Pastor in planning services and singing and playing keys on the worship team. She also helps with various projects and planning for the church’s Faith in Action ministry team.

She has a passion for music as well as for Worshiping our Creator God. She believes that our every day lives are to be an act of worship to our Creator with a grateful heart for all He has done for us because this is all He desires. Two scriptures that are included in her philosophy are John 4:24, “God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”, and Hebrews 12:28-29, “Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.”