~Pastor Joel Banister~

Joel is very excited to serve on the staff here at Maywood community church and is thrilled to see what the Lord has in store for the youth department.

He is a graduate of Calvary Bible College and is pursuing a Masters degree in Leadership.

His hobbies are reading, running, and hanging out with his wife, daughter, and son. Joel has been playing guitar for over 20 years and studied guitar in college as well as taught college level guitar classes.
He enjoys helping the church come before God's throne through music.

Joel's favorite quote is "Care more than others think is wise, risk more than others think is safe, dream more than others think is practical, expect more than others think is possible".

One of Joel's favorite Bible verses is James 1:27 "Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world."