Ted Cunningham

Ted Cunningham is the Founding Pastor at Woodland Hills Family Church. He and his wife, Amy, have two children, Corynn and Carson.

Ted loves snuggling with his kids, boating on Table Rock Lake and the pirate ship at the Branson Landing. He is a bandwagon Chicago Cubs fan.

Ted loves seeing lives changed, marriages rescued, and families saved, and gets nauseated when he thinks about the church becoming an organization, rather than the one big family God intended it to be. 

His love for the family leads him into churches and conference centers on a mission to teach couples biblical relationship principles that will transform their family. Ted co-authored The Language of Sex and From Anger to Intimacy with Dr. Gary Smalley. For more information on Ted's speaking schedule, click here.

Recently Ted and Woodland Hills Family Church partnered with Mark Connelly of Mission Community Church  and Dr. Gary Smalley to create TwoIgnite: a local church movement created to strengthen marriage through adventure.

ted@woodhills.org

Ted Burden

Ted Burden is the Worship Pastor at Woodland Hills Family Church. An avid Mizzou Tigers fan, he loves spending time with his wife, Jo, and their two married children and two grandchildren.

Ted could survive on a diet of bananas and fresh Jayhawk. His all-time, hands-down favorite TV show is Andy Griffith and he enjoys fly-fishing on Lake Taneycomo.

 Ted believes that since family was the first group God created and since it was that important to God, it should be important to us. 

Ted shares his leadership and love for Jesus in other venues including Youth Retreats, Singles Conferences, and Mission Trips. To learn more about his schedule of leading worship services, click here. 

He began working in July 2004.

tedb@woodhills.org

Amy Cunningham

Amy Cunningham is Director of Family Ministries at Woodland Hills Family Church. She loves traveling to Disney with her husband, Ted, and their two children, Corynn and Carson.

 Amy graduated with a degree in psychology/counseling and never attended a wedding before her own.

She loves being part of a team that uses their giftedness and passion for Christ to serve the church and community.

She began working in May 2002.

amy@woodhills.org

Denise Bevins
Denise Bevins is the Ministry Director at Woodland Hills Family Church. She and her husband Don have been married for 34 years and have two children and two grandchildren.

 When she’s not cheering on the Oakland Raiders or reading books like “Redeeming Love” or “The Shack”, she dreams of returning to Glacier National Park in Montana.

 Denise loves being available to those who need someone to talk to and is strengthened by people who want to mature.

She began working in July 2004.

denise@woodhills.org

Stephanie Watson

Stephanie Watson is the Wild Woods Director at Woodland Hills Family Church. She can be found every Sunday loving on the elementary age kids with her husband, Andy, and their children, Sam, Lucy, Emma and Roy.

Stephanie is an educational genius, attending four different colleges.  She watches too much reality TV and runs herself ragged enjoying time with her family in the Ozarks.

She is very passionate about her family and firmly believes that the greatest influence on a person is their family life and what they experienced as a child.

She began working in April 2006.

stephanie@woodhills.org

Brenda Pannell

Brenda Pannell is the Critter Street Director at Woodland Hills Family Church. Working with preschoolers comes naturally due to her active family life with Ryan, her husband, Caitlin, Braden and Gavin, their children, and their dog, three rabbits and nine fish.

Brenda’s energy and enthusiasm are best on display cheering on the Oklahoma State Cowboys. She’s always eager to meet new people at the church.

Brenda was on her high school drill team, watches The Office and jams to Miley Cyrus with Caitlin.

She began working in July 2006.

brenda@woodhills.org

Angela Jennings

Angela Jennings is the Student Ministries Director at Woodland Hills Family Church. 

Her favorite thing about working at Woodland Hills is having the opportunity to have good old fashioned “heart to hearts” with her small groups. She excited to work with students because they are beginning to ask really big questions. It's fun to see things click for them.

Angela loves people of all sorts, IOWA, traveling, "sassyness", and being outside as much as possible. 

She began working in August 2008.

angela@woodhills.org
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Pam Strayer

Pam Strayer is the Executive Assistant at Woodland Hills Family Church.  She and her husband, John, have two daughters and six grandchildren.

Pam’s families, at home and at church, are very important to her. She loves supporting others find their way to serve the Lord.

She loves the story found in Daniel 3 when three men came out of a fiery furnace and “there was no smell of fire on them.” It means a lot to Pam because she knows no matter what is in her past, through Jesus, she is washed clean and she doesn’t even “smell like smoke.”

Pam started working in August 2006.

pam@woodhills.org

Woodland Hills Family Church Elders 

Ted Cunningham is the founding Pastor and an Elder of Woodland Hills Family Church.  His heart for the family of God drives him to lead Woodland Hills not as an institution, but as a growing family.

Mike Gattis serves as Elder at Woodland Hills Family Church and devotes his energies to management of the church facilities. Mike is a local businessman and uses his knowledge of business and Branson to help lead Woodland Hills. He is committed to his family and loves serving a church that purposes to meet the spiritual and relationship needs of individuals and their families.

Doug Goodwin has always enjoyed being part of a church that proactively challenges him with practical Biblical truths to live by. He loves ministering side by side with a dreamer/visionary like Ted.

Bill Rogers finds excitement in seeing life change happening every week at Woodland Hills Family Church and being available to assist Pastor Ted and our staff facilitate the ongoing ministry to families in our community.

  
Jim Sedlacek enjoys serving at Woodland Hills Family Church because it is a joy and blessing, where you are surrounded by those who love one another and God's word is taught with accuracy and clarity for life application. His organization and management skills have helped to define the vision of Woodland Hills and keep the leadership team moving toward the set objectives.

Dr. Gary Smalley has been in a marriage and family ministry for over 40 years. He loves serving as an elder for a pastor who has a deep commitment to leading the charge in strengthening marriages and families within the Church worldwide. He is among the seven men who helped to establish Woodland Hills in 2002.