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Kevin Larson serves as Lead Pastor of Karis. He is a native of Drexel, Missouri, is a 1994 graduate of the University of Missouri (B.A., Honors in Communication), and is a 2004 graduate of Southern Seminary (MDiv., Theology). Kevin has served in local church and campus ministry work for the past 13 years. He is married to Amy, a registered nurse, yet a happy homemaker. The couple has three children-- two boys, Hadley and Kylen and a girl, Melia. Kevin is passionate about building a God-centered, reproducing church in Columbia's "District".

Aarik Danielsen ministers as a lay elder at Karis, preaching the word, leading worship, and shepherding God's people. He serves as an arts reporter at The Columbia Tribune. He and his wife Brooke are excited to seek Columbia's welfare.