Rev. Brent Harriman - Pastor
Rev. Brent Harriman is a native of Memphis, Tennessee and a graduate of The University of Mississippi (BS in Business Management) and Covenant Theological Seminary (M.Div. in Biblical Studies and Counseling). While in St. Louis, he met his wife Emily, who earned a Masters of Arts in Counseling from Covenant. Upon graduation they moved to Knoxville. Brent served as a Campus Minster with RUF (Reformed University Fellowship) at The University of Tennessee from 2004-2012. He then continued with RUF, on the National Staff, as an Area Coordinator, overseeing and starting new campus works in Tennessee, Kentucky, and throughout the Midwest. In January of 2017, they accepted a call to plant Resurrection in the Bearden area of Knoxville . Brent and Emily have been married since 2002 and have two children, William and Abigail. His interests include the mountains, cycling, quality food & drink, the St. Louis Cardinals, and spending time with his family.
Rev. Lucas Dourado - Assistant Pastor
Lucas joined the Resurrection staff in 2022 after serving as RUF campus minister at the University of Connecticut for eleven years. He was born in Brazil, grew up in New Jersey, and has moved around a lot, even spending some time in Knoxville on the RUF staff at UT from 2006-2008. He is a graduate of Wake Forest University and Covenant Theological Seminary. In 2012 he married Maggie, and they have two children, Margot and Asher. Lucas loves sports, music, and binge-worthy TV.
Katie ford - operations coordinator
Katie is a Knoxville native and grew up in the Rocky Hill area. She is married to her high school sweetheart, Ryan, and they have two kids, Ramsey and Preston. She and Ryan both graduated from MTSU where Katie was involved in Young Life for several years. Katie graduated with a degree in Exercise Science, then went on to get her doctorate of Physical Therapy from UT Health Science Center. She practiced physical therapy in Knoxville and in Oak Ridge, until deciding to take a break from it after their second child was born. Katie and Ryan are huge Vol fans, and rarely turn down an opportunity to go to a game. Katie loves gardening, exploring the Knoxville (or really any city’s) food scene, exercising, and being outside. Ultimately, though, she loves being a mom, wife, and friend to others and hopes she is able to share Jesus in these roles, even if in the smallest ways.
Jordan Wright - Worship Director / Community Ministry
Jordan desires for people to fall into a deeper relationship with Christ. Originally from Knoxville, he has also lived in Louisiana and Arkansas. He has served as a worship leader for various denominations including the Church of God (Anderson) as well as the Anglican Church of North America. He is a graduate from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and holds a Master of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies from Belhaven University. Jordan, his wife Ashley, and their three children Silas, Maeve, and Jude live in North Knoxville. His interests include playing guitar, eating delicious food, and Tennessee football.
Lee Ann webster
women’s and children’s Ministry director
Lee Ann grew up in Fountain City and attended the The University of Tennessee where she was a member of the Vol dance team and loved her sorority and attending RUF.
Years after graduating with a degree in Speech Communication, she joined in working as an intern for RUF until she and her husband Jim were expecting their first child, Abbie Lee. Lee Ann worked on staff in college ministry with Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church and also worked as the Youth Worker at Sequoyah Hills Church. One of her passions is using cheer, dance and storytelling in sharing the Hope we have in Jesus. She started a cheer camp at CSPC 25 years ago that is continuing to operate every summer. She and her husband Jim helped plant Redeemer Church on campus in Knoxville and are life long Vol fans. Her daughter is a rising junior at Samford University and her son, James will be attending Ole Miss in the Fall.
The ‘cherry on top’ is Rosemary and she’ll be a first grader at CAK.
Lee Ann is most happy when drinking a latte and heading to a tennis match while listening to Hamilton, Matchbox Twenty, or Ellie Holcomb.