| | On June 10, 2018, Ohm announced to the congregation his retirement as the Lighthouse senior pastor at some point near the end of May 2019, by which time he would have led the church for twenty years. On January 20, 2019, in a 95 percent vote of the membership, Lighthouse church called Gregory Robert "Greg" Kern (born September 20, 1965) as Ohm's successor pastor. An [[Ohio]] native reared in [[Florida]], Kern was formerly the pastor of Faithway Baptist Church, an independent congregation in Elk Grove in Sacramento County, California.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/gregory-kern/gregoryrobertkern|title=Gregory Kern|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 28, 2019}}</ref> Kern preached his first sermon at Lighthouse on April 28, 2019. An installation service followed on June 9. | | On June 10, 2018, Ohm announced to the congregation his retirement as the Lighthouse senior pastor at some point near the end of May 2019, by which time he would have led the church for twenty years. On January 20, 2019, in a 95 percent vote of the membership, Lighthouse church called Gregory Robert "Greg" Kern (born September 20, 1965) as Ohm's successor pastor. An [[Ohio]] native reared in [[Florida]], Kern was formerly the pastor of Faithway Baptist Church, an independent congregation in Elk Grove in Sacramento County, California.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/gregory-kern/gregoryrobertkern|title=Gregory Kern|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 28, 2019}}</ref> Kern preached his first sermon at Lighthouse on April 28, 2019. An installation service followed on June 9. |