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<td><img src="../upload/NLPC/photos/r_j.jpg" align="left" width="216" height="149" hspace="10" vspace="10" alt="[Pastor Randy and wife Judy]">

A North Carolina product, NLPC`s Pastor, <b>Randolph Lucas,
</b> is in fact a Benson native.  He was instrumental in starting
the NLPC in 1977 at age 25.  It has been his pleasure to serve as pastor
since then except for an 18 month period in 2000, 2001.  While serving
as pastor, Randy has also worked as a Principal Scientist for
an internationally recognized research contracts organization  He holds
a BS degree in Economics and an MS in Applied Mathematics.
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Randy and his wife, Judy, live in Benson.  They have three children,
Michael, Elizabeth and Jonathan (who is with the Lord).
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