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As a young man in the 7th grade, Jeff was sent to a private boarding school where he gained a valuable education, received Christ as his Savior, and learned the value of minstry to youth. Since graduation, he has spent many years working with adults and youth who have disadvantages that create unstable environments in which to live. Jeff has 16 years experience in law-enforcement and 20+ years in the military.
Claudia was born into a ministry family and received Christ as her Savior when she was eight. She graduated from Cumberland College in Williamsburg, Ky. in 1992 and went to teach at Oneida Baptist Institute in Oneida, Ky. While she was at OBI, she met Jeff, also serving there, and they married. She has experience in teaching, juvenile court system, and several non-profits.
Jeff and Claudia came to McDaniels, Ky in 2005 where their vision of a boarding school/ranch was connected with the same vision of the people of Bethel Fellowship. They acquired donated land and broke ground on the first ranch house in the spring of May 2006.
Jeff and Claudia have three children, Judianne, Elaina, and Samuel.
Ms. Lawson believes in utilizing all of life's experiences for good purposes. She has experienced pain and rejection of an absent father and divorce as a child and an adult. Her life experiences included a drunken, violent father until she was five...then at the age of 12, her mother married a loving, caring, and gentle man who adopted her and her sisters and became her father.
Always having a heart for youth, Ms. Lawson felt called to ministry at Oneida Baptist Institute in 1986 where she served for 19 years. She worked as a night house parent for 15 years, serving in the younger boy's dorm, and later in the girl's dormitory. Her favorite thing there was talking one on one with the students about the Lord and how he had the solution to all of her problems and theirs. Many times she would share how God used the pain and trials of her life to encourage the students. The last four years at OBI, Ms. Lawson served as Dean of Students. In 2006, the Lord called her to Bethel Fellowship to work in the school and help establish RRYR. Ms. Lawson was the first house parent and served two years in that compacity. She continues as Dean of Students at Bethel Christian Academy and is part of the administrative staff of RRYD.
