Our Team.

Pastor Daron Hudspeth and wife Joy met while attending Christian Life College in Stockton, California. They were married in 1990, and have enjoyed 30 years of marriage and ministry together.

Following graduation, the Hudspeth's moved to Oklahoma where he received his ministerial credentials from the UPCI, and they served as Assistant Pastor in Duncan, Oklahoma for three years. In 1993, they received the call to relocate to San Diego to serve as Youth Pastor at Revival Tabernacle (aka The Anchor). They served as Youth Pastor for three years, and began serving as Senior Associate Pastor in 1997, remaining in that position until their departure in 2002. In October 2001, Reverend Kenneth F. Haney was voted in as General Superintendent of the UPCI, and shortly thereafter, the Hudspeth’s would move to St. Louis where Joy would serve as his assistant at headquarters, and Brother Hudspeth would pioneer a church in the metro St. Louis area. The Hudspeth's moved to St. Louis in 2002, began the Abundant Life Family Center, and Pastor Hudspeth was honored with ordination. They served faithfully for ten years until May of 2012 when they were voted in as Pastor of TLC in Saint Petersburg.

The Hudspeth’s are the proud parents of Jordan and his wife Sarah, Landon, and Ashton. They are also Lollie and Pop to their beautiful granddaughter Amelia Maye and a soon to be born grandson.

Their first official service at TLC was Father's Day in June 2012. Since that time, the TLC family and the Huds­peth's have grown to deeply love and appreciate each other. Pastor Hudspeth's authentic, relevant, and encour­aging ministry is the result of real-world experience and a testimony of what God can do through a sold-out willing vessel.

Pastor Hudspeth is also a certified, licensed chaplain and serves over 6000 cor­porate employees in this capacity. The Hudspeth's consider it a great honor and privilege to serve The Life Church family, and they are very excited to see what the future holds for this amazing church.