Joe Lamay was raised in El Segundo, California and was converted to Christ in 1981 at the age of nineteen. From then on, he has sensed a call to be a communicator of the gospel in teaching and expository preaching.

In 1986-87, he attended Christ For The Nations Institute (C.F.N.I.) in Dallas, Texas where he met his wife Sonya, whom he married in 1993. Joe and Sonya have been blessed with five children (Lindsey 10; Justin 7; Michael 5; Matthew 3, Hannah 7 mo.)

Upon graduation from C.F.N.I., Joe attended L.I.F.E. Bible College in Los Angeles (B.A. 1991) where his love for theology and biblical exegesis grew. He studied further at Fuller Theological Seminary (M.A. 1994) where he went through a theological Copernican revolution instigated by his professor Daniel Fuller. From Dr. Fuller Joe learned a method for getting at the intended meaning of the biblical authors, which, now in teaching and preaching, he finds to be the fountain from which God-centered biblically accurate sermons flow.

From 1995-1999, Joe taught Bible, theology, and biblical languages at Cathedral Bible College in Escondido, California where his desire to move from the classroom to the church grew. This desire finally led him to teaching weekly in the local church.

The founding of Abundant Grace Community Church was for the purpose of being a radically God-centered, desperate people who believe that true satisfaction and contentment now and for all eternity are to be found in God (through Jesus Christ) alone!

Very important to Joe's personal life is that he has a wife who shares his theology and his passion for the Lord Jesus Christ.

Check out some books that have influenced Pastor Joe in the Resources section

You can contact him by email: joe@agccsouthbay.org