Rev. Lewis serves several local United Methodist congregations in Halifax County. He grew up near his current pastoral assignments. Rev. Lewis graduated from Northwest Halifax County High School before entering North Carolina State. He went on to graduate from NCSU with a BS in Computer Science. His specialty was systems performance and capacity planning. He worked for Lowe’s Companies, Inc., Piedmont Airlines, USAir, and BB&T before entering graduate school. After finishing graduate school at Asbury Theological School with a Masters of Divinity, he returned to North Carolina to serve rural congregations. He currently serves on the Halifax-Warren Smart Start (HWSS) board of directors. He is also a past board chair of HWSS. He has served on the Local Partnership Advisory Committee as well as being a past recipient of the Ashley O. Thrift Award. In addition to his work with local UMC congregations and the Smart Start Network, Rev. Lewis also serves on several other non-profit boards and agencies.