Live Oak Leadership
Get To Know The Team
Brian Few | Pastor
Brian Few pastors Live Oak Church. Brian was born in Charlotte, NC and raised in Cary, NC. After high school, he moved to Wilmington, NC to attend college at UNCW. During his time at UNCW he met his wife, Lindsay, and started a college ministry called Overflow at Port City Community Church. They spent the next ten years leading Overflow and growing their family. In 2012 they started Live Oak Church and are still leading this church community. The Fews love the beach, friends, food, and music.
Brian Few | Pastor
Reid Wilson | Elder
Jay Bennett | Elder
Jay Bennett was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. His wife Rachel grew up in Little Falls, Minnesota. Through a series of road blocks and opened doors, God led each of them to Fayetteville, NC where they met as graduate students at Methodist University. Upon moving to Wilmington, they served as small group leaders at Overflow, a college ministry in town. Through this ministry and other activities within the church, they became close friends with the Fews and ultimately decided to help them plant Live Oak Church. Jay and Rachel were married in 2009. In 2011 they were blessed with their first child, Kate Elizabeth. In 2013 Sullivan James was welcomed into the Bennett family. 19 months later, Silas Morgan was born in December of 2014. Jay is a physician assistant and works in orthopaedic surgery. Rachel is also a physician assistant and works in pulmonary/ sleep medicine. Prior to having 3 kids in just over 3 years, Jay enjoyed surfing, golf, and movies. Rachel's hobbies include cooking, baking, painting, photography, and all other sorts of arts and crafts.The Bennett family resides in Wilmington.
Jay Bennett | Elder
Gabe Amey | Elder
Gabe Amey was born in Columbia, Maryland before his family relocated to Fuquay Varina, NC where he grew up and went to high school. After graduating high school he attended UNCW where he studied Marketing Strategy and Spanish. It was while he attended UNCW that after visiting with a few local churches, he was introduced to Live Oak’s college ministry. It was this blessing that allowed him to make many of the relationships that ultimately led him to meet his wife, Taylor. Gabe and Taylor were married in 2021.
Gabe has worked for a local solar installer for the last 5 years, while Taylor works with Global Education Ministries, a non-profit focused on planting gospel saturated schools abroad. After meeting through Live Oak’s college ministry, God called them both to help lead the ministry.
Gabe enjoys spending time playing disc golf, watching football and playing video games while Taylor enjoys preserving flowers, going to the beach and playing volleyball. Together they do their best to wear out their 100 pound labradoodle, Goose.
Serving at Live Oak has been a huge blessing as they’ve built community together here in Wilmington.
Gabe Amey | Elder
Hunter Broadwell | Elder
Hunter Broadwell and his wife Jennifer met in college at UNC-Chapel Hill and have lived in Wilmington since 2004. They have two amazing kids, Ava and Jack, and love being active and spending time at the beach. Hunter is works for local financial services company, and Jennifer stays home with the kids and teaches group fitness classes.
Hunter Broadwell | Elder
Harrison Masters | Elder
Harrison Masters grew up in Lumberton, NC where he attended First Presbyterian Church. Following undergraduate and graduate studies at UNC, he moved to Raleigh, NC, and soon met his wife Heather on a weekend trip to Wrightsville Beach. The couple married and has lived together in Wilmington for 8 years now, where Harrison is a finance professional, and Heather teaches school.
Their family now includes two 3-year-old Labrador retrievers, Banks and Jetty. Harrison enjoys Tarheel sports, golf, hunting, and fishing. He has served as a treehouse and security volunteer at Live Oak Church and participated in several community groups.
Harrison Masters | Elder
DJ Struntz | Elder
D.J.'s internationally award winning photography took him on adventures around the globe as a staff photographer for Surfing Magazine and others.
He currently works as the Minister of Propaganda for North American Rescue (NAR) where he adapts his deep background in action sports photography to educate, inspire, and celebrate the everyday heroes who choose to be the difference in saving lives.
D.J. is happily married to Kate Struntz (for 21 years and counting), and they have 2 adventurous children, Jonah and Lorelai. An avid outdoorsman and nature lover, in his spare time or "working", D.J. can most often be found with Jonah, in the wilds hunting game, or on the water, chasing fish and waves.
Raised in a Christian home, D.J.'s walk with Christ has been a lifelong relationship that has anchored him through Life's good and bad times. He and Kate are focused on raising their children with that same relational foundation that they count themselves beyond fortunate to enjoy.
DJ Struntz | Elder
Michael Dougherty | Student Team Leader
Hailey Hahn | Worship Team Leader & Director of Operations
Hailey Hahn serves as Worship Team Leader and Director of Operations at Live Oak Church. She is originally from Kinston, North Carolina and attended college at UNCW. Throughout her time in college she was involved in campus ministry and in 2018 found a sense of belonging at Live Oak.
She began leading worship at Live Oak in 2020, and she is excited to continue growing as a worship leader. She enjoys spending time at the beach, playing sand volleyball, and fellowshipping with others. Hailey aims to lead others to Christ and find that same sense of belonging that she found at Live Oak Church.