Jason and Melodie Landis

Jason and Melodie Landis both came to Fairhaven Baptist College from the state of Pennsylvania. Jason feels fortunate to have grown up in a Christian home; in fact, all of his grandparents were saved also. As a young teenager, Jason's parents moved to Lancaster County, where Evangelist Rodney Stewart, who was preaching in a nearby church, introduced Jason to Fairhaven Baptist College. Not long afterward, Dr. Voegtlin came to Jason's church, and Jason settled on attending Fairhaven Baptist College.
Jason's plan was to attend Fairhaven for a year or two, taking various Bible classes; however, midway through his freshman year, he felt God's leading to preach. Although already active in outreach ministries (as are all students), his classes and ministries took on new life. Working on Pastor Whitecar's bus route proved to be a tremendous ministry experience for Jason. Weekly getting into the homes of the lost and patiently discipling new believers were two things that brought reality to Jason's ministerial preparation.
One ministry event in particular had a huge influence on Jason's life. His bus route was able to see both parents of a family of children come to know the Lord as Savior. Soon afterwards, the entire family was baptized, joined the church, and began to grow. Eventually, all of the children enrolled in Fairhaven Baptist Academy. Several years later, while Jason sits in church, he looks across the auditorium at this family at each service, still growing in the Lord.
While in college, Jason married his high school sweetheart, Melodie, also a Fairhaven Baptist College student. Melodie grew up in a pastor's home. Her father, Pastor Alan Gardner, pastored in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He has been the pastor of Bible Baptist Church in Leola, Pennsylvania, for about 7 years. She is anticipating Jason's graduation, at which time she will become the church secretary for her father, putting to work the rigorous two-year secretarial program degree that she received from Fairhaven.
Jason anticipates involvement in the music and youth ministries at Pastor Gardner's church. He and Melodie will join the staff of Bible Baptist along with two other Fairhaven graduates, Mike and Stephanie Roadcup. All of them will be busy, as Pastor Gardner plans to start Victory Christian School of Leola in the near future.
Jason says that he looks forward to applying the principles he was taught in college to his ministry in Pennsylvania. He is thankful for Fairhaven's "strong, unchanging stance" mentioning the very practical principle he was taught and saw practiced at Fairhaven: hard work. "The ministry is not easy. It requires a lot of work." Jason feels prepared for this work, however, and is looking forward to "rolling up his sleeves" in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, this fall.