Tony LaBarca | Lead Pastor
Tony and his wife Lynda met at a Christian school in Long Island, NY and were on the schools’ worship team together. They were married in 1993 and worked at Elim Bible Institute after graduation. In 2000 Tony accepted an Assistant Pastor position in Audubon, NJ. In the fall of 2002 they moved to Oneonta, NY to help start a new church. It was there that Tony became a police officer with the Oneonta Police Department.
In 2008, Tony received the invitation to return to Elim to serve as Dean of Men and Director of Ministry. With a growing desire to serve in pastoral ministry, Tony joined the staff at Crossroads in 2016 (Known then as Lima Baptist) to serve as the Associate Pastor and became the Lead Pastor in June of 2020. Tony and Lynda have four children.
