Our church was started in 1988 by a group of people from Faith Bible Church in DeSoto, TX. They met at the home of then-Dallas Theological Seminary student, Dave Stevens, and his wife Cathy. There were about six couples who joined together to make Dave’s idea of planting a smaller outreach church in nearby Cedar Hill become a reality, and they met together for about six months before moving into a
rented church building on US 67 near Pleasant Run Road. Suggestions for naming the new church were submitted by members of the group and a name was chosen honoring the new lake under construction adjacent to Cedar Hill (Joe Pool Lake, I believe). A generous friend of the young church donated a large parcel of land on Mt. Lebanon Road in Cedar Hill, enabling the group to construct the present building, and they moved into it early in 1991. Dave Stevens pastored Lakeview for five years, and then he and his family returned to the east coast. A pastor search committee then found and invited Steve and Tricia Thompson. Steve and Tricia also stayed at Lakeview for five years before moving to Hawaii. In 1999 the building was enlarged with the addition of three classrooms. Paul Kozar, his wife Pam, and their children Matt and Elizabeth were welcomed to Lakeview at that time. After twelve years of faithful service, Paul notified the church in early 2011 that he and his family would be moving on. He left at the end of April, which is where Daniel Lowery comes in. Lowery is the church’s 4th pastor, and with his wife, Lauren, and daughter Edie (Joel's here now too!), they started their tenure here in May of 2011. The church, at the suggestion of our district, underwent a “re-plant” of sorts, treating the situation as much like a new church plant as possible.
