Meet the Restoration Staff
Terry Ishee
Lead Pastor
Terry embodies the heart and spirit of a missional leader as the Lead Pastor at Restoration Church. At his core, he views his role more as that of the Lead Missionary, committed to living life as a practitioner first and setting an example of revealing the King and Kingdom to others. Through his leadership at Restoration Church, in partnership with his wife Amy, Terry continues to inspire and guide those around him toward a deeper understanding and engagement with their faith in King Jesus and the world.
Terry finds joy and inspiration in movies and all forms of cinema. He appreciates the power of storytelling and its capacity to reveal deep truths about humanity, faith, and the gospel narrative.
Terry finds joy and inspiration in movies and all forms of cinema. He appreciates the power of storytelling and its capacity to reveal deep truths about humanity, faith, and the gospel narrative.
Kayla Willis
Director of Discipleship and College
Kayla always says that her job is to help people follow Jesus and become friends. She gets to fulfill that role through both Restoration Church and through Roanoke College Young Life, a campus ministry where both she and her husband Jonathan serve as leaders.
Abby Lambert
Director of Missions & Ministry
Abby fell in love with Restoration Church in September of her freshman year of college and has been a part of the community ever since! Abby attended Roanoke College, where she met and married her college sweetheart (Liam), and is ecstatic to get to stay in Salem. If you cannot find her, there is a good chance she is out walking around Salem or drinking coffee at Mill Mountain. Abby believes that Restoration Church is a really special group of Christ-followers and loves to meet new people - so feel free to say hi!
Patricia Ciaffone
Family Discipleship Director
Patricia Ciaffone (rhymes with macaroni) is from Patrick County, Virginia, but now lives in Salem, Virginia. She and her husband Gabe have two children, Nate born August 2022 and Leona born February 2024! Previously, Patricia worked in the public-school setting as an elementary school teacher for 10 years. A passion of hers has been working with children, and she is so happy to be able to continue doing what she has loved for so long, but now at Restoration!
Sarah Smith
Children's Discipleship Coordinator
Sarah was born and raised in the Roanoke valley and is married to her husband Steven. Together they have three children that Sarah homeschools. Since middle school, Sarah has been volunteering in children's ministries. She loves seeing God working in the lives of the children and seeing the families of the body of Christ step up to serve and love others as Christ did.
Elizabeth LaPradd
Communications Director
Elizabeth was so excited that her family found their church home at Restoration Church. She is passionate about the human experience and loves to share those moments through photography and communications. She is married to her amazing husband Paul, and they have one daughter named Harper.
Meet the Teaching Team
Meet the Elders
Martha Chester
Martha is involved in a number of our ministries at Restoration. She retired from Hughes Associates Architects & Engineers where she served as president. She and her husband Tom have raised four kids together and when Tom isn’t out woodworking, they love playing cards or board games together.
Jason DeBord
Jason is a local business owner/operator. His gifts and passions however are reserved for connecting with fellow men in the outdoors, NASCAR, or Restoration CaveRats softball! Jason is married to Marty, and they have two great kids.
Tad Fisher
Tad is passionate about...everything! Tad helps to lead our Men's Ministry at Restoration. He is always encouraging us to live into a bigger story. Tad is a securities counsel at Third Security in Radford, VA and lives in Salem with his wife Shelly and their four kids.
Jeff Lakin
Jeff is the Area Director for Young Life, an incredible para-church ministry to students. Jeff serves on the Teaching Team and is an elder at Restoration. He and his wife Ashlee (who is one of our worship leaders) live in Salem and have three crazy boys.