Leigh Rachal
Executive Director
Louisiana Interchurch Conference
2022-present
director@lainterchurch.org
“I am passionate about the role of the church in the world and believe that God's abundant blessings are poured out through the hands and feet of Christ's body, the Church, active within the world. I look forward to working with the friends and members of LIC to be Christ’s united body throughout Louisiana."
Since its formation in 1966, there have been six Executive Directors of the Louisiana Interchurch Conference
In 1966, the Rev. Sam Allen, an ordained minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), became the first full-time Executive Director of the Louisiana Council of Churches. The Rev. Lewis Wilkins, a Presbyterian minister, began as Executive Director of the renamed Louisiana Interchurch Conference on Jan. 1, 1971. In 1974, the Rev. Dr. Robert Harrington, a Methodist minister, was appointed to succeed him. Rev. James L. Stovall, a United Methodist minister became Executive Director on June 1, 1976. Rev. Charles Dana “Dan” Krutz, an Episcopal Priest, became the Executive Director on May 1, 1991. Pastor Leigh Rachal, a Presbyterian (PCUSA) Commissioned Pastor, became the Louisiana Interchurch Conference’s sixth Executive Director on Feb. 14, 2022.
Each of the Executive Directors facilitated the progress of the Louisiana Interchurch Conference in enacting the vision of Christian Unity across the state of Louisiana.