Lisa Basnight Reid is an accomplished vocalist, songwriter and author. Lisa has devoted her life to ministry and it is evident through her writing and music. She is the devoted wife of Dexter A. Reid, Sr. and they have a blended family of 5 grown children, and 3 grandchildren.  Originally from Mount Vernon, New York, Lisa and her family lived in the Atlanta metropolitan area for 35 years. Lisa and Dexter now reside in Taylors, SC.

 

Lisa is one of the pastors for the Way of L.Y.F.E. (Let Your Faith Emerge) Faith Community led by Apostles Jalani and Larraine McCaa.   Way of L.Y.F.E. is a faith community endeavoring to impact culture by advancing the Kingdom of God through discipleship and fellowship.

 

Lisa leads Haven Greenville, established in March, 2024, which is a faith community that exists to impact lives through creativity, discipleship, and building one’s life of worship to the glory of God.  Haven Greenville meets virtually on Zoom on Thursday evenings for Consecrated Discussions, an in-depth discussion with the Word of God as the basis.  Coming June 2024, Haven Greenville will meet in person every Saturday morning at 11:00 am.  Pastor Lisa also hosts Haven at Home which encourages worship with individual creativity at home.  You can find Haven at Home on Facebook and YouTube.

 

Currently, Lisa serves on the Board at The ReFresh Institute (TRI), an online worship and creative arts academy, based in Chicago, Illinois.  TRI exists to empower one's destiny through biblical & vocational education; refreshing ones’ purpose in life, empowering their individual creative makeup.  In addition, she volunteers her time advocating for the Alzheimer’s Association.  She loves searching Scripture, teaching the Word of God, home decor, to cook and bake, craft and enjoys giving through the gift of hospitality.

 

Living to glorify God in everything she does, being passionate about God’s Word, leading people into His presence with prayer, music, songs and creative expression, it’s her life’s mission to be to the Earth what God created her for.   If you’d like to contact Lisa for speaking engagements, conferences and worship teaching sessions, she can be reached via havengvlsc@gmail.com or www.havengvlsc.org.