Ben Mandrell
Paster and Leader
Ben Mandrell is senior pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tennessee. Prior to Bellevue Baptist, Mandrell served as president and CEO of Lifeway Christian Resources from 2019-2025. He has pastored churches in Colorado and Tennessee. A native of Tampico, Illinois, Mandrell graduated from Anderson (Indiana) University in 1998. He also holds a Master of Divinity degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Union University in Jackson, Tennessee.
Mandrell and his wife, Lynley, have been married since 2001. The couple has four children: Ava, Max, Miles and Jack.
The Glass House Podcast hosted by Ben and Lynley Mandrell
Ministry Leaders and their families live in a “glass house”—an environment where they are left vulnerable to the stress of ministry, the criticism of others, and feel the spotlight on their personal weaknesses.
Lifeway’s “The Glass House” is a space where ministry leaders will shed light on the challenges they often don’t feel permission to talk about. Listeners who work in the trenches of church life will feel seen and gain tools to navigate ministry and life. Those who live outside this “glass house” will better understand what it’s like to dwell there.
Join Ben and Lynley Mandrell for these shockingly confessional—yet redemptive—conversations.