Laniard Nix (Lan), comes to us with over 20 years of experience enhancing worship experiences with the ministry of music. An ordained minister, he has held roles ranging from the minister of music to staff musician and has a broad background in church traditions, spanning the liturgy of the Roman Catholic to the traditional Black Pentecostal church.

Originally from Chattanooga, Tennessee, he has served in several churches in New York City and New Jersey areas, including Mt. Pisgah A.M.E. Church, Jersey City, Shiloh Baptist Church, Newark, and The Cathedral International, Perth Amboy.  Currently, Lan is serving at Resurrected Life Community Church UCC in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Lan has served as Minister of Music to the New Jersey chapter of the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses - a national guild of gospel musicians both vocal and instrumental, choir directors and music ministers; the parent organization of the Gospel Music Workshop of America.

He has directed choirs of all ages and he has earned his undergraduate degree from the State University of New Jersey and the Certificate in Christian Ministry from the New York Theological Seminary (2-year program).  Additionally, he has completed further learning at Union Theological Seminary and Princeton Theological Seminary.   Lan is currently, a Class of 2022 master’s student at Gonzaga University in the Theological Leadership program.