Jacob Panero Joins 5Stone Elders Council

Jacob Panero has joined the 5Stone Churches Elders Council. The Elders Council provides guidance and protection as FiveStone Churches seeks to plant and strengthen local churches.

Jacob is a faithful servant in the Lord’s local church. He also for several years has been a trustworthy and faithful friend to FiveStone Churches. He has served with distinction as a member of a FiveStone church plant’s pastoral advisory team, as a deacon and then as an elder. He has had large roles in shepherding and in serving in administration of several local churches. 

In addition to his work for the Lord’s church and with FiveStone Churches, Jacob is an executive manager at Burrtec and is a general partner at both WDC Genesis and Kern Venture Group. He was the CEO of Varner Brothers, Inc. in Bakersfield, California, through 2022. Jacob and his wife—Nicole—have two sons and two daughters and live in Bakersfield.