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Throw a camera, a computer, a guitar, or a microphone at Justin Kintzel and he’ll know what to do with it. At just 25, Liberty University’s worship pastor is unusually gifted in more than one area. But while he can make hilarious videos (see Youtube for proof) and he can nimbly navigate through web or graphic design, his heart is in worship ministry--and always will be. On any given Sunday (or Monday...or Wednesday...or Friday) you’ll find Justin in an arena leading over 10,000 students in worship through music. Humble and buoyant, Kintzel himself seems somewhat mystified that he’s got the gig. Justin is the worship pastor and creative director for Liberty University--the largest evangelical Christian university in existence. Originally from Golden, Colorado, Justin visited the Central Virginia campus for the first time as a teenager in 2003. He saw a college student leading worship at an event for prospective students and as if a fuzzy image suddenly crystallized he told his mother, “More than anything in the world, that’s what I want to do.” After four years of designing graphics and video for ministry purposes at Liberty, Kintzel was asked to step in and lead worship in 2008 with traveling worship teams. In 2009 he earned a degree in graphic design and became the creative arts director and convocation coordinator for the university. That same year he released a quintet of worship tunes on his freshman EP, “You Saved Me.” Two years later he was asked to take the rein