PASTOR CHAD SERVES AS ONE OF OUR LAY PASTORS ON THE ELDER TEAM AND IS THE CO-LEADER OF OUR BIBLE STUDY GROUPS. CHAD GRADUATED WITH HONORS FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE IN PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND HAS WORKED IN OUR COMMUNITY AS A PHARMACIST SINCE 1999. AT THE AGE OF 27, HE HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE FOREVER. SHORTLY AFTER BEING GIVEN HIS SALVATION CHAD MET HIS WIFE TIFFANI. THEY WERE MARRIED IN 2003 AND HAVE 3 AMAZING CHILDREN. HE HAS ALWAYS HAD A VORACIOUS APPETITE FOR LEARNING. ONCE HE WAS SAVED, HIS FOCUS OF LEARNING TURNED TO SCRIPTURE, THEOLOGY, APOLOGETICS, AND HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. CHAD LOVES TO SPEND TIME OUTSIDE FISHING, HIKING, CYCLING, AND PLAYING WITH HIS KIDS. HE LOVES TO READ FICTION AS WELL AND ENJOYS AUTHORS SUCH AS LEWIS, TOLKIEN, DICKENS, DOSTOYEVSKY, AND MANY OTHERS. THOUGH HIS VOCATION IS IN HEALTHCARE, CHAD HAS ALWAYS LOVED TO TEACH OTHERS AND HAS WORKED WITH EVERY AGE GROUP FROM PRESCHOOL TO SENIOR ADULT. HE LOVES TO SEE HIS STUDENTS DISCOVER NEW WAYS TO APPLY THE TRUTHS OF SCRIPTURE. HIS CALL TO BE AN ELDER STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS ASKED TO BECOME A SUBSTITUTE LECTURER FOR A MEN’S BIBLE STUDY. HE FELT GOD CLEARLY TELLING HIM TO MOVE FORWARD DESPITE HIS FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING. AS HE HAS LEANED ON THE LORD’S STRENGTH, CHAD HAS DISCOVERED A LOVE FOR DELIVERING CHRIST-CENTERED MESSAGES IN AN EXPOSITIONAL MODEL OF PREACHING. HE DIVIDES HIS TIME NOW BETWEEN WORK, MINISTRY AND FAMILY.
