Pastor Becky Poor
Becky Poor is married to Kenneth Poor. They have two grown children, a son attending North Park University and a daughter in Washington D.C. Becky received her Bachelors in Religion/Psychology from the University of Virginia in 1985 and her Masters in CSP/Counseling in 1988 from Western Illinois University. She received her Masters of Divinity from North Park University in 2011.Becky’s most recent call to ministry was for Bethany Covenant Church in Berlin, CT. She was employed as the Minister to Youth and Families from 2000 - June of 2011. She left this position to follow God’s calling to use her pastoral gifts to lead a congregation. Previous types of employment included: Counselor, Group Home Teacher for boys with special needs, Childcare and Residence Director. Becky has a heart for people, community and reaching people with the gospel of Jesus Christ. This shows itself in her involvement in Ministries like Feed My Starving Children, Friendship Service Center Board of Directors, Pilgrim Pines Family and Youth Camp and she has hosted yearly multi-church inter-generational services and several youth work and worship weekends for the Evangelical Covenant Church.
Associate Pastor Jeff Kahl
Jeff and his wife Cherith have been married for 5 years and have an infant son named Cyrus. Jeff is originally from Farrell, PA. He received his undergraduate degree from Ashland University and his graduate degree at Ashland Theological Seminary. His spiritual gifts and passions are teaching, leading, encouraging, and music and his hobbies include date nights with Cherith, reading, music (piano/composing), movies, hiking, exercise/weightlifting, politics, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and traveling to historic places.
Philosophy of Ministry – I believe that Christian ministry is basically a ministry of the Gospel. The Gospel is the good news that, though our relationship with God is destroyed by our sin, God restored that relationship through the ministry, death, and resurrection of His Son Jesus. Everything that I do as a pastor—and that the Church does as the Body of Christ—should be grounded in that wonderful truth. True Christian ministry involves three basic components:
1 – Proclaiming the Gospel by calling all people to turn from sin and return to God in faith and worship.
2 – Encouraging believers to grow in the Gospel by mutually caring for each other and challenging each other to be faithful and obedient.
3 – Living the Gospel in the world through acts of compassion, hospitality, and generosity towards others in Christ’s name.
