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Scott
Ardavanis Mr. Ardavanis pastored for five years at Grace Community Church, and served as an adjunct faculty member at The Master's Seminary, teaching Pastoral Ministry and Preaching. Scott then spent nine years as the senior pastor of Grace Church of DuPage in Chicago, Illinois. He is currently pastoring Placerita Baptist Church in Santa Clarita. Todd
Arnett Todd has had the privilege of serving for 10 years
as a Student Ministries Pastor in two local churches and has been
involved in the Family Ministries of High Desert Church in Victorville
for the past five years. He's all about family - from his Father,
the Creator of the Universe, to his wife, the organizer of his universe,
to his kids, those spinning particles of uncontainable energy that
fly all around his universe. Abraham
Bates Abraham, his wife Nancy, and their three kids Abigail, Ethan, and Sophia, live in Portland on the bluff between NE and SE. Abraham studied Biblical Theology at a Bible School in Montana and continued on to receive an M.C.S. in Christianity and Culture from Regent College in Vancouver, BC. Currently he is launching DOXOLOGY, a new church plant in NE/SE Portland (www.DOXCHURCH.com). He loves Jesus, lives for the gospel, and follows God on mission in the city he is called to serve. Abraham teaches at EBC's Portland location. Mark
Beuving Before joining the staff at Eternity Bible College, Mark worked with college and high school students at a couple of different churches. After finishing his Master's of Divinity, Mark joined EBC as the Dean of Students, and has been serving there since 2006. He is passionate about building up the body of Christ, training future leaders for the Church, and writing. Though he is interested in many areas of theology and philosophy, Mark is most fascinated with practical theology and exploring the ways in which the Bible can speak to and transform our world. Mark lives in Simi Valley with his wife and two daughters. Steve
Bloom Steve was "Bar Mitzvahed" at Maarev Temple in Encino. Ten years after becoming a "son of the Law," he became a son of grace. He serves as Chaplain at Grace Chapel, involved with prison ministry, hospital visitation, and ministry to seniors. He and his wife, Lissette, have been married 30 years; they have been blessed with three grown children. Steve enjoys plumbing the great depth of Scripture, and also taking in the broad vistas afforded by the great breadth of God's Word. Chuck
Bomar After serving for almost
nine years at Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California where
he started a college ministry and served as pastor of student ministries,
Chuck moved to Portland, Oregon where he started Colossae Church
and serves as its pastor. Chuck founded and leads College Leader
(www.CollegeLeader.org),
an organization focused on helping local church leaders understand
and embrace ministry to college-age people. His desire it to help
every church, in every context, care for and include college age
people in everything they do. This mission takes him all over the
country speaking and training leaders. Chuck teaches at EBC's Portland
location. Dr.
Doug Bookman Dr. Bookman has been involved in Christian postsecondary
education and ministry since 1973. He has over 25 years of classroom
experience including 11 years at Pillsbury Baptist Bible College
and 11 years at The Master’s College. He has also ministered
as a pastor / teacher at several different churches. He recently
spent five years as a National Ministries Representative for Friends
of Israel Gospel Ministry. He is an expert in Old Testament History
and the Life of Christ. Brad
Buser After receiving his missionary training at New
Tribes Bible Institute, Brad and his family served as missionaries
to the Iteri people of Papua New Guinea for 20 years. Their ministry
to the Iteri tribe included learning the language, culture, creating
an alphabet, teaching God’s word, planting churches and translating
the New Testament. God granted them much fruit with hundreds who
accepted Christ as Savior and are now reaching and teaching their
own people the gospel. Since returning to America in 1999, Brad has
served as the West Coast representative for New Tribes Mission as
well as the Missions Pastor at Clairemont Emmanuel Baptist Church.
He frequently speaks at Christian colleges, churches exhorting this
generation to reach the world with the truth of Jesus Christ. He
teaches Cross Cultural Church Planting at the Masters College in
Santa Clarita, Intro to Tribal Missions at the NTM Bible School in
Jackson Michigan, and the book of Acts at the Ecola Bible institute
each year. Michael
Edwards Mike got the call into ministry while working at
the corporate headquarters of a major insurer (1990-2003). He says
that his “job began getting in the way of his passion” – pastoral
ministry. He tendered his resignation citing that “the harvest
is plentiful, but the workers are few (Mt 9:37).” He was ordained
by Cornerstone Simi and is now planting an urban church in Los Angeles
(thehollywoodchurch.com). Nathan
Foreman Since finishing Seminary, Nathan has spent the
last two years studying Hebrew and the Bible in Jerusalem, Israel.
His love for the land, history, cultures, and languages of the Bible
world has grown in the years that he has spent abroad. His long-time
desire has been to teach the Bible in a school where the students
love and desire God’s Word. Outside of these academic pursuits,
Nathan enjoys a wide range of outdoor mountain sports and spending
time with his wife and children. Danny Gardner Danny Gardner taught high
school for four years
at Desert Christian High School in the Antelope Valley before beginning
full-time church ministry. He was the Youth Pastor at Grace
Chapel, Lancaster for five years and has recently become the Adult
Ministries Pastor there. His passions include his wife and
kids, reading, teaching, anything related to golf (ball, not Frisbee),
and the Dodgers. Joshua
Grauman David
Gunner Gundersen Dwight D. Ham Dwight is a member at The Church at Rocky Peak where he has served as an Elder and Chairman of the Board. He taught the singles ministry for several years before deciding to attend The Master’s College to earn a Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling. Dwight has over 25 years experience in business management. He has held executive positions in such businesses as banking, broadcast media, business mergers and acquisitions as well as part owner of a small business in the manufacture of critical components for underwater electrical systems. Dwight serves on several boards and is active in the community. In January, 2008, Dwight will be joining the Business Department at the Master’s College where he will be a business professor. He is married to Kathy thirty four years. They have two married sons. Chris Hay Chris grew up as a pastor’s kid. He served in the pastorate for over 20 years, both in associate and senior roles, before coming to EBC. He is passionate about seeing people live out a radical life-changing commitment to Jesus, and he is deeply burdened for the spiritual health of pastors. He and his wife Dawn are the founders and directors of Zarephath Ministries (ZarMin.org) which provides spiritual retreats for pastors. His hobbies include reading (history, biography, Puritans, mystics), woodworking, and being in God’s glorious creation. He and Dawn homeschooled their two amazing children. Brad Hayen Brad and his family have served as full-time missionaries in Central Siberia since 2003. Their focus in ministry is training Russian pastors, church-planters and lay-ministers to interpret the Bible and apply it to their lives and ministries. Brad teaches Hermeneutics and Old Testament at Krasnoyarsk Bible College. They also strive to be an example of a Christian family in a young church plant. Geoff
Leatherman Geoff Leatherman served as a pastoral intern at First Baptist Church of Perkasie, Pa from 1996-2002. After serving there he an his wife, Stacy, moved to Southern California where he served as an associate pastor for 6 years at Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, Ca. During this time he also served as the Dean of Administration for Eternity Bible College where he helped to legalize and create proper documentation for the college. Currently he is serving with his wife Stacy and daughter Isabella as a community leader at Colossae Church in Tigard, OR. Geoff teaches at EBC's Portland location. Roger
Long Although brought up with a Baptist heritage, Roger
strayed and became deeply involved in the "counterculture" of
the 60s; but was converted to Christ near the height of the "Jesus
Movement" in 1971. After graduating from college, his journey
to find himself theologically led him through a brief study at a
Bible college of charismatic persuasion, and then one year at Fuller
Theological Seminary, before returning to his Baptist roots. He has
pastored churches in Colorado and California. Currently he is semi-retired,
and attempts to balance the management of his real estate investments
with his involvement in prison ministry and small group leadership
at his local church. Roger is happily married, has two adult daughters,
enjoys fishing, hunting, and the outdoors. His passion is in the
study and teaching of God's Word. Spencer
MacCuish Spencer MacCuish served on staff (summers) at Hume
Lake Christian Camps from 1991-98. During that time (1995-99), he
also worked in the public school system where he taught English /
History and coached volleyball. While teaching, he also served in
the College Ministry at Grace Baptist Church in Santa Clarita. In
1999, he left teaching to lead the High School Ministry at the same
church. He shepherded this ministry for three years before coming
to Cornerstone. He is currently serving as Campus Pastor at Eternity
Bible College. Doug
Main Doug Main currently serves as the Associate Pastor
of Community Bible Church of the Foothills, where he has been ministering
for six years. He also frequently fills the pulpit for Calvary Baptist
Church of Lamar, Missouri. Prior to his current ministry he served
as the Junior High Minister of Grace Community Church (1997-1999),
the Pastor to College Students of Hallsville Baptist Church of Hallsville,
Missouri (1993-1995), and Co-Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church of
Lamar, Missouri (1993-present). Doug is an avid sports fan and enjoys
spending time with his wife Francesca and their five children. His
teaching emphases include the Gospel of Mark, the Book of Romans,
and Titus, along with several other subjects. Dr.
Jon Marshall Jon loves God, his wife, and other people. He loves
to lead college students as they do great things for God’s
kingdom. He has a passion for teaching in any setting and almost
any subject related to the Bible. Outside of work he loves anything
outdoors including surfing, swimming, volleyball, golf (Frisbee,
not ball), softball, hiking, etc. He should be done with his PhD
in 2007. Bret
Martin Linda
McCoy Linda McCoy has been serving the women of Cornerstone
Community Church since 1999 in various capacities, instructing women
in biblical theology and defending the faith against cults. Linda
has developed a passion for helping others discern truth from error
as a result of her being an active Jehovah's Witness for 20 years
of her adult life. She teaches the Discerning the Cults class for
women at EBC. In addition, she biblically counsels women, and along
with her husband Pat, counsels married couples. Ryan McGladdery Ryan is the College Director at Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California. Before coming to Simi Valley, Ryan spent two years teaching classes at International School Tegucigalpa in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Scott Mehl After four years of college ministry, Scott planted Shoreline Community Church in West Los Angeles along with Brian Colmery. Scott’s passions include teaching, preaching, counseling, discipling, and reaching out to the lost in West LA. Scott has been married to Lara since 2003 and has three children. More than anything, he simply enjoys being with people, and getting to watch as the gospel transforms their (and his) lives. Matt
Moore Matthew Moore served as a high school intern during three summers (1997-1999) at his home church, Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church and also served for two years in the Inter-Varsity ministry at Cal Poly (1998-1999). Beginning in June 1999 he began serving as the college director at First Baptist Church of San Luis Obispo and led the college ministry until December 2002. A passion to learn God’s Word and pursue full-time ministry led him to the Master’s Seminary in August 2002. In January 2003 he began serving as the University Pastor at Cornerstone Church and is now serving in Leadership Assimilation. Scott
Newman Since completing his undergraduate education, Scott
has been actively involved in ministry in many different capacities.
He taught Bible at the undergraduate level overseas in Kolkata, India
as well as served a local church congregation ministering in the
heart of the city of Kolkata. He has also enjoyed teaching and shepherding
in several different capacities in local churches in Southern California
and Chicago, IL. While finishing his Master's degree at Wheaton,
Scott and his wife Katie also managed a transitional home for homeless
girls and enjoyed the challenge of incarnating Jesus' love to many
different girls that had no other avenue of hearing the Gospel. Currently,
he is serves the dual-role of a Pastor at Copperhill Church in Valencia,
CA as well as a Text Review Editor for Crossway Books and Bibles. Todd
Nighswonger Todd has been serving in the pastorate for eight years in student ministries. He spent six years serving in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He previously served as the High School Pastor at Cornerstone Community Church, but now is the Executive Pastor of the church. Justin
Peterson Justin currently serves as Pastoral Intern at Colossae Church in Portland, Oregon. Before moving to Oregon to attend seminary, he spent several years working with and speaking in various student ministries throughout Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. Two of those years were spent as Pastor of Student Ministries at Wiregrass Church in Dothan, Alabama. His goal in life is simple: Love God, love people. Justin teaches at EBC's Portland location. Chuck Ryor Chuck is the organizing and Teaching Pastor of Prism Church of Los Angeles, located in Pasadena. He has served for nearly two decades in student ministry and church planting, most of that in one of America’s quintessential college towns, Tallahassee, Florida. In addition to his ministry in Southern California, Chuck travels widely speaking at churches and schools. He and his wife, Carolyn, live with their children in Arcadia. Joshua
Sheridan Josh Sheridan attends Cornerstone SCV
where he has been involved in leadership for several years. In addition
to doing couples and individual counseling, he helped to start the
counseling ministry there and has a passion for equipping other leaders
and lay people in the ministry of discipleship and counseling. He
spent several years in the secular psychiatric field working on an
inpatient unit for their emergency psychiatric evaluation team and
as a nurse manager. Though he left the psychiatric field for the
more schedule friendly hours of outpatient surgery, the experience
he gained in that environment gives him an invaluable insight into
what the secular psychiatric approach to mental health is all about,
and how a biblical approach is superior. Josh enjoys spending time
with his wife and three kids, doing outdoor activities and writing
Christian fiction. Dr. Preston
Sprinkle Preston and his wife Christine
have three daughters and a son. Before joining the staff at Eternity
Bible College, Preston taught in the department of Biblical Studies
at Cedarville University for two years. In addition to his love for baseball, Preston and
his family love the outdoors (hiking, camping, having fun in the
sun) and hanging out with college students. Jeff
Steele Jeff served on staff at Hume Lake Christian Camps for five summers and has also been on staff with Young Life. Currently, Jeff leads a community group at Copperhill Community Church in Santa Clarita. Academically, Jeff has interests in philosophical theology, metaphysics, medieval theology, and apologetics. When he is not studying, Jeff enjoys snowboarding, backpacking, mountaineering, and spending time with his wife, Kelly. David
Sunukjian David serves as the staff elder for teaching at Redeemer Church in La Mirada. He has an abiding passion to see spiritual authenticity and maturity in 2nd and 3rd generation Christians. As a second-generation pastor, David is uniquely aware of the blessings and challenges that come from being raised as a Christian in an increasingly post-Christian society. He and his wife, Gina, and their four children live in La Mirada. Matt
Swaney Matt is married to Laurel and has three children (Isaac, Liv, and Duren). He served as a college pastor at Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley ('08-'09) and Bethany Church in Long Beach ('03-'08). Matt moved to Long Beach, California where he serves at Common Church which he founded in 2009. Matt has a passion for teaching and living out God's Word and bringing others along with him—learning to be the church as a family. Matt usually has multiple house-guests and enjoys coaching his son's soccer and baseball teams. A.J.
Swoboda AJ Swoboda and his wife, Quinn, planted and
serve Theophilus Church in the Hawthorne District of Portland,
Ore (www.theophiluschurch.com). On Friday nights he preaches at
Soma, a college-age community on the Westside. AJ is a professor
of Biblical studies, theology, and Church history at George Fox
Evangelical Seminary, LIFE Pacific College, Canby Bible College,
Eternity Bible College, and Concordia. Following his MA (Biblical
Studies – George Fox Seminary) he is completing his PhD (Theology
- Birmingham, UK) on the Holy Spirit and ecology. AJ loves putting
words on paper, butchering the guitar, running on treadmills, playing
Risk, the Office, reading, and devouring movies with Kevin Spacey
in them. A.J. teaches at EBC's Portland location. Joshua Walker Joshua Walker was a Mechanical Engineer working in the aerospace industry for eight years from 1995-2003. During that time he served at Rolling Hills Covenant Church in Rolling Hills, California in many leadership roles (deacon, elder, committee chairman, Bible instructor). With a passion to serve Christ more, he entered seminary in 2001 and began to pursue whatever ministry God intended for him. He is currently blessed to be serving as the President of Eternity Bible College.
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