PASTOR

Chris has been the Lead Pastor of Gospel Life since it launched in October 2021. He graduated from Baptist Bible College (2002) and Seminary (2017) with degrees in Bible, Education, and Pastoral Ministry. He felt the call to plant Gospel Life after serving as Youth Pastor at Ogletown Baptist Church (Newark, DE) for 11 years. Chris and his beautiful wife Carrie have five wonderful children ranging in age from 8 to 17. He enjoys cheering on his kids in their various sports and activities as well as the Phillies and Eagles (for better or worse). There is a special place in his heart for Texas Roadhouse rolls and cinnamon butter :)

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SHEPHERD

Wayne spent the bulk of his professional career at E.I.DuPont de Nemours as a Research Manager in DuPont’s Central Research and Development and as Global Technology Manager for the Biomaterial’s business. He is now retired. Wayne was an active member of Ogletown Baptist Church (Newark, DE) since 2008 up to the initiation of Gospel Life Church (GLC). Wayne and his wife, Millie, served on the launch team for GLC. Wayne currently serves on the Shepherding Team, the Finance Committee and leads a Life Group at GLC. Millie served in various roles at Ogletown and is now involved in serving at GLC. Wayne and Millie have two adult sons who both live out of state. Wayne enjoys playing tennis and pickleball.

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Rob’s career in education has allowed him to teach 3-year-olds through college students. He met his wife Donna through Baptist Student Ministry (now called Christian Challenge) at the University of Delaware. During their time in college, both Rob and Donna interned with the Student Ministry at Ogletown Baptist Church. Once married, they served in both the Youth Group and Children’s Ministry. Rob also served as a deacon prior to joining the Gospel Life Launch team. As Middletown residents, Rob and Donna are excited about investing in the community. They enjoy spending time with their three children (ages 6, 8 and 10), the outdoors, gardening and board games.

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For a living, Jon-Eric plays with toys as a physics teacher at William Penn High School and adjunct professor at University of Delaware. In 2016, Jon-Eric and his long-suffering wife, Jenna, moved back to Delaware and joined Ogletown Baptist Church. He enjoyed working with the Kids ministry, Vacation Bible School and serving on the Deacon team. They are tired but happy parents of two crazy girls (ages 2 and 4 and a half) who enjoy princesses and falling over. Jenna loves chasing after their girls and working for her startup ministry-based travel consulting business. Jon-Eric loves being tackled by their girls, rooting for NY sports teams (sorry Chris), and waving to people as they come to Gospel Life Church.

Mike, a Long Island, New York native, moved to Delaware when he was 4 years old. Seeds of faith were planted when he began attending church in middle school and he came to faith after his freshman year of high school when he attended an interdenominational youth leadership retreat called Chrysalis.

He met his wife Annette during his college years at University of Delaware. After college, he had the honor of serving in the United States Coast Guard and during those years he married Annette. They lived in Massachusetts for 6 years and attended Cape Cod Baptist Church where they led home bible studies. He and his family moved back to Delaware after his time in the Coast Guard and God eventually led them to Ogletown Baptist Church where they served in the children’s ministry. Oh, and along the way they had two amazing kids!

When not working or on dad duty, you can find Mike in his garage making sawdust, i.e. furniture for the newish house. He also is a long time Red Sox fan and can be found watching games whenever possible.

Mike and his family have attended Gospel Live since the first service and have gotten involved in many ways.

Marc has spent his entire life in Delaware where he met his wife Carol of 29 years. His first job at Grainger started while in High School and lasted 24 years before settling into a new career at Rittal in 2015. Marc and Carol spent most of their married life attending Ogletown Baptist before joining Gospel Life. They have two boys Matthew (22) and Timothy (20) both currently attending University of Delaware. In his free time, he likes watching and playing sports. His favorite sport to watch is football and he really enjoys playing golf, cornhole and now pickleball.

Chad is a native Delawarean that grew up in Middletown and has been a professed Christian since childhood. Chad met his wife Susan as a freshman at the University of Delaware and they have three sons. Chad was an active member and former trustee of Ogletown Baptist Church before joining Gospel Life Church. Chad and Susan have attended Gospel Life Church since its inception. Chad is a Certified Public Accountant and an Attorney licensed to practice law in Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey. When not working or spending time with family, Chad enjoys tinkering with muscle cars and antique automobiles.

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