Meet Our Team
Pastor Wayne Kent

LEAD PASTOR
Wayne has been the lead pastor of First Christian Church since January 1994. He has seen the church evolve from a small congregation with big dreams to a thriving ministry with a passion to share the Gospel in our community and around the world. He also is the host of DirectLine on WSOY 1340AM which is on the air every Wednesday from 5-7pm.
Born in Katoomba, Australia, Wayne moved to Vancouver, BC with his family at a young age. He and his wife, Leslie, met while attending Oral Roberts University where he got a degree in business administration. Wayne also has his Master of Divinity from Phillips Graduate Seminary in Tulsa and obtained his Doctor of Ministry from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in Boston. He and Leslie have two children, Jacqueline (Eric) and Ben (Courtney), and four grandchildren.
Pastoral Team

WAYNE KENT
Lead Pastor
wayne@firstdecatur.org

BRIAN TALTY
Associate Pastor
btalty@firstdecatur.org

BJ LEONARD
Missions Pastor
bleonard@firstdecatur.org

JONATHAN GRUNDEN
Discipleship Pastor
jgrunden@firstdecatur.org

TIM REVIS
Care Ministries Pastor
trevis@firstdecatur.org

ROBERT HENDERSON
Pastor of Community Care
rhenderson@firstdecatur.org

THOMAS HAGAN
Young Adult Pastor
thagan@firstdecatur.org

HEATHER VANCE
Family Ministries Pastor
hvance@firstdecatur.org
Families@First

HEATHER VANCE
Family Ministries Pastor
hvance@firstdecatur.org

NIC MAYBERRY
High School Director
nmayberry@firstdecatur.org

JANIE KANE
Elementary Director
jkane@firstdecatur.org

WENDY DEMENT
Elementary Asst. Director
wdement@firstdecatur.org

BRANDY RAY
Pre-K Director
bray@firstdecatur.org

MELISSA PETERSEN
Pre-K Asst. Director
mpetersen@firstdecatur.org
Outreach

LORI PUTNAM
Dir. of Ministry Development
lputnam@firstdecatur.org

MORGAN ARSENEAU
Discipleship Assistant
marseneau@firstdecatur.org

HANNAH BEERY
Hospitality
hbeery@firstdecatur.org

ANDREA GRUNDEN
Arts Academy
agrunden@firstdecatur.org

DR. RICK GRACE
DHF Church Liaison
rgrace@discipleheritage.org

LISA WEATHERFORD
Mosaic Café
lweatherford@firstdecatur.org

ABBEY LUKA
Mosaic Café

LAUREN ARTIME
Mosaic Café

Peyton Jackson
Mosaic Café

DON DOTSON
Chaplain
ddotson@firstdecatur.org

DEE FRANZ
Chaplain
dfranz@firstdecatur.org

SUSAN LIU
Chaplain
sliu@firstdecatur.org

DEE PULLIAM
Chaplain
dpulliam@firstdecatur.org

JEFFREY RUFFIN
Chaplain
jruffin@firstdecatur.org

CHRIS VIETH
Chaplain
cveith@firstdecatur.org
Creative

FRED SAURMANN
Production Manager
fsaurmann@firstdecatur.org

LACEY PHILLIPS
Worship Arts Director
lphillips@firstdecatur.org

Bill Cunningham
Music Director
bcunningham@firstdecatur.org

Stephanie Campbell
Choir Director
scampbell@firstdecatur.org

CRYSTAL KIRKMAN
Communications Director
ckirkman@firstdecatur.org
Administration & Support

DAN STEFFENY
Director of Operations
dsteffeny@firstdecatur.org

PEGGY ANDERSON
Office Manager
panderson@firstdecatur.org

ROBYN EVANS
Secretary
revans@firstdecatur.org

LEANNE KUHN
Office
lkuhn@firstdecatur.org

DAWN WENDT
Office
dwendt@firstdecatur.org

TOM HOWARD
Maintenance
thoward@firstdecatur.org

Dennis Sheppard
Weekend Support Staff

Ken Suhr
Weekend Support Staff

BARB WOOD
Weekend Support Staff

GARY WOOD
Weekend Support Staff
Elders
Jared Collier
Ann Eaton
Nolan Gillett
Bradley Grant
Wayne Kent
Rick McKibben
Kathy Mueller
Russ Reimer
Mark Reynolds
Carroll Ringelestein
Administrative Team
Russ Reimer / CHAIR
Todd Banning / VICE CHAIR
Jared Collier / ELDER CHAIR
Sally Hodges / SECRETARY
Michelle Reynolds / TREASURER
David Little
Wayne Kent
Tom Pistorius
Tracy Smithers
Dan Steffeny
Brian Talty
Trustees
Gordon Gregory
Shane Mendenhall
David Zelhart