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Leadership

Elders

Pastor Tommy Orlando & Pastor Kevin Oelke

Mercy Hill Church maintains a philosophy of elder leadership that we feel is consistent with biblical instruction and protestant church history. This philosophy of church leadership maintains two important principles; pastoral and shared leadership. Pastoral leadership, simply stated, is that the role of elder and the role of pastor are one and the same. Therefore, all elders are pastors and all pastors are elders. Shared leadership is the biblical and historical practice of leadership through the plurality and equality of elders.
The New Testament books of 1 Timothy and Titus describe the qualifications for Elders/Pastors. Those qualifications involve behavior, character, knowledge, spirituality, and abilities-both innate and learned. (Read 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 for a better understanding of these qualifications.)
If you would like more details on Mercy Hill's understanding of church leadership and government, pick up a copy of Restoring Biblical Eldership by Alexander Strauch. Because Mercy Hill is a new church, the leadership team is still in development (meaning that it's very small for now). In time, other potential elders will be identified, analyzed, trained, and empowered for ministry. The current elders/pastors are listed to the left with some biographical information to help you get to know them.

Deacons

In addition to elder/pastors, Mercy Hill sees the role of Deacon as being crucial to the ministry of the church both in operations and outreach. The New Testament book of 1 Timothy explains the qualifications for a deacon. We are excited to see qualified men and women demonstrate their abilities to serve the body of Christ.

Leadership Advisors

Until the establishment of the official Elder and Deacon boards, the church is being served by a temporary “advisory board” made up of the following leaders: Steve Hebert, Ernie Evangelista, Chris Peterson, Adam Rosploch, John Papp, Kevin Oelke and Tommy Orlando.

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