Current Board Members
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 PETE BALLENTINE, Lynn, MA Peter Balentine is Pastor of Washington Street Baptist Church in Lynn, MA. He is married to Heidi and is the father of four children – Georgia (28), Daniel (27), Molly (24) and Charlotte (21). He is a graduate of Boston University (BA. English) and Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary (MDIV and DMin). Peter served as a surface warfare officer in the US Navy and also taught Bible in Tanzania for 3 summers. He was ordained in CCCC in 2001 and served on CCCC Board of Directors for 8 years and is currently chair of the Stewardship Committee. In addition to ministry, Peter enjoys the outdoors and is also a documentary/fine-art photographer. |
 MIKE HADADD, Derby, VTMike is pastor of Derby Community Church in Derby, VT. He and his wife, Norma, are native New Englanders and graduates of Moody Bible Institute. They share a strong passion to minister to God’s people in the Northeast, especially in northern Vermont. Mike spent two years as a full-time pastor/student and graduated from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Spring of 2018. |
 MARK GORGANS, Williston, FLMark is the Senior Pastor at Trenton Community Church in Trenton , Florida .He is married to Joy with 3 Adult children and 6 grandchildren. Mark Served in the CMA (Christian and Missionary Alliance) for over 30 years in the roles of Church Planter, Missionary, and Redevelopment Pastor and district leader, in charge of Church planting and redevelopment. He enjoys the roles of Pastor-Teacher, Coach, and Barnabas. He works at developing young leaders and currently serves on the President’s council of Trinity College of Florida. Mark and Joy have been married 45 years and serve as a team. |
 DAVID BODANZA, Leominster, MADavid is the pastor of Mission of Grace Church in Gardner, MA, and an attorney with Bodanza & Bodanza Law Offices in Leominster, MA. His practice has centered on representing individuals, businesses, churches, denominations and non-profit organizations for the past 30 years. David holds a Juris Doctor degree from New England School of Law. He is a member of the state and federal bars in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is an ordained minister and holds an M.Div degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. |
 DONGSUP (SAM) KIM, Beverly, MADongsup Samuel Kim, better known as Sam Kim, has been the senior pastor of Intercultural Mission Church in North Andover, MA for the past eight years. Sam has served as the moderator of CCCC New England for the past two years. In addition, Sam serves as a chaplain to the Massachusetts State Police; and also to Emmanuel Gospel Center. He was also a Board member of VitalChurch Ministry, a national ministry to revitalize churches in transition or crisis. Prior to his work in ministry, he was a corporate lawyer and partner of a Boston law firm. Sam is a graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Cornell Law School, and University of Kansas. |
 KATHLEEN HARWOOD, Groton, MAA New England native, Kathy is a private business owner turned pastor. Her career started at an investment advisory firm in Washington, DC which led to her launching her own IT consulting company. Kathy eventually moved back to New England to be closer to family and is happily married with a blended family of six children. Kathy received the call to vocational ministry and is credentialed as a licensed minister with the CCCC. She serves as Worship and Youth Director at Shirley Christian Fellowship as she completes her Dmin with GCTS. Kathy’s hobbies include reading, writing, baking and spending time with family. |
 GAYLE BUFORD, Oveido, FLGayle works part-time as administrative assistant at Palmwood Church. She retired almost two years ago from a forty-year career in education, where she served variously in three states as a teacher, supervisor, and instructional coach, working with people of all levels and all ages from elementary through adult. Her husband is recently retired from CRU. Together they were trained as CCCC coaches for Natural Church Development and she is trained as a CCCC Turning Point Interventionist. |
 ELLA LAU, Pasadena, CAElla Lau is a Southern California native who was raised by immigrant parents from China. Her parents were Christians and she accepted Christ as a child. Ella became a member of Lake Avenue Church (LAC) in the late 1970’s. She and her husband Milt raised their two sons at LAC and they continue to be active members. She has been involved in various leadership positions at LAC that included being on Ministry Council (elder board), developing credential policies at LAC and chairing the recent Senior Pastor Search Committee. Vocationally, Ella retired from IBM where she was a Project Executive for IBM’s Global Services Division. |
 MUTIMA PETER, Portland, ME Mutima is Senior Pastor and founder of Bethel Christian Center of Portland, Maine. He is married to Zera Nabujeyi and they have 5 children, one having passed away February 2022 and 10 grandchildren. Mutima moved to the USA in 1993 and has led missions overseas through Central Africa Vision: A peace and Reconciliation, microfinance and HIV relief to widows and families in Rwanda, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo. |
 DYLAN LEBAKKEN, Chesapeake, VADylan and his wife Tayler have been married for ten years and have 4 children. They met serving Jesus in 2011 and have never stopped. In 2022 God called them to plant a new congregation (now merged with Rosemont) after serving 9 years in Camden and Gloucester City New Jersey at Epiphany Church. Dylan has served as a worship pastor, youth pastor, and a church planter in training. He holds a B.A. degree in Sociology, an M.Div. from Columbia International University, and is a licensed ordained minister in the CCCC denomination. Tayler has been a public-school teacher for the past 13 years, and together they are passionate about providing spaces for multiple generations of families to find new life in Jesus Christ. |
 SCOTT MCGOWAN, North Chelmsford, MAScott was raised in Ashburnham, MA, and completed seminary at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. In 2009, Scott was commissioned into the Chaplain Candidate program in the Army National Guard. After seminary, Scott taught Bible at Bradford Christian Academy in Haverhill, MA, eventually serving the school as assistant principal. In 2021, Scott was called to full-time pastoral work at The Congregational Church in North Chelmsford. Scott has continued to serve in the Army National Guard for over 15 years, currently holding the rank of major, and will be the installation chaplain at Camp Edwards, Joint Base Cape Cod in September 2024. He currently lives in North Chelmsford, MA, with his wife, Amy, and their son Caleb. |
 ROBERT TOLSON, Fort Morgan, COBob serves as the pastor of Immanuel Evangelical Church in Fort Morgan, Colorado. He has been an ordained minister with the CCCC since 1995 and over the years has served as the Area Representative for the Rocky Mountain Region. Bob and his wife, Debra, have three grown children and three grandchildren. Bob also serves as a part-time hospital chaplain in Fort Morgan. |