Current Board Members
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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. |
 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. |
 MIKE HADADD, Derby, VT Mike 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. |
 JOHN FANELLA, Rochester, PAJohn has been in pastoral ministry for 25 years and part of the CCCC since 2000. He has served the CCCC in the past as Great Plains Area Representative, Chairman of the Editorial Committee, and as a member of the Nominating Committee. He was a speaker at the Annual Gathering in Lansing, MI in 2002. |
 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. |
 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. |
 JOAN GRANITSAS, Revere, MAJoan is a pastor’s wife and has partnered with her husband at the First Congregational Church of Revere, Massachusetts for 44 years. She has been a leader of the CCCC New England Women’s Annual Retreat since its inception. She is retired from her career as an RN/ Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. |
 DAVID MCKINLEY, Schwenksville, PADave is the Senior Pastor of Central Schwenkfelder Church in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. He has been an ordained minister with the CCCC since 1996, serving churches in Missouri, Kansas and Pennsylvania. David is the former Area Representative for eastern Pennsylvania. |
 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. |
 MARK GORGANS, Chesapeake, VAis the Senior Pastor at Rosemount Christian Church in Chesapeake, VA. He is married to Joy with 3 children and 5 grandchildren. Mark Served in the CMA (Christian and Missionary Alliance) for over 30 years in the roles of Church Planter, Missionary, and Redevelopment Pastor. He enjoys the roles of Pastor-Teacher, Coach, and Barnabas. He enjoys developing young leaders and currently serves as a coach to CCCC church planters, which helps him continue to grow. |
 DAVID MECKLEY, Loysburg, PA David is pastor of St. John’s Reformed Church (CCCC) in Loysburg, PA. Welcomed into the CCCC in 2002, he currently serves as Area Pastor in the Allegheny Fellowship (Western PA). He previously chaired the Conference Education Committee and the seminars committee for the 2005 Annual Meeting. He is a graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (M. Div., D. Min.) and Penn State University. He and his wife, PeggyAnne, have four children and seven grandchildren. |
 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. |