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Our church owes a deep debt of gratitude to each of our three successive pastors. They have been a tremendous blessing to us over the years.
Rev.
Jerry Taylor |
Our founding pastor, had a formative influence on our congregation, shepherding us out of infancy so that we could stand on our own feet. His leadership was critical during the first phase of the building program when the church was still focused on south Austin as its home base. In 1992 he returned to his home state of Maryland, where he now pastors Trinity Reformed OPC church in Bowie, MD. |
Rev.
James Hoekstra |
Our second pastor, was a dynamo in implementing the advice that our church should look for a better location. He personally searched for and successfully found our current property. He was instrumental in leading the planning committees that explored the future programmatic needs of the church and wrote a thorough vision statement document. Through his contacts, generous gifts were received that underwrote the purchase of the property, as well as the concert grand piano. In 1998 he left our church and subsequently returned to Wisconsin, where he is now leading the planting of a new OPC church in a suburb of Milwaukee. |
Rev. Dr.
F. Allan Story |
Our present pastor, whom we joyfully welcomed in September of 1999, hit the ground running and was very helpfully involved in the completion of the building project. Through his previous connections, the office wing has evolved into the Covenant Hall study center. |
Over the years, Providence Church has ordained eight ruling elders and eleven deacons, who have faithfully served the congregation in their various capacities. For several years we also had an associate pastor, Rev. Arthur Riffel, who was a great help; he retired from the ministry for the second (and final) time in 1995.
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