Lead Pastor and Elder

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I am married to Jackie and we have two daughters. Shelby, our oldest, is a vascular surgery PA here in Phoenix and attends and serves at Redemption Arcadia along with her husband, Zachary Hines, who happens to be a pastoral resident at Redemption Arcadia. Darby, our youngest, is married to Joey; they have two children, our grandsons, Jamie and Charlie. They live in Northeast Iowa where Joey is the assistant director of Village Creek Bible Camp and Darby is an athletic trainer for high schools in the Lacrosse, Wisconsin area. Both Shelby and Darby played high school and college volleyball. Jackie is the Director of the Family Life Center at North Phoenix Baptist Church, the terrific church she grew up in and the church where God saved me. She is also a club volleyball coach.Jackie and I have two dogs - Kevin and Isabeau (Isabeau is named after the Michele Pfeiffer character in the movie Ladyhawke. We have no solid reference for the Kevin name).I grew up in a great family, but one that didn’t attend church. At the age of 27, Jackie and I met and started dating while, of course, she was attending North Phoenix Baptist Church. As a part of our “dating plan” I wanted to attend church with her to try and figure out “the Jesus thing.” God used Jackie and NPBC to save me in June of 1987. In 1990, I met Tom Shrader (one of the founding pastors of Redemption Church) and began attending his Bible studies. He would disciple me where he could and when we had time. Over time, Tom became my spiritual father, and I am blessed every day by Tom’s continuing influence in my life even though he passed away in 2019. Eventually, the business I was involved in was sold and I was left with no career at the age of 34. I went back to school, earned a few degrees, and in 2000 entered vocational ministry. In late 2011, I was called to Redemption Arcadia as the Lead Pastor. I began my ministry at Redemption Arcadia on February 1, 2012.In addition to the privilege of helping to shepherd Redemption Arcadia, I also am an adjunct instructor of human communication theory at Grand Canyon University and Paradise Valley Community College.

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Family Pastor

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I was born and raised in Phoenix. I’m married to Hannah and we have two wonderful kids, Presley and Forrest. I attended Grand Canyon University for undergrad, became a paramedic in 2016, and am currently studying at Phoenix Seminary for graduate work. I have served in parachurch and church ministry since 2009, including YoungLife and the Global Outreach Team at GCU.

I started on staff at Redemption in 2018 and have done an internship, a residency, and worked in kids, youth, and facilities. I was ordained in September 2020 and now get to coordinate NextGen and Connect ministries. I love seeing how the Lord continues to work at Redemption Arcadia!

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Executive Pastor and Elder

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Born in Vermont, my sister and I spent our school breaks exploring the beautiful mountains of my dad’s property. The rest of the year growing up was spent in Southern Florida, getting into trouble and looking for shark teeth at the beach. My mother and step-dad raised us in a Christian home, but I’d say my faith wasn’t my own until after my family and I moved to Prescott, Arizona in 1999 for work. We grew to love Prescott and I enjoyed the small town life. After a brief tour of the party lifestyle and a brush with a pretty serious medical condition that required a few surgeries, my faith began to grow and I began feeling called to vocational ministry. I started working at a local church in Prescott in 2004 on the janitorial team, volunteering with kids’ worship, and eventually helping lead the kids’ ministry and youth program while I continued discipling students.

I moved to Phoenix in 2010 for a change of pace and got involved with Praxis Church as a volunteer. I met my wife, Helayna, at a Redemption Community in Scottsdale. We hit it off and were married on the one year anniversary of our very first date. Eventually, we were sent out as a part of the Redemption Church Flagstaff plant. We had our first child, Eleanor, in Flagstaff in the middle of a snowstorm in December 2012. She’s full of joy and loves all things princess related. We then moved to Los Angeles, California, where I served for four years at an incredibly faithful church, Reality LA, as the Kids and Youth Director. It was here that our second child, Roland, was born. He’s a gentle soul, but loves a good fight with his dad – it’s complicated. We love exploring the city, going for walks, and watching movies; things most families like to do in the city.

We have always felt a draw to the Phoenix area. Even when we moved to Flagstaff and Los Angeles, we knew we’d end up back here. We just love this city, we love what God’s doing here, and feel called to be a part of it. During the past few years, God has been building a burden in my heart for families. Any approach to ministering to kids and students is, in the end, best done through equipping parents in discipling their kids. All our best programs and plans fall short if they’re not reinforced in the home. My heart is to see families built up in their role as disciples and deepened in their dependence on God’s grace through it all. My family and I are humbled to be here, and so excited to meet you!

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Outreach & Communities Pastoral Resident

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I am married to Shelby and we live in Central Phoenix. I was born in Colorado but have lived in Arizona most of my life. My mother, Jennifer, now lives in Texas and my younger brother, Alexander, and his wife, Alexis, live in North Carolina. They all know Jesus and are an encouragement to me daily. I grew up in West Phoenix out by Luke Air Force Base. I attended high school out in Goodyear. I attended Arizona State University for my undergraduate studies and am currently studying at Phoenix Seminary in pursuit of a Master of Divinity. I have been a member at Redemption Church Arcadia for almost four years and have been able to serve on staff for a little under two years.

My mother married my adoptive father when I was two years old and we grew up attending the Catholic Church. We were cultural Catholics but I did have a surface-level, and slightly askew, knowledge of who Jesus was. However, He was not yet my Savior. When my parents divorced in 2003, I decided that I was an atheist. I could not believe that God would allow something, such as a divorce, to happen to my family. As I grew up, this atheism was not antagonistic toward any one religion. It was rooted more in apathy, ignorance, and a selfish desire to pursue hedonistic endeavors.

Fast forward to college. I was a frequenter of the party scene and was enslaved to my own desires. After almost five years of this empty pursuit, I was at the proverbial ‘rock bottom,’ and the Lord began to open my eyes to His saving Grace. A chance encounter on a date and a phone call to my brother changed the trajectory of my life forever. I was saved by Jesus on January 1, 2017. Forsaking old ways of living, I desired to grow in my faith in radical ways. I found myself serving in the giftings the Lord blessed me with and more astonishingly, I found myself sitting in a classroom at Phoenix Seminary eight months later. I graduated in May of 2022 with a Master of Arts in Ministry. I am still pursuing an M.Div.

Outside of ministry at Arcadia and schooling at Phoenix Seminary, I love to converse over a good cup of black coffee. I enjoy a good (theology, historical, or fiction) book on a slow morning, driving on roads I have never been on throughout Phoenix, and playing pranks on the closest of my friends.

I believe the Lord is calling me to pastoral ministry and am grateful to have the opportunity to serve you and the Lord in this residency that will span the next two to three years. I love Jesus and I love His Bride. I cannot wait to worship with you on Sunday.

soli deo gloria

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Outreach & Communities Coordinator

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Originally from San Diego, the Lord thought it would be funny to bring me to Phoenix for college and have me stay here after graduation.

I started attending Redemption Arcadia in 2018 and joined the staff as the Outreach Director in November 2020. I love helping our church build relationships with community organizations and connecting members with opportunities to love the marginalized and forgotten. I always said I never wanted to work at a church, but being part of the Arcadia staff has become one of my biggest privileges and joys.

Come find me on Sunday and say hi! I can usually be found in the lobby holding a coffee mug forcing others to look at pictures of my dog, Captain.

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R/Kids Director

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Worship Director

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Sunday Coordinator

Students Director

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I grew up in Phoenix and have been in the church my whole life, but the most formative time for me was in student ministry. God called me to ministry my freshman year of college and I got started in student ministry at my former church immediately after. I became the Student Ministry Intern and served there until starting here at Redemption Arcadia. I love the Phoenix area and have gotten to know different pockets of it at different points of my life, and I’m so excited to now know and care for the Arcadia area. I feel called to serve the students of this community in a way that partners with parents, reflects Christ in everything we do, and grows the relationships within the youth and also within the body as a whole.

I love coffee, ultimate frisbee, and Boston Birkenstocks.

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Production Coordinator

Prayer & Women’s Director and Deacon

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I was born and raised in the Midwest (Sutton, NE – population 1,500 to be exact). I grew up in a Christian home, the second of four kids, and was raised in a very traditional Reformed church as a pastor’s kid until I was 13. I came to know the Lord as my Savior at a young age and am thankful for the work He did in my heart in those formative years of my life. As a child, I knew I loved Jesus and music wanted to pursue both, but had no idea what that would look like.

In 2015, I moved 18 hours from home to Phoenix to attend Grand Canyon University. I began attending Redemption Arcadia in the fall of 2016 and graduated in April of 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Worship Arts with an emphasis in Ministry and a minor in communications. During my time at GCU I served at Arcadia as both a worship intern and an operations intern.

My heart is to use the gifts and opportunities the Lord has blessed me with to bring Him glory and to build up His people. As believers, the only response to the message of redemption found in the Gospel is a song of praise and thankfulness offered to God. That call to worship isn’t limited to the mountaintop moments, but is just as true in the mundane, everyday moments. I am honored with the privilege of getting to assist in leading our congregation in worship through both! I love each and every opportunity we get to come together as God’s people to do just this.

The Lord has used His people here at Arcadia to encourage, grow, and shape me. I love this church and am so thankful that I get to be a part of what the Lord is doing here!

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Director of Operations

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I was born and raised here in Phoenix, AZ, the oldest of four children born to two amazing parents who love and seek to serve the Lord in all they do. God saved me at a young age, but it wasn’t until junior high that I started to truly grasp the magnitude of what the Lord had done for me and seek to live my life in light of that.

After working for Disciple Nations Alliance, a small non-profit here in Phoenix, for just over five years, God called me to Redemption Arcadia where I started in May of 2012. I am so thankful that He led me here and am excited to see how He will continue to use His church in the community around us.

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Deacon

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I was born and raised in the small agricultural town of Quincy, Illinois. After attending business college and working for the local prosecuting attorney, I moved to Phoenix in 1975 and became a legal assistant and later managed two separate investment businesses. During that time, I faced several significant challenges and struggles that my religious upbringing did not equip me to endure faithfully. I began then to question everything in my life, especially my religion that could not sustain me because it was not based on a relationship with Jesus Christ. But during this dark time, God amazingly put key people in my life that pointed to Him and assured me that I could have a personal connection with a God who had seemed unapproachable and uncaring. The Holy Spirit began working in me in a way that has since changed me forever.

Now I live by His amazing grace, a life offered up to Him by faith. He rescued me and He has given me the beautiful desire to encourage others and comfort those in distress with the promises, blessings and grace God has bestowed on me. My joy is to serve His church through mentoring and discipling. I am also a deacon devoted to prayer and ministry.

I am married to Steve Wheeler, and we have four children and 13 grandchildren.

Deacon

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I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but lived in New Orleans until I was nineteen. I am the third son, fourth born child of 16 siblings. I enlisted in the Navy in 1969, during the Vietnam War, and served for four years. After military service, I lived on Oahu, Hawaii and later became a jewelry engraver for the next 24 years. I moved from Oahu to Phoenix in 1993 and became an officer with the Department of Corrections for 22 years.

Though I was raised in the Southern Baptist tradition, I did not become a believer until 1980 after being invited to a Jimmy Swaggart Crusade. I was later a member of both the Assembly of God and the Foursquare churches. During my time with these organizations, I went on several ministry tours to the Western Pacific Islands (Palau, Majuro, Pohnpei, Guam, etc.), was a member of the worship ministries, and was a Cell group (R.C.) leader. I began attending Redemption Arcadia about 2013 and was immediately drawn to the church from its expositional teaching of the Word and weekly communion. Additionally, I am deeply moved by the passion I see in the young people for the Lord through their service and commitment to the church. I am honored to be a member of this Redemption community.

Deacon

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I was raised by my grandparents in Fremont, California. We moved to Mesa when I was in 9th grade. I attended Red Mountain High School and then Arizona State University.

God called me into His kingdom in 2002 during my sophomore year of college. He immediately planted me in the East Valley Bible Church community. I met my wife, Stephanie, in December of 2002. We were married in 2005 and have four daughters – McKenzie, Harper, Skylar, and Sutton.

My vocational calling involves managing the maintenance and facilities team for a regional car wash company. In my free time, you’ll find me hiking Camelback Mountain or attending my kids’ sporting events.

I have a passion for the local church and for training my children in the discipline and admonition of the Lord. I’m honored to serve as a Deacon at Redemption Arcadia through the ministry of prayer and service.

Prayer & Women’s Director and Deacon

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I was born and raised in the Midwest (Sutton, NE – population 1,500 to be exact). I grew up in a Christian home, the second of four kids, and was raised in a very traditional Reformed church as a pastor’s kid until I was 13. I came to know the Lord as my Savior at a young age and am thankful for the work He did in my heart in those formative years of my life. As a child, I knew I loved Jesus and music wanted to pursue both, but had no idea what that would look like.In 2015, I moved 18 hours from home to Phoenix to attend Grand Canyon University. I began attending Redemption Arcadia in the fall of 2016 and graduated in April of 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Worship Arts with an emphasis in Ministry and a minor in communications. During my time at GCU I served at Arcadia as both a worship intern and an operations intern.My heart is to use the gifts and opportunities the Lord has blessed me with to bring Him glory and to build up His people. As believers, the only response to the message of redemption found in the Gospel is a song of praise and thankfulness offered to God. That call to worship isn’t limited to the mountaintop moments, but is just as true in the mundane, everyday moments. I am honored with the privilege of getting to assist in leading our congregation in worship through both! I love each and every opportunity we get to come together as God’s people to do just this.The Lord has used His people here at Arcadia to encourage, grow, and shape me. I love this church and am so thankful that I get to be a part of what the Lord is doing here!

Deacon and Graphic Designer

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I was born and raised in a suburb of Grand Rapids, Michigan and moved to Arizona in 2004. God blessed me with God-fearing parents who taught me about Jesus from an early age, and I began to truly commit to my faith in my late teens. I have an amazing brother and sister-in-law who recently gave me the gift of becoming an auntie for the first time! Work-wise, I run a boutique design studio that focuses on brand and website design for small businesses as well as an art and paper goods company based on my original artwork. I guess you could say I’m a bit of a creative business nerd.

I began attending Praxis in late 2010, right before it became Redemption Arcadia. Being the creative type I was initially drawn to the worship, but over time I began to understand the rarity and value of the depth of Biblical teaching at Redemption Arcadia. I thank God for the gift of this church body and its leadership. I’ve volunteered my graphic design skills for the church since the summer of 2015, been a Deacon since fall of 2017, and am humbled to be able to pray and care for the people of Redemption Arcadia.

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Deacon

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I grew up on a farm in Maricopa, and I’m a fourth generation Arizona native. I was blessed to be raised in a Christ-fearing home and embraced the Gospel at a young age. As I grew in my faith, I came to understand more fully Christ’s amazing grace displayed in salvation.

My husband, Josh, and I met during college and were married a few years later at East Valley Bible Church – now Redemption Gilbert. We started attending Redemption Arcadia in 2016 after moving to the Arcadia area. We love it and are so thankful for the wonderful community we have here. We have four daughters – McKenzie, Harper, Skylar, and Sutton, and a dog named Stormy. We are a sports-loving family and enjoy doing outdoor activities together.

When I’m not running the school or sports shuttle, I enjoy helping families buy and sell real estate in the Phoenix area. I also love coffee, which is why you’ll find me serving on Sunday mornings in the coffee shed. As a deacon, I’m am excited to serve the body of Christ through prayer and service.

Lead Pastor and Elder

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I am married to Jackie and we have two daughters. Shelby, our oldest, is a vascular surgery PA here in Phoenix and attends and serves at Redemption Arcadia along with her husband, Zachary Hines, who happens to be a pastoral resident at Redemption Arcadia. Darby, our youngest, is married to Joey; they have two children, our grandsons, Jamie and Charlie. They live in Northeast Iowa where Joey is the assistant director of Village Creek Bible Camp and Darby is an athletic trainer for high schools in the Lacrosse, Wisconsin area. Both Shelby and Darby played high school and college volleyball. Jackie is the Director of the Family Life Center at North Phoenix Baptist Church, the terrific church she grew up in and the church where God saved me. She is also a club volleyball coach.Jackie and I have two dogs - Kevin and Isabeau (Isabeau is named after the Michele Pfeiffer character in the movie Ladyhawke. We have no solid reference for the Kevin name).

I grew up in a great family, but one that didn’t attend church. At the age of 27, Jackie and I met and started dating while, of course, she was attending North Phoenix Baptist Church. As a part of our “dating plan” I wanted to attend church with her to try and figure out “the Jesus thing.” God used Jackie and NPBC to save me in June of 1987.

In 1990, I met Tom Shrader (one of the founding pastors of Redemption Church) and began attending his Bible studies. He would disciple me where he could and when we had time. Over time, Tom became my spiritual father, and I am blessed every day by Tom’s continuing influence in my life even though he passed away in 2019. Eventually, the business I was involved in was sold and I was left with no career at the age of 34. I went back to school, earned a few degrees, and in 2000 entered vocational ministry. In late 2011, I was called to Redemption Arcadia as the Lead Pastor. I began my ministry at Redemption Arcadia on February 1, 2012.

In addition to the privilege of helping to shepherd Redemption Arcadia, I also am an adjunct instructor of human communication theory at Grand Canyon University and Paradise Valley Community College.

Elder

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I am originally from northeast Indiana where I grew up in a rural farming community. I attended a local church all of my childhood and my parents raised me to know scripture and God’s truths. In college I met my wife Chelsie and we began attending church together at Countryside Bible in southern Michigan. Chelsie and I moved to the valley in 2008. We have two children, Willa and Ezra, and we live in the Moon Valley area of Phoenix. We’ve been attending Redemption Arcadia since the spring of 2012 and have served in children’s ministry and currently host the Fraley/Ponce Redemption Community. I’m humbled and honored to serve as an elder at Redemption Arcadia.

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Elder

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God used my wife, Ann, and eldest son to “grab” me in middle age, some 20 years ago. After several careers of modest professional accomplishment in the legal, energy, and healthcare fields, I have finally learned that my true identity is in Christ and that my primary mission is to worship and faithfully serve the Lord. As such, one of my favorite Bible passages is James 2:14-26 (faith without works is dead). Ann and I are grateful parents of 4 children and 13 grandkids. When not trying to be an obedient disciple, I enjoy my family, watching European soccer (no commercials), and doughnuts (any kind, any place, any time).

Executive Pastor and Elder

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Born in Vermont, my sister and I spent our school breaks exploring the beautiful mountains of my dad’s property. The rest of the year growing up was spent in Southern Florida, getting into trouble and looking for shark teeth at the beach. My mother and step-dad raised us in a Christian home, but I’d say my faith wasn’t my own until after my family and I moved to Prescott, Arizona in 1999 for work. We grew to love Prescott and I enjoyed the small town life. After a brief tour of the party lifestyle and a brush with a pretty serious medical condition that required a few surgeries, my faith began to grow and I began feeling called to vocational ministry. I started working at a local church in Prescott in 2004 on the janitorial team, volunteering with kids’ worship, and eventually helping lead the kids’ ministry and youth program while I continued discipling students.

I moved to Phoenix in 2010 for a change of pace and got involved with Praxis Church as a volunteer. I met my wife, Helayna, at a Redemption Community in Scottsdale. We hit it off and were married on the one year anniversary of our very first date. Eventually, we were sent out as a part of the Redemption Church Flagstaff plant. We had our first child, Eleanor, in Flagstaff in the middle of a snowstorm in December 2012. She’s full of joy and loves all things princess related. We then moved to Los Angeles, California, where I served for four years at an incredibly faithful church, Reality LA, as the Kids and Youth Director. It was here that our second child, Roland, was born. He’s a gentle soul, but loves a good fight with his dad – it’s complicated. We love exploring the city, going for walks, and watching movies; things most families like to do in the city.

We have always felt a draw to the Phoenix area. Even when we moved to Flagstaff and Los Angeles, we knew we’d end up back here. We just love this city, we love what God’s doing here, and feel called to be a part of it. During the past few years, God has been building a burden in my heart for families. Any approach to ministering to kids and students is, in the end, best done through equipping parents in discipling their kids. All our best programs and plans fall short if they’re not reinforced in the home. My heart is to see families built up in their role as disciples and deepened in their dependence on God’s grace through it all. My family and I are humbled to be here, and so excited to meet you!