Eric Mockaitis has been walking with the Lord since January 2000. He holds a BA in Criminal Justice from Ferris State University, an MDIV from Moody Theological Seminary, as well as a licensed Chaplain with I.F.O.C. Eric has been serving as a pastor since 2014. In his free time, Eric enjoys outdoor activities, teaching/preaching, and daily renewal at the cross. With his strong educational background and deep faith, Eric is committed to shepherding the Lord’s flock and guiding them toward a closer relationship with Jesus Christ through the power of the Gospel.

Allen Snyder experienced his first encounter with the Holy Spirit as a 2-year-old in the nursery room of a little church in Idaho. Even at that tender age, he had a hunger to learn more about his Heavenly Father. His parents moved him and the family to Portland, Oregon solely to be part of a church they’d heard where God was moving mightily. Interestingly, services were held in an old movie theater! As a young man, although he had felt a calling all along by our Lord and Savior, Allen wandered wayward for many years into a precarious pit of sin, shame and disobedience. Only by the true grace and mercy of Jesus Christ, who willingly chose to suffer, be crucified, died and went to hell and back in Allen’s place, rising again to reign and rule over eternity, was Allen saved from the indelible stain of sin and death. Allen credits Jesus alone for chasing after and rescuing him from perilous ruin into a life built on faith in the saving power of the cross. He and his wife of 10+ years, Annie, joined The Gospel Church in the fall of 2023, where the Holy Spirit moves among the rows of a movie theater just as he remembers from his youth! Allen is humbled and honored to serve as a shepherding elder. If you ask him what he enjoys most, you’d get to hear of his joy in baptizing new believers in the surf of the mighty Pacific Ocean.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ saved our marriage from many sins, impurity, disrespect, adultery, bankruptcy, anger, rage and so much more. When God revealed the Gospel’s love and power to us by faith in Jesus’ death and resurrection our sins were forgiven, and our old lives were put to death on the cross with Jesus. And when we rose from the tomb with Christ, we were given power through the Holy Spirit to live and love again. “This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins” (1 John 4:10 NLT). Erick and his wife Sylvia love ministering the Gospel together.

Kelly was sold out to a world of idols, lust, impurity, and debauchery. A slave to sin and held captive in a prison of lies, she lost her identity, her way, and nearly her life. But instead of the death her guilt and shame demanded, she met the MAN who came and gave up His life in her place. The Lord Jesus Christ, her Kinsmen redeemer who became her Sin, died on the Cross, was buried in the grave, and rose from the dead so she could become His bride. Washed, set free, forgiven, and redeemed. Kelly has mentored for several years with Setting Captives Free. She joins us at The Gospel Church from Nashville Tennessee. She has a zeal for the Gospel and it's her desire for others to experience its power to restore lives, mend shattered hearts, open prison doors, and set the captive free just as she’s experiencing its power in her own life.

A faithful servant of the Lord Jesus Christ.

A faithful servant of the Lord Jesus Christ.