Our Leadership
A Presbyterian Church
A presbyterian church is led by a body of elders elected from among the people. This body is called the session. According to Scripture, these elders are to be Christian men with a desire to serve Christ's church, godly character, and sufficient knowledge and experience to lead in Christ's church. It is the session's duty to care for the spiritual needs of the church.
Our elders are Mr. Pat Daly, Rev. Caleb Harriman (pastor), Mr. Jim Higgins, Mr. Jim Loring (clerk), Dr. Ryan McGraw (teacher), Mr. Vernon Shoaf, Mr. David Stair, and Rev. Peter Van Doodewaard (pastor/moderator)
In addition to elders, a presbyterian church also has deacons, whose task it is to oversee the ministries of mercy, care for the finances, and maintain the church building and property. The deacons report to the session.
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Currently our church is served in these areas by four deacons, Mr. Brian Bassett, Mr. Joseph Bowman, Mr. Seth Dilella, Mr. Joey Pipa
Our Pastors
The pastor of a presbyterian church is ordained to office of minister of the gospel, and both shares in the rule of the congregation with the elders and is also given to the tasks of preaching the Word and administering the sacraments. Our pastors are Rev. Peter Van Doodewaard, and Caleb Harriman.
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Peter is a graduate of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary located right here in Taylors. Before following the Lord's call to the Christian ministry, he and his family lived in Ontario, Canada where he practiced engineering. It was from this work that the Lord called Peter to the labor of preaching the person, work, kingdom and glory of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Peter and his wife Lauralee have been blessed with seven daughters and two sons.
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Caleb grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. He spent a number of years in overseas parachurch ministry and English teaching before attending Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and being called into gospel ministry. He and his wife, MoonSun, are discerning a call to return to the foreign field as missionaries. They have three children, two sons and one daughter.