FIRST SEMESTER INSTRUCTORS

FIRST SEMESTER INSTRUCTORS

Dean Barham
Pastor Dean was saved at 10 years old and began to be discipled and actively grow in Christ in college. He took over as Lead Pastor of Lighthouse Calvary Chapel in June 2007 following many years of serving in various capacities. His life and ministry have been toward the ultimate goal of loving and serving God’s people in any way possible. His passion and gifting is to feed the flock, tend to the flock, see people grow up into the Head, even Christ, and live a life of relationship with our Lord, serving Him in the fullness of the Holy Spirit with walks, their and giftings, and their witness of the life-changing power of the gospel.

Tim Brown
Tim Brown has been in some form of ministry from February 1973 until now. He has been a youth pastor; assistant pastor; and for 42 years has been a senior pastor. He has been a Calvary Chapel pastor since 1985. He planted Calvary Chapel Fremont in 1997 and has been there for 28 years. He is married with three children and nine grandchildren.

Jared Cassidy
Before relocating to New Hampshire, Jared Cassidy served as both an elder and pastor in the Calvary Chapel movement in Massachusetts. He studied at Bridgewater State University (History) and Temple Baptist Seminary (Ministry). He also holds a certificate in Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology. Pastor Jared is currently serving as a senior pastor in Alton NH, where he is transitioning a church to join Calvary Chapel.

Ron Clement
The Lord called me in 2001 to serve as the founding pastor of Calvary Chapel Rockingham located in Plaistow, NH. His primary call on my ministry was ”for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry … ” Ephesians 4: 11-12 Throughout my tenure as Sr: Pastor; I’ve had the joy of being used by the Lord to raise up pastors, teachers and other leaders for the work of ministry, not only here in Southern NH, but in Haiti as well. Recently, the Lord has called my wife and I to leave CC Rockingham and move to Maine, where we are currently involved in a new church plant in the Sacopee Valley region of Southwestern Maine. The Lord is certainly moving in this area and once again, we are blessed that He’s called us to be a part of this work that He is doing

Donn Fisher
Donn Fisher began his college education as a music education major before receiving God’s call into ministry and finishing his college education at Calvary Chapel Bible College and Calvary Chapel University. He has been the pastor at Calvary Chapel of Raynham, MA since January of 2000. He and his wife Alisa have 4 adult children and 3 grandchildren.

Bill Holdridge
Bill Holdridge is the Founder and Director of Poimen Ministries and founding pastor of Calvary Chapel Monterey, where he served for 27 years. He produces a podcast called Strength for Today’s Pastor; available on major podcast channels. He is married to his beautiful wife, Sheri. Together they have three married children, and nine grandchildren. Bill is passionate about God’s Word, ministry to pastors, discipleship, church planting/mentoring, and revival in the church.

Brian Larson
Pastor Brian Larson was a product of the Jesus revolution in the early 70s. He has been a pastor-teacher for over 50 years. He was pastor of Calvary Chapel of Truckee CA for 40 years. He now resides in Weston CT with his wife Joyce. They have six children and 17 grandchildren.

Joe Paskewich
Joe Paskewich was born and raised in New England. Jesus found him homeless wandering around the country at the tail end of the Jesus Movement. His forty years of ministry have included jail ministry, concert promotion, worship leader; radio ministry, church planting, pastoring, and disaster relief director: He loves doing crazy stuff with his family.

Claude Stauffer
Pastor Claude T Stauffer is a graduate of Hofstra University and Asbury Theological Seminary. He has been in ministry since 1986 and presently serves as the founding and senior pastor of Calvary Chapel of Hope, where he has served since its beginning in 1993. He served bi-vocationally as a pastor and social worker for 16 years. He and his wife Dee have been happily married and his wife Dee have been happily married since 1980 and have three married children and nine grandchildren.