Our Staff – Pastor Gordon

Pastor Gordon was raised in a pastor’s home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated from Nyack College with a B.A. in Religion, and from Asbury Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree.  He earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois in 1995.

After 10 years of pastoral ministry in Willard, Ohio, he became the director of church planting for the Central District of the C&MA, a position he held for nine years.  Dr. Meier was subsequently elected to serve for three terms as the district superintendent of the Central District.  After 18 years in the district office, he and his wife, Barb, of 30 years, moved to Brunswick to start Hope Church.  They have two adult children.  Tim (and his wife Rachel and grandson Blaine) are C&MA missionaries in France where they are planting a church in Toulouse, France.  Lizz (and her husband Ryan Durbin) are serving a two-year apprenticeship as Compassion and Mercy Associates (C&MA) in Senegal, West Africa.

Our Staff – Pastor Jim

Pastor Jim was born and raised in Warren, Ohio, and has followed God's call on his life to pastoral ministry, with an emphasis on music and worship. He graduated from Youngstown State University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Music degree, and was ordained by the Christian and Missionary Alliance in 2000.

Pastor Jim served for over 16 years as the Pastor of Music and Worship at North-Mar Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in Warren, and recently moved to Brunswick to join Pastor Gordon in the ministry of Hope Church. He and his wife Linda have been married for 29 years, and have two adult sons, Josh (and his wife Jodie), who serves as the Youth Pastor at Lombard (Ill.) Bible Church (C&MA); and Andrew (and his wife Lindsay), who is pursuing opportunities in the field of special education.