Our Staff – Dr. Gordon Meier, Senior Pastor

Gordon Meier was raised in a pastor’s home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Nyack College with a Bachelor of Arts 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.  Pastor Gordon 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 of 30 years, Barb, moved to Brunswick to plant Hope Church.  They have two adult children.  Tim (and his wife Rachel and grandsons Blaine and Jude) are C&MA missionaries in 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 – Jim Garber, Worship Pastor 

Jim Garber was born and raised in Warren, Ohio, and has followed God's call in 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 Minister of Worship at North-Mar Church of the C&MA in Warren, Ohio.  He and his wife of 30 years, Linda, relocated to Brunswick to join Pastor Gordon in the ministry of Hope Church.  They have two adult children.  Josh (and his wife Jodie and grandson Gabe) serves as the Youth Pastor at Lombard Bible Church of the C&MA in Lombard, Illinois.  Andrew (and his wife Lindsay) teaches in the field of special education.