Meet Our Staff
Pastor David Pennington
Dr. David Pennington has accepted the call as Community's next Senior Pastor. He assumes his ministry responsibilities on April 1, 2010, and will begin full-time preaching duties on Sunday, April 11.
Pastor Pennington grew up in central Florida and graduated in Bible from Bob Jones University (BA, MA, PhD), where he met his wife of thirty years, Cindi, a native of Illinois. She is also a BJU graduate in the field of music (BS, MA). God has given them seven wonderful children (four boys and three girls), ranging in ages from 26 to nine years old.
He has served on the staff of various ministries through the years, including Marquette Manor Baptist Church in Downers Grove, Illinois; Bethel Baptist Church in Schaumburg, Illinois; and Tri-City Baptist Church in Blue Springs, Missouri. He has planted a church in New England and served as a Christian school administrator and state executive director. He and Cindi have home-educated several of their children.
He serves on several boards including, Indiana Association of Christian Schools, Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International, Eternal Vision, and Baptist World Mission, Inc.
He possesses a wide range of ministry experience, a strong desire to see individuals receive Christ as Savior, a deep love for God's Word and God’s people, and a tremendous burden to strengthen marriage and family relationships.
Pastor Jay Bradford
Principal, Community Baptist Christian School
Upon graduating from Bob Jones University in 1990 with a Bachelor's Degree in Math Education, Pastor Bradford joined the staff here at Community as a math teacher and varsity soccer coach. He later received a Master's Degree in Education from Indiana University. His education, as well as his years of teaching and coaching experience, has prepared him well to oversee the ministry of the Christian school. For several years he taught the college age Sunday school class, and in the spring of 2008 he began teaching the Homebuilders Sunday School Class, a class designed to train parents in building homes that glorify the Lord.
Having three children of his own, Samuel, Charity, and Alaina, Pastor Bradford and his wife, Jan, have a real desire that Community be a place that co-labors with parents in training godly young people.
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Pastor Mark French
Assistant Pastor of Administration
After earning his bachelors and masters degrees, Pastor French has served in various assistant pastor roles in two different ministries since entering full time service in 1984. His primary ministry since joining Community in 1995 has been our Christian school. In the summer of 2008, he transitioned into a more administrative role in the church office - overseeing the church calendar, events, organization, the website, and education relating to Sunday school and the Wednesday night children's program.
He and his wife, Susie, have three children - Andrew, Caleb, and Abbie - all in college.
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Pastor Steve Stadtmiller
Outreach and Seniors Pastor
Pastor Stadtmiller joined the Community Baptist Church pastoral staff in 2005 and oversees our Senior Saints Ministry and local outreach program. After graduating from Tennessee Temple in 1981, his ministries have included teaching in a Christian school, being used as a layman in various capacities here in South Bend, and, most recently, serving as a missionary in Togo, West Africa, before beginning his full-time service at Community.
He and his wife, Etta, have four children: Amy and Steven, both married; and Preston, and Abi, both in college.
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Pastor Andy Taylor
Music Pastor
Having served as an assistant pastor in charge of our church and school music program since 1979, Pastor Taylor has been instrumental in maintaining our traditional, conservative, music standards while keeping our music fresh and vibrant. He is well qualified with B.S. and M.A. degrees from Bob Jones University in Music Education and Sacred Music. Searching for new music that is Christ honoring in lyrics and sound is an important part of his service here at Community.
His family includes Carolyn, his wife, and his two married children, Matt and Holly.
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Pastor Mike Thomas
Youth Pastor
Pastor Mike, as he is known by his teens, has a passion that young people would love God wholeheartedly and be grounded in the truth of His Word. His method? Expository teaching and preaching, and an abundance of interaction. Prior to being called to Community's youth ministry in 2004, he completed a bachelors and masters degree in pastoral studies from Bob Jones, and also served as a music/youth pastor. Pastor Mike and his wife, Jennifer, thoroughly enjoy their ministry to teens and have a tremendous burden to reach them for Christ, disciple them from His Word, and direct them to serve Him with their lives.
The Lord added a little girl to their family - Kyla, born in 2008.
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