About Us

Our church began in the late '80s through the efforts of Don and Deb Hoover, a church planting missionary couple with the Rural Home Missionary Assocation (RHMA) of Morton, IL.

Don, though now entering retirement age, remains active in ministry.  Don has long had a passion for team ministry.  He believes that God provides lots of different gifted individuals within a church - including at the leadership level.  And God is bringing that about here in our church...

Ron (and Joan) Denlinger joined the team in August of 2005.  You can learn more about him, his family, and their previous ministry with RHMA at their family web site.  It also features a book they've written (presently out of print) called Joy in a Foreign Land.

Dave (and Jean) Pepperell (after serving in Middletown for several years) have joined the team as well (in June of this year).  Dave shares in preaching, teaching, visitation and overall leadership of the church.

So, who is The Pastor of our church?  Jesus Christ is the ulimate pastor / overseer of the One Flock (made up of all believers everywhere).  Don, Ron and Dave are elders who serve in shepherding and overseeing this pariticular church family in Lincoln.

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What a church believes is important (and equally important that they really believe it and live by it).  Our beliefs are pretty much the same as others who take the Bible to mean what it says.  Click here if you'd like to read the details.