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Senior Pastor's Office
Wayne Barber, Senior Pastor
Phone: 858-8654
Wayne Barber is a graduate of Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, North Carolina.
He attended Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky and Asbury Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He has received two honorary doctorate degrees from North Florida Baptist Theological Seminary in Jacksonville, FL and from Covington Theological Seminary in Rossville, Georgia.
Wayne has served churches in Kentucky, Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee. For 18 years, he was the Sr. Pastor of Woodland Park Baptist Church in Chattanooga, TN. While there, he had the special opportunity to serve as co-teacher with Kay Arthur for 14 years at Precept Ministries.
Wayne had the privilege of learning to exegete Scripture from the Greek text by studying for 10 years with Dr. Spiros Zodhiates, one of the leading Greek scholars in the world. During that time he co-hosted Dr. Zodhiate’s radio and TV program, New Testament Light.
Wayne has taught the message of “Living Grace”, Christ living in and through a believer, around the world. He is president, founder, and principal speaker of Living Grace Ministries. He has been Sr. Pastor of Hoffmantown Church in Albuquerque, NM since March 2002.
Wayne has authored several books, the most recent one published by Broadman and Holman is entitled Living Grace: Letting Jesus Be Jesus In You. He has also co-authored the Following God series of studies published by AMG. Wayne enjoys the great outdoors and is an avid hunter and fisherman. Wayne and his wife, Diana, were married in 1969. They have two children and five wonderful grandchildren! |
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Adult Ministry
Erik Christensen, Equipping and Associate Teaching Pastor
Phone: 858-8632 | Email: erikc@hoffmantown.org
Erik was born on the mission field in Jos, Nigeria to David and Elsbeth Christensen. He attended Liberty University where he played baseball, was saved, and met and married Stephanie, the daughter of Wayne and Diana Barber. It was also at Liberty that Erik was called by the Lord to serve Him in the ministry. After earning a Biblical Studies degree, Erik began his ministry journey in TN where he served as a youth minister. He and Stephanie moved throughout the South until being called to serve as Senior Pastor at Poplar Springs Baptist Church in GA in 2002. During this time he was mentored by Dr. Spiros Zodhiates. In 2007 the Lord moved the Christensen family to Casa Grande, AZ where Erik served as Senior Pastor until receiving the call to Hoffmantown in 2010. Erik and Stephanie have been married since 1992 and are the parents of Hollen who was born in 1996 and Jonathan who was born in 2000.
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Student Ministry
Jared Bridge, Student Pastor
Phone: 858-8631 | Email: jaredb@hoffmantown.org
Jared Bridge is the student pastor here at Hoffmantown Church. Jared’s passions include spending time with his amazing wife Tasha and his family, listening to music, reading, snowboarding, playing sand volleyball, facebook, hitting the links, and working out. Jared grew up here in Albuquerque and graduated from UNM with a double major in History and Sociology. He recently completed his Masters of Divinity at Luther Rice University. Jared works with mid/high school and college students. |
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Asher Barrett, Multimedia Pastor
Phone: 858-8634 | Email: asherb@hoffmantown.org
Asher is the multimedia pastor here at Hoffmantown and he is excited to be a part of what God is doing at Hoffmantown. Asher has been in ministry for eight years and has been blessed to work at a few mega churches doing multimedia and other pastoral roles. He is excited to use his creative gifts to serve the body of Hoffmantown. He is originally from Roswell, NM where his heart for ministry developed as a teenager through youth camp ministry and leading worship. Asher moved to Albuquerque 8 years ago to pursue further ministry training during which he met his wife of six years, Sally. They have twin sons who were born in May, 2008. Together they play hard, mountain biking, snowboarding, wakeboarding, and beating people (like Jared) at volleyball. |
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Chad Spriggs, Student Worship Pastor
Phone: 858-8639 | Email: chads@hoffmantown.org
Chad Spriggs originates from North East Texas, although he has called New Mexico his home for the past ten years. He graduated from ETBU with a degree in Theology and received his Masters degree from New Mexico Highlands University. Chad is married to Deanna Spriggs and they both enjoy spending time with family, relaxing with friends, and challenging others to grow their relationship with God. Chad finished his debut album "You Offer Me" January of 2009 and looks forward to continuing to grow as a lead worshiper. His personal life mission is to build intimate relationships, create compelling music, and share relevant truth, in hopes of reproducing people wholly devoted to a lifestyle of worship. Visit Chad online at www.chadspriggs.com or in person at Hoffmantown Church's Youth Ministry. |
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Children's Ministry
Patrick Newbill, Children’s Pastor
Phone: 858-8617 | Email: patrickn@hoffmantown.org
Patrick comes from Chattanooga, TN where he served as Children’s Pastor at Woodland Baptist Church. He came to Hoffmantown in May of 2008. He is married to K.C. and has two children, Christi, 14 and Curtis, 13. Saved at the age of 17, he began to understand the surrendered lifestyle while sitting under the teaching of Wayne Barber (’90-’99). He then became a Children’s Pastor while receiving his Biblical Counseling MDIV from Southeastern Seminary. The most influential verse in his ministry has been 1 Corinthians 13:11 in which Paul states that when he was a child he spoke as a child, thought as a child, and reasoned as a child. Children think differently than adults. If we are to be effective at ministering to a child (the most fertile mission field) we must enter his world and relate Biblical truth on his level. |
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Worship Ministry
Terry Adams, Worship Pastor
Phone: 858-8628 | Email: terrya@hoffmantown.org
Terry grew up in Kentucky, but comes to us from Atlanta, Georgia where he served as Worship Pastor for almost fifteen years. Terry is married to Christina. They are the parents of two older daughters and one daughter at home, Joanna, a mid-schooler at Hope Christian. Christina was flight attendant for Delta Airlines for 25 years. “The greatest passion of my life is to know God and live out my life purpose and calling. One of the greatest joys of my life is leading God’s people in heart-felt, Christ-exalting, spirit-and-truth worship. It is my desire to facilitate an experience of worship that will engage the hearts of every believer. I long to help others better understand the priority of worship in the life of the believer. I embrace the Biblical view that worship is the lifestyle of a believer. I understand the call to “come and follow” Jesus to be a call to come and worship. God has called me to join Him in creating environments where He can be celebrated and praised. When we understand more fully that worship is a relationship with God that empowers all of life (and all we do as a church) it stops just being a function of the church and becomes life to us. It becomes our response, both publicly and privately, to God, for who he is and what he has done for us; and we begin to express that response in and through the things we say and the way we live our lives. Worship has to do with real life. Our worship empowers all we do to serve our loving Savior: evangelism, teaching, serving, ministry and equipping. Worship is the center, because God is the center.” |
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Evangelism Ministry
David Eustis, Evangelism and Prime Life Ministry Pastor
Phone: 858-8609 | Email: davee@hoffmantown.org
Dave has been in full time ministry since 1968. He grew up in a pastor’s home and learned ministry at his father’s side. Dave’s schooling, gifts, and God’s spirit called his heart to help people establish their lives through faith in God’s word. That faith is evident by his living in the simplicity of a pure heart that overflows into the winning of souls to Christ. Dave has served six churches in full time ministry. He also served Milldale International Ministries in camp and conference work for ten years and gave fifteen years of his life to evangelism throughout the US and other countries. During his service to the Lord, he traveled for thirteen years providing conference music and teaching. He helped establish youth camps and has served churches as music minister, youth and family life director. He and his wife Charlyene have had the joy of raising five children and sharing a lifetime ministry. |
