Leadership

CityView is led by a plurality of male pastors--also known as elders. We hold that the Bible treats the terms elder, pastor and overseer as synonymous.  An example is found in Acts 20, where the Apostle Paul has gathered all the elders from Ephesus (v. 17) for some final words. 

Later in Paul's speech, he refers to these gathered elders as overseers that are meant to care/shepherd/pastor the flock (v. 28).  Additionally, the two primary texts used for Elder qualifications (1 Timothy 3:1 and Titus 1:5) seemingly use elder and overseer interchangeably. 

Further, the apostle Peter uses the term shepherd/pastor interchangeably with local church leadership (1 Peter 5:2) in addition to using it interchangeably with Jesus' over-leadership as our overseer and shepherd (2:25).

Therefore, to be an elder is to be a pastor is to be an overseer.  We choose to use the term Pastor as our default term due to its cultural familiarity...but will occasionally use the term elder as well.

The qualifications for being a pastor come from 1 Timothy 3 and Titus, chapter one. From these passages (and others), we form our understanding of church leadership and the qualifications for leaders. In addition to pastors, we will have both male and female leaders that manage vital areas of ministry.

For more information on our leadership structure, go here.

PASTORS

• Rick White | Lead Pastor |
• Adam Crawford | Worship & Operations |
• Jeremy Dane | Connections |
• Jake Ledet | Discipleship & Communities |
• Kyle Raney | 5pm Service & Next Generation |

DEACONS:

• Aaron Zimmer | Facilities |
• Sean Hope | Finances |
• Travis Atwood | Finances |

PASTOR CANDIDATES

• Mark Bjornholm | Men's Discipleship |
• Travis Hood | Sports and Groups |
• Kenny Hall | Prayer & Sunday AM Operations |