Thank you for joining us for ENTRUST: Equipping the Next Generation of Leaders. We hope that you were challenged and encouraged to invest intentionally in those who will carry the gospel forward.
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Scott Ardavanis
Scott is the Senior Pastor of Grace Church of the Valley in central California. Scott began his pastoral ministry at Grace Community Church with John MacArthur and also spent seventeen years as a senior pastor in Chicago and California before coming to Grace Church of the Valley in 2012. He is an adjunct professor at The Master’s Seminary in the area of Pastoral Ministry and Homiletics and is the Dean of The Master’s Seminary Central Valley distance location campus in Kingsburg, CA. Scott is a featured speaker at Bible and Pastors Conferences around the world. He also serves as a board member at The Master’s University/Seminary and for Sufficiency of Scripture Ministries (SOS), which impacts lives in Uganda with sound Biblical teaching. Scott has earned his degrees at Los Angeles Baptist College (now The Master’s University), B.A., The Master’s Seminary, M.Div., and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, D.Min. Scott and his wife, Patty, have 7 children and 16 grandchildren.
Nick Haight
Nick was raised in Spokane, Washington, where he came to faith in high school. After graduation from the University of Idaho, he moved to California and worked for a software company for 15 years. He is the Founding Pastor of The Cornerstone Bible Church in Sacramento, California which began in 2006 when Nick and several other families were sent out by the elders of Community Bible Church in Vallejo, California. Nick received his M.Div. from The Cornerstone Seminary in Vallejo, California, in 2011. Nick and his wife Rosita have been married since 1994 and have six children.
Christian Andresen
Christian (B.Th.) studied at Logos Bible Institute and Master’s Seminary in California. He was first active in children’s, youth, and missions ministry, as well as in pastoral care and teaching, at Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, then in Braunschweig, and at ECG Berlin-Hellersdorf. Today he serves as one of the founders and elders at Cornerstone Church in Berlin. Christian is the director and president of the European Bible Training Center (EBTC). He bears primary responsibility for the EBTC and also oversees the other European TMAI training centers. Additionally, he is the European regional director of Grace Ministries International (GMI), where he leads the Biblical Counseling course. Christian and his wife Sheryl have four adult children and 11 grandchildren.
Michael Lucas
Michael Lucas is Associate Pastor of Community Bible Church where he has served full-time since 2022. As a member and servant at CBC since 1997, he has led in CBC’s Youth Ministry, College Ministry, and Worship Ministry. He now serves as pastor/elder, leads a midweek Home Fellowship Group and oversees various Adult ministries. He earned his Masters of Divinity at the The Cornerstone Bible College and Seminary in 2016 and now serves there as professor of Bible Exposition. Michael and Eileen have been married since 2000 and they have a son, MJ.
Phillip Foley
Dr. Phillip Foley is the Lead Pastor at Community Bible Church, where he has served full-time since 1996. Phil came to know the Lord in 1984 through the discipleship ministry of CBC. He has a passion to equip men and women so that they may be complete in Christ, exalting Him with their lives. Phil is the interim president of The Cornerstone Bible College and Seminary. He holds a doctorate degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, a Master's degree from Trinity Theological Seminary, and a bachelor’s degree from Grace School of Theology and Ministry (now The Cornerstone Bible College and Seminary). Phil and his wife Becky have been married since 1985 and have five married children and 13 grandchildren.
