Jeff Stappenbeck
Pastor Jeff serves as our Discipleship and Care Pastor. In the area of Discipleship, he leads our Growth Groups and Disciple 500 Ministries (one-on-one discipleship). In the area of Care, he leads our CareNet and Counseling Ministries.
Wife: Jen
Married: 2012
Children: Judah (2015), Janelle (2016), Joel (2018), Josiah (2019)
Hometown: Palmyra, NY
When he came to know Jesus: 2007
When he was called into ministry: 2007
When he came to New Hope: 2016
How he came to New Hope: Jeff and Jen began attending New Hope in 2009, while they were on staff at a local college. After getting married in 2012, they moved to MA for Jeff to pursue seminary and pastoral ministry experience. After completing his training, Jeff began to seek pastoral ministry opportunities in the Northeast and contacted Pastor Robbie to see if he knew of any. This led to conversations about him potentially serving on the pastoral team at New Hope. Jeff and Jen had always considered New Hope their “church home away from home.” They were excited to learn of an opportunity to serve the Lord with New Hope and joined the team shortly afterwards.
Favorite music: Music that moves his emotions and mind to worship. That means it includes everything from Traditional Hymns, Contemporary Worship (Current Favorites: Bethel Worship, Elevation Worship, Iron Bell, etc) to Rock (Current Favorites: For Today, Wolves at the Gate, Disciple).
Favorite movies: The Great Outdoors, Tommy Boy, Nacho Libre, Last Samurai, Star Wars movies, and War Room.
Favorite hobbies/pastimes: Spending time relaxing with my family, reading, theology, counseling, discipleship, watching football, music.
Dream vacation: Trip to Europe.
Little known fact about Pastor Jeff: At one point, I dated Minnie Mouse. Well..she wasn’t really Minnie Mouse, she just played her as a character at Walt Disney World.
Biggest passions: Being a part of a church that is passionate about making disciples. I love when people find Jesus Christ is the real deal and what life is all about!
Special Bible verse:
Romans 6 :11
So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. Acts 20:24 – But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish the course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
Acts 20:28
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of god, which he obtained with his own blood.