At Family Bible Church we believe that leadership by a group of elders who are responsible for and accountable to an identifiable congregation best reflects the pattern of the New Testament. We hold our elders to Biblical leadership that is explained best in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1.
Our Teaching Pastor, Colin Kerr, grew up in a small town near Houston, Texas. He trusted Christ as Savior at a youth camp when he was twelve. As a young man he knew he wanted to invest his life serving God and telling people about salvation through faith in Christ. He began working full-time in church after graduating from Wheaton College in 1989. After a two year internship at Willow Creek Community Church, Colin served at Christian Fellowship Church as High School Pastor for seven years, and Pastor to Young Adults at Crossroads Fellowship in Raleigh, NC for another seven years. While in North Carolina, Colin earned a Master of Divinity degree at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and completed several years of post-graduate study in historical theology. He returned to Evansville and Christian Fellowship Church in 2005 to serve as Director of Young Adult Ministry and the School of Christian Ministries until 2011 when he began serving as Teaching Pastor of Family Bible Church. Colin has been married to Brenda since 1989 and they have 3 sons: Caleb, Jacob and Joel.
Brent Griffin grew up in Evansville, IN. He graduated from USI with a major in Radio Television Broadcasting in 2008. In the summer of 2008 Brent and Brooke were married. He worked as a server at Olive Garden for several years and then was in sales for two roofing companies in town for nine years. He also started seminary at Reformed Theological Seminary in 2012. He had felt God had given the gifts for pastoral ministry and went to seminary to pursue that as a career. The Lord led him to Family Bible Church and was hired on April 17, 2023 as associate pastor. Brent and Brooke have 2 girls; Emma and Lila. Brooke had a miscarriage in 2019 so they like to remember they also have a son in Heaven whose name is Noah. Brent enjoys spending time with his family and one of their favorite things to do is take their pop up camper to state parks in the area.
Dan Grimm is married to Ellen. They have 5 children and 5 grandchildren: Daniel (Ellie) Micah, Drew; John (Allie) Elijah, Mia; Xavier; Mary Beth (Dave) David; and Anne. Dan has been at Family Bible Church from the first Sunday of worship and served as one of the founding elders. He has taught middle school Sunday School for 6 years and led a mission trip to Bolivia. In addition, he enjoys spending time discipling men through Bible study, prayer, and sharing life together. He currently sits on the board of the Evansville Rescue Mission and GATHER Network. Dan is a partner in the firm GSG Wealth Management (Northwestern Mutual). In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his grandkids, raising and showing American Saddlebred horses, and playing golf and tennis with his family.
Jim McDonald was born in Evansville 1956 and has lived here his whole life. He grew up on a multi-generational farm. He spent his professional career of 33 years in the banking industry. He retired from banking in 2022 and now spends the majority of him time helping family and friends when needed. He also spends time as a director for Thy Word Network, a radio station on the northside of Evansville. He has been married to Carolyn for 36 years and has two children, Ivan (who is married to Rebecca) and Molly.
Scott Cordts grew up in a small town in Southern Illinois and accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior at age 10. He married his high school sweetheart Kristine in 1999 and they enjoy spending time with their three kids: Julia, Isaac, and Charlotte. Scott is a family physician and currently serves as the program director for the Deaconess Family Medicine Residency where he oversees the training of future family physicians. He has been involved with Tri State Tres Dias, served on the local Young Life Committee, led home fellowship groups, and enjoys playing with the worship team during Sunday morning worship services. His favorite chapter of the Bible is Romans 8 because he is encouraged and comforted that nothing can separate us from God’s love through Jesus and that our salvation is assured in Christ, no matter what we face in this life. He is humbled and grateful to be able to pray for and serve our church body.