Dave Damschroder
PASTOR
Dave Damschroder was born and raised in Sandusky County. He believed the gospel when he was 21 years old having heard the good news over the radio. Shortly thereafter he was invited to attend a service at the Chapel and have been a part of this ministry ever since. His wife Melissa and him have 4 grown children and several grandchildren, After one on one discipleship, he served as a building trustee, financial secretary, deacon, and vice moderator. Maturing in faith by the solid Bible teaching of many faithful pastors at the Chapel, he became convinced of the Biblical pattern of elder led local churches. Having been affirmed by this local church as an elder, he is grateful to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to serve this local church body as an undershepherd with his fellow elders.
Jonathan Edwards
PASTOR
Having grown up the son of a pastor in Kalamazoo, MI, Jonathan wasn't seeking to pursue the career choice of his father. Yet, the Holy Spirit had other plans and placed a burden on his heart to shepherd God's people. He graduated from the Christian Workman Schools of Theology and has served as an elder at the Chapel since September of 2012.
John Fahrbach
PASTOR
Pastor John was raised in Fremont and lived there for the better part of the first 26 years of his life. He came to know the Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior when he was 20 through the witness of faithful members and friends of the Chapel.
In 1977 John went to Grace College and then onto Grace Seminary. He graduated with a B.A. in Biblical Studies and History and a Master of Divinity. He was instrumental in starting the Trinity Grace Brethren Church in Northwood, Ohio where he pastored for 15 years.
Pastor John's first wife Julie passed away from cancer in 2010. They had six children together. Two of them, Paul and Paula went to be with the Lord in infancy. Gunther, lives in Kentucky, George in Monroe, Michigan. Ruth (Kreager) and Louis live in Northwood, Ohio.
John met and married Sharon and lives in Northwood.
The greatest teachers who influenced his life include, Dr. Herman A. Hoyt, Dr. S. Lewis Johnson, Dr. John Murray, Pastor John MacArthur and Pastor Keith Merriman. "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another".
In 1977 John went to Grace College and then onto Grace Seminary. He graduated with a B.A. in Biblical Studies and History and a Master of Divinity. He was instrumental in starting the Trinity Grace Brethren Church in Northwood, Ohio where he pastored for 15 years.
Pastor John's first wife Julie passed away from cancer in 2010. They had six children together. Two of them, Paul and Paula went to be with the Lord in infancy. Gunther, lives in Kentucky, George in Monroe, Michigan. Ruth (Kreager) and Louis live in Northwood, Ohio.
John met and married Sharon and lives in Northwood.
The greatest teachers who influenced his life include, Dr. Herman A. Hoyt, Dr. S. Lewis Johnson, Dr. John Murray, Pastor John MacArthur and Pastor Keith Merriman. "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another".
Keith Merriman
Pastor Keith Merriman was born into a large Catholic family in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is the second oldest of nine children. He attended Catholic grade school and high school. He married his wife Nancy in 1973 and they have two children, Michael and Melinda. In February of 1977 he trusted Christ as his Lord and Savior and began attending the Eagle Creek Grace Brethren Church. It was that summer that he was called to full time ministry while attending the National Conference of Grace Brethren Churches in Winona Lake, Indiana. He left for Grace Theological Seminary later that fall and graduated in 1982. He pastored the Orrville Grace Brethren Church for nearly 13 years. He and his wife Nancy ministered in Cameroon, Africa in 1996 and 1997. From 1998 until 2003 he was a church planter in Parkersburg, West Virginia. In the fall of 2003 he and Nancy moved to Fremont, Ohio where he has been pastoring for the past 13 years. Pastor Keith has also been teaching in Africa for over 20 years and continues to train men for the ministry here in the US as well as in Africa.
