Bart
was born and raised in Michigan.He
is a graduate of Spring Arbor University
and has his Masters of Divinity fromt Wesley
Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University.Bart
came as pastor to Central in June of 2006 after serving almost 9 years
as a youth pastor between two
different
churches.He loves being
involved in the
life changing work of the ministry, and he has a passion for people
being the
church instead of just “going to” or
“doing”
church.Church is not
about just coming,
putting in
your time, and then going on with life.Church
is about the life that God gives, and there
is no better!
Bart
has been married to
his wife, Kristen, since 1999, and
they have two great sons.He enjoys
spending time with his family camping or watching his kids’
sports.Bart also loves
playing
sports… any
sport.If it has a ball
or puck and
there’s a game to win, he’s there!He
also
enjoys music, reading, and playing games.
His Favorites:
Books:
The Bible,Anything
written by Andy Stanley,
Bill Hybels, Jim Collins, Patrick
Lencioni, or
Craig
Groeschel.
Movies:
Dead Poet’s Society,
anything Bourne, RED
Music:
Charlie Hall, Chris Tomlin,
David
Crowder, Steve Fee, Matt Redman, Lincoln Brewster, Paul Baloche, Israel
Houghton, and many others.
