Meet Our Staff
Pastor David Pennington
Senior Pastor
Pastor Pennington grew up in central Florida and graduated in Bible from Bob Jones University (BA, MA, PhD), where he met his wife of thirty years, Cindi, a native of Illinois. She is also a BJU graduate in the field of music (BS, MA). God has given them seven wonderful children, ranging in ages from 26 to nine years old. Jessica (married, living in PA), Jonathan (living in CA), Christopher, Alayna, Gregory, Sara, and Austin.
He has served on the staff of various ministries through the years, including Marquette Manor Baptist Church in Downers Grove, Illinois; Bethel Baptist Church in Schaumburg, Illinois; and Tri-City Baptist Church in Blue Springs, Missouri. He has planted a church in New England and served as a Christian school administrator and state executive director. Prior to accepting the call from Community Baptist, Pastor Pennington served as the Senior Pastor of Burge Terrace Baptist Church in Indianapolis from 1999-2010. He and Cindi have home-educated several of their children.
He serves on several boards including, Indiana Association of Christian Schools, Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International, Eternal Vision, and Baptist World Mission, Inc.
He possesses a wide range of ministry experience, a strong desire to see individuals receive Christ as Savior, a deep love for God's Word and God’s people, and a tremendous burden to strengthen marriage and family relationships.
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Pastor Steve Stadtmiller
Assistant Pastor
Pastor Stadtmiller joined our church pastoral staff in 2005. After graduating from Tennessee Temple in 1981, his ministries have included teaching in a Christian school, being used as a layman in various capacities here in South Bend, and serving as a missionary in Togo, West Africa. He oversees our Seniors Ministry and our Missions Program.
Pastor Stadtmiller and his wife, Etta, have four children. Amy and Steven are both married. Preston and Abi are college graduates.
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Pastor Mike Thomas
Assistant Pastor
Pastor Mike, as he is known by his teens, has a passion that young people would love God wholeheartedly and be grounded in the truth of His Word. His method? Expository teaching and preaching, and an abundance of interaction. Prior to being called to Community's youth ministry in 2004, he completed a bachelors and masters degree in pastoral studies from Bob Jones, and also served as a music/youth pastor. Pastor Mike and his wife, Jennifer, thoroughly enjoy their ministry to teens and have a tremendous burden to reach them for Christ, disciple them from His Word, and direct them to serve Him with their lives.
The Lord added a little girl to their family - Kyla, born in 2008.
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Pastor Jay Bradford
School Administrator
Upon graduating from Bob Jones University in 1990 with a Bachelor's Degree in Math Education, Pastor Bradford joined the staff here at Community as a math teacher and varsity soccer coach. He later received a Master's Degree in Education from Indiana University. His education, as well as his years of teaching and coaching experience, has prepared him well to oversee the ministry of the Christian school. For several years he taught the college age Sunday school class, and in the spring of 2008 he began teaching the Homebuilders Sunday School Class, a class designed to train parents in building homes that glorify the Lord.
Having three children of his own, Samuel, Charity, and Alaina, Pastor Bradford and his wife, Jan, have a real desire that Community be a place that co-labors with parents in training godly young people.
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