Our church is an elder-led congregation. Two words often used to describe elders in Scripture are shepherds and overseers. The criteria for elders is described in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9. Our elder board is comprised of teaching elders (pastors) and ruling elders. We follow the biblical example of the plurality of elders as seen in Exodus 18:13-23 and Acts 20:17. This means that all of our elders and pastors govern and lead together and are responsible for feeding, leading, protecting, and caring for the people that call Heartland home.  

Ruling Elders

John Bouma            Stan Shelden

Jeff Flora                 Gary Gensch

Bryan Hanning        George Bruce

Jeff Morris              Matt Phillips

Morten Vigilius      David Alexander

Jeff Dugger            Ron Johnson

LaVerne Waalkes                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Teaching Elders

George Granberry        Richard Brueck (transitioning in)

Gary Goodrich