With over 40 years of ministry experience, Mary Ann & I have had the opportunity to serve in various capacities from Youth Pastor to Associate to Lead Pastor to Presbyter to now Church Health Director. We love the local church.
After I graduated from Central Bible College and Assemblies of God Theological Seminary and Mary Ann from Evangel, we served as youth and associate pastors in Springfield and Waupaca, Wisconsin. We assumed our first lead pastorate in Shawano, Wisconsin at the ages of 23 and 25. We followed a well-loved pastor in his seventies who was retiring and jumped in to lead the church of 50 where the median age was 55, with one child in the nursery. Over the 8 ½ years, Shawano Assembly of God proved to be a wonderful congregation that allowed us to grow personally and fostered a healthy environment that led the church to become the largest evangelical church in the county.
We then received a call to pastor Blue Springs Assembly. It was a struggling dysfunctional congregation of 60 in 1997. We saw God turn this church around to become a healthy thriving congregation in Kansas City. We guided the church through several seasons of growth, purchasing 24 acres and building a new campus in 2008. Today, BSA is a generous, mission-minded church reaching its community for the Lord.
We feel like God has prepared us our whole life for this moment to help pastors and churches in this area of Church Health. We are available to preach, teach, train, coach or just have a cup of coffee. We want to be your friend and encourage you in the ministry. We are here to help in any way.
John & Mary Ann Martz