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Our Staff
rob_brust Rob Brust, Senior Minister
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Rob has served as Senior Minister at Northside since March, 2002. He is a 1984 graduate of Ozark Christian College. He served churches in Lawton, Oklahoma City and Stillwater before beginning his ministry here. He and his wife Sandy are the proud parents of three daughters, Kala, Kelsey, and Kariah.

The Mission Statement of the church is "Connecting to God... Others... Community". As the leader of this great body of believers, Rob wants Northside to be a light in the community of Broken Arrow reaching out to the lost and helping to bring them to a saving relationship with the Lord.

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Jeff Gill, Minister of Administration and Involvement
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Jeff began his ministry at Northside in April of 2009. He is a 1978 graduate of Dallas Christian College and has served in ministries in Perkins and Beaver, Oklahoma and Hugoton, Kansas. His wife Brenda is a Senior Counselor at Stillwater Domestic Violence Services. Their children are Chad and his wife, Morgan and grandson Caleb; Christy and her husband Jeremy; and their youngest daughter, Cassie. Jeff desires to assist the church to function efficiently as well as effectively by utilizing the talents and abilities of the membership to connect to the community and one another.

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Ryan Fankhauser, Youth Minister
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Ryan began serving as Youth Minister in May of 2002 after graduating from Ozark Christian College. He and his family are long term members of Northside, and he is proud to be serving the Lord in his home church. Ryan and his wife, Julie, have been married since June of 2001. They have three sons, Wyatt, Jackson and Cody.

He oversees all programs for our Jr. and Sr. High Students, (7th through 12 grade). The purpose of the Youth Ministry of Northside is to reach students, plant them in the Word with other Christians, and water them as they grow through worship and service.

jarod_anderson Jarod Anderson, Worship Minister
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Jarod joined the staff as Worship Minister in February of 2009 following a 7-year ministry in Kansas City, KS.

He and his wife Laura graduated from Ozark Christian College in 2002 and have three children: Ethan, Sean, and Kaitlyn. Jarod leads Northside in worship every week and manages the tech ministry, including audio,video and website. His desire is that all kinds of people, whether they've been in church all their lives or are coming for the very first time, would be connected to God through all kinds of media.

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Kim Williams, Preschool Director

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Kim has been a member of Northside for over 20 years. She began her ministry at Northside as the Director of Lord's Little Army preschool and Mother's Day Out in 1997 and became the Director of all nursery and preschool programs in 2000. She and her husband Chris have two children, Morgan and Adam. Kim has an exceptionally big heart for children and loves to see each child blossom in their love for the LORD!

daniel_koch Daniel Koch, Ministry Intern - Adult Education and Discipleship
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Daniel began serving on staff at Northside in May of 2009 after graduating from Ozark Christian College. He served 2 years as the minister of Sheldon Christian Church in Sheldon, MO before moving to Broken Arrow. Shortly after starting, he married his wife Kelsie in June of 2009. Kelsie is an Associate Registrar at the Tulsa branch of Oklahoma Wesleyan University. Daniel oversees the adult education programs including Northside's Connection Group Ministry and the adult portion of our Wednesday night Deeper Life program. He has a desire to see men and women find their connection within the church and to see them grow throughout a lifetime of faith in Christ.

drew_crisp Drew Crisp, Children's Minister
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Drew and his wife, Cailee, recently moved from New York to Tulsa after their marriage in June 2009. Drew graduated from Ozark Christian College in 2006, after which he moved to Syracuse, New York where he and Cailee served in youth ministry for three years. Drew has been serving as our Children's Minister since January of 2010. His vision here at Northside is to partner with parents and other mentors to help connect kids to God, others, and their community. Drew enjoys reading, coffee, and playing the Wii with his wife. He finds it hard to turn down anything relating to food and is also strangely curious right now about the art of making statues out of trees. Drew is very excited to get to know everyone at Northside and also the people of Broken Arrow.