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Pastor Directory & Biographies

	Thomas Thompson, Senior Pastor 719-598-6767 x. 202 \| email \| Blog Thomas Thompson is a recent transplant to Colorado after serving in churches in Texas and Oklahoma. He is an Aggie and a Dallas Seminary graduate with a focus in church planting. He and Jessica have been married for over a decade and have four kids, Clara, Beau, Henry, and Gus. Outside of grilling out, reading books, and playing games with his family, Thomas' passion in life is to inspire people to be doers of the Word. After serving for two years as Lead Teaching Pastor, Thomas was commissioned by the Elder Board to the role of Senior Pastor in 2010.

	Mark Tuggle, Executive Pastor 719-598-6767 x. 200 \| email \| Blog Mark has been active in ministry at Pulpit Rock since 1993. After five years as an Army officer, he resigned in May 1997 to answer a call to pastoral ministry. He earned his Master of Divinity from Denver Seminary in 2004. Mark is passionate about the local church and rejoices when followers of Jesus "plug in" to the local church body. He is married to Penny and they have three children, Asher, Abigail, and Emma.

	Bonnie Aldrich, Children’s Ministries Pastor 719-598-6767 x. 205 \| email Bonnie has been working in Children's Ministry for 30 years. After graduating from Fort Wayne Bible College, she began teaching kids, writing curriculum, training teachers and speaking at children and women's conferences domestically and internationally. Bonnie believes that a learning environment must include challenge and lots of fun. She surrounds herself with a qualified creative team to lead Children's Ministry at Pulpit Rock.

	Steve Aldrich, Missions Pastor 719-598-6767 x. 208 \| email Steve did his undergraduate studies at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago prior to joining the pastoral staff of a church in northwest Ohio in 1970. In 1973, he and his wife, Bonnie, joined OC International and served as missionaries in Colombia, South America until 1987. In 1992, Steve became the Missions Pastor and Director of the International Ministries Team (IMT) at Pulpit Rock. In 1995, Steve received an MA in Christian leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary.

	Jonathan Cleveland, Discipleship Pastor 719-598-6767 x. 204 \| email Jonathan grew up in Colorado Springs and graduated from CSCS. He got his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Northern Colorado, but most importantly he met his wife there. He and Becky married in 1997 and have been serving in churches together ever since. They have three sons, Carter, Grant, and Truman.

	Scott Myers, Worship Arts Pastor 719-598-6767 x. 206 \| email Scott has been leading worship at Pulpit Rock since 1994. He and his wife Shelly enjoy Colorado camping with their three children: Jake (the baseball guy), Will (the movie guy) and Kayla (the singer and dancer girl).

	Jack Rants, Community Care Pastor 719-598-6767 x. 203 \| email Jack grew up on the west coast where he pastored three churches before serving as Chaplain at Grace College and Seminary in Indiana for six years prior to his move to Colorado Springs in March 2006. In July 2006, he assumed the responsibility of guiding Pulpit Rock in fulfilling our biblical call to mutually care for one another. Jack’s greatest ambition in life is to honor God by pursuing knowledge of and obedience to Him more completely and consistently, and by helping every person that he can to do the same. He is married to Leslie.

	Nick Vuicich, Student Ministry Pastor 719-598-6767 x. 219 \| email Born in Houston and raised in Austin, Nick considers himself a thorough Texan. Even though he was a Christian from a young age, God had a lot of work to do before Nick's heart was surrendered to God's calling and grace. He met his wife Kathryn while both were at college and married right after graduation. They have been married for five years and share a passion for travel, adventure, loving God, and not taking anything too seriously. Nick's vision is that teens would have an unshakable love for Jesus.