Church officers and Deaconesses

Westminster Church is committed to a Presbyterian system of church government. This means that the congregation elects their leaders, who then make decisions about the vision, ministries, finances, and life of the church. In a Presbyterian system of government, there are two ordained offices that have authority to lead the ministry of the church: elders and deacons.

Session will begin to approach men to serve as elders and deacons and women to serve as deaconesses beginning in 2024. We desire and take seriously any nominations that come from the congregation. Please consider using the officer recommendation form found online at westpca.com/leadership to submit names for consideration by Sunday, April 16.

ELders

The elders form the governing board of the church, called the Session. The elders are all elected by the congregation and called to shepherd the members of Westminster. The Session is made up of teaching elders, whom we typically identify as pastors and whose primary role is the teaching ministry of the Word, and ruling elders, whose primary role is shepherding care and providing leadership to the mission and ministries of the church.

The elders lead and serve on the following committees and each committee consists of men and women of WPC.

ADULT MINISTRIES COMMITTEE

Andrew Soule
Chair

Jim Ressler

Tim Sidebothom

CHILDREN & YOUTH COMMITTEE

Paul Rogers
Chair

David Miller

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Jason Waldo
Chair

Dana Ormerod

GREAT COMMISSION COMMITTEE

Kim Seldomridge
Chair

Lee Brooks

Bob Hivner

Michael Mante

John Mwaura

LEADERSHIP & VISION COMMITTEE

Kyle Hunt
Chair

Eric Conner
Clerk of Session

Dave Helms

MEMBERSHIP CARE COMMITTEE

Bill Ziegler
Chair

John Barry

Dan Rogers

Mark Thudium

Todd Williams

WORSHIP COMMITTEE

Patrick Rohal
Chair

Ben Barrall

Deacons

Besides ruling elders and teaching elders, there are ordained deacons who have a ministry of practical service and mercy tasks within the church. The ordained offices are open to men only, consistent with I Timothy 2 & 3.

Ben Ritenour
Head Deacon

Jeff Caddick

John Davies

Adam Grim

Robert Heisey

Jason High

Seth Johnston

Mark Moses

Dan Newhard

Jim Oosting

Steve Poole

Kevin Reed

Bryce Ressler

Barry Roberts

Ron Runk

Ben Stiles

Ed Vander Bush

Mike Zappitella

Deaconesses

In accordance with 1 Timothy 2 and 3, Westminster believes God’s Word calls men to fill these ordained roles of elder and deacon. However, there are many other significant leadership and ministry roles that women fill at Westminster. In addition to the ministry and staff positions that women fill, Westminster’s congregation elects a non-ordained board of deaconesses who assist the deacons in practical ministry of the church.