A church for the city.

About Us

Our vision at Pine Hills Auburn is to be a church FOR the city, LOVING people where they are with the GOSPEL of Jesus Christ.  What we mean by that is this:  we want to be a local church within our community that regularly gives to those around us.  We want to be present, living life with others around us.  We want to be visibly marked by serving, caring for those around us, meeting genuine needs, and just living life in community with those around us.  We want to love people where they are in their life journey, regardless of where that starting point may be.  We want to best display the Gospel in ways that Jesus did.

 

Our mission at Pine Hills Auburn is to BRING people to Jesus, BUILD people to live like Jesus, and to SEND people out to multiply like Jesus.  The Bible speaks to the Gospel as bringing hope and healing today, not just in eternity, and so we want everyone to know who Jesus is!  We want to take a joyfully serious approach to learning how to grow in Christ (discipleship) and have identified lots of ways in which this can happen.  Finally, we want to take seriously the call of Jesus in Matthew 28:18-20 to go and make disciples.  We want to develop, empower, and equip leaders to do what God has called them to do, whatever that may look like- including church planting. 

 

If you have further questions about what this looks like, please feel free to reach out to us!

Leadership

  • Lead Pastor

    Pastor Matt grew up in NW Ohio (go Buckeyes!) and graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2006 and Grace Seminary in 2022. He and Stefanie got married in 2005 and moved to NE Indiana where Matt served in social work for almost 15 years. Matt has served in ministry for over 20 years in various capacities: YFC Campus Life Director, student ministry, worship leader, and church planter. They have three very active boys and have resided in Auburn for 7 years.

  • Worship Lead

    Chad was born and raised in Huntertown, IN. He is married to Kahler and they have 6 children. They currently live in Huntertown but are looking to move closer to Auburn as they have children who attend Lakewood Park Christian School. Chad is the Director of Sales at a plastic fabrication company in Fort Wayne and has been there for almost 20 years.

    Chad is passionate about his love for Jesus and also passionate about authentic worship. He says that his life has been messy, but God’s grace is greater than his past! Chad wants people to know that they are welcome in our church no matter where they have been or what they have done. His goal is to love everyone who walks through the doors like Jesus would and to shepherd and teach people how to authentically and freely worship our amazing God!

  • Kids Min Lead

    Pam has lived in Auburn, IN her whole life! She attended Purdue Fort Wayne (formerly known as IPFW) for Elementary Education and taught for 20 years at DeKalb Central! She retired to become a full time babysitter for her beautiful granddaughters.

    Pam has a passion and vision for teaching our children the life changing love and compassion of Jesus Christ. Her first priority is partnering with volunteers to build a relationship with each child, to teach foundational biblical truths, and to show how the love of Jesus can change everything. We are building up a generation to love Jesus and to be bold and courageous disciples!