Westchester Staff
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Chuck Mullikin
Lead Pastor
Chuck was installed as Lead Pastor on June 24, 2018 after spending one year in a co-lead pastor role. Prior to the co-lead pastor year, Chuck served as the Pastor For Adult Disciple-Making since August, 2013. Prior to Westchester, Chuck was in youth ministry for 10 years in Orange City, IA. He has an undergraduate degree in Christian Education from Northwestern College in Orange City, IA, and a master degree in Christian Thought from Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, MN in 2010, and was ordained in the Evangelical Free Church of America in 2011.
Chuck and his wife Emily have been married since 2005 and they have two children.
God has wired Chuck to exhort people, preach/teach, and be compassionate. Pastor Chuck is passionate about seeing Christians committed to God, loving people around them, and making disciples who make disciples who make more disciples… He also enjoys studying scripture with people, watching the Bible come to life in the people around him, and seeing the joy that comes when a person lives for the fame of Jesus instead of themselves.
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Dave MacKinnon
Pastor of Equipping
Dave is the Pastor of Equipping after having served as Senior Pastor since February 24, 2013. Previously, he served as the Spiritual Maturity Pastor since the summer of 2006. Prior to Westchester, Dave ministered at three churches in the Chicagoland area. He has an undergraduate degree in History from Crown College in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota and his Master of Divinity degree from Bethel Seminary in Arden Hills, Minnesota. Dave was ordained in 1985.
Dave and his wife Linda have been married since 1981 and they have three children.
God has wired Dave to be an encourager, a shepherd and a teacher/preacher of God’s Word. To him it is a calling and a life privilege to be able to help people take steps in their walk with God.