Staff

Rev. Eric Costa
applyingthegospel.com

Eric has been married to Jerilee since 2002. They have two sons: Ransom and Justus.

Eric was born in 1979 in Portland, Oregon, and has always lived in the Portland Metro area. He graduated from Aloha High School in 1997, and has earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Christian Ministries from George Fox University (2001), and a Master of Divinity from Multnomah Seminary (2004). He was ordained a Minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in 2005 at Intown Presbyterian Church in Portland, where he served as Assistant Pastor until March 2009.

Rev. Nathan Lewis
nathanlewis.org

Nathan has been married to Glenda since 1989. They have five children: Hannah, Everett, Benjamin, Sophia, and Jackson.

Nathan was born in 1961 in Grants Pass, Oregon. He spent his childhood in Recife, Brazil; Placentia, California, and Potter Valley, California, where he graduated from high school in 1980. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English at Biola University (1984), and taught Humanities and English classes at Kelseyville High School on Clear Lake in California. He earned a Master of Divinity at Westminster Seminary in California and was ordained a Minister of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) at New Life Presbyterian Church in Escondido, California, in 1991. In October 1992, Nathan and Glenda moved to Cedar Mill, Oregon, to plant Evergreen Presbyterian Church. Evergreen was organized as a congregation of the PCA in April, 1997. The plan from the beginning has been to establish a church planting congregation and movement in Oregon.

Kristen Haferbecker, Music Director

Kristen was born in 1979 in Park Falls, Wisconsin, a small town in the midst of the Chequamegan National Forest. She attended university in the Chicago area, then in Stockton, California (outside of San Francisco), graduating with a degree in Music Administration from University of the Pacific (2001). Following graduation she moved to New York City and received a Master’s degree in Performing Arts Administration from New York University (2003). While in New York she met her husband, Joe, and they have been married since 2006. Kristen has held jobs as a music teacher, a classroom teacher, and in the Education Department of the New York Philharmonic. Joe and Kristen moved to Portland in August, 2008 to be near family and friends.

Frank LeClerg, Administrator
Evergreen / Chehalem Valley / Hoodland / Recon / Ascension

I was born in 1960 in Washington, DC, and spent the 60s and 70s in the northern DC suburb of College Park. Avoiding Vietnam war protests, race riots and all the associated politics was the order of the day. To “escape the craziness” of the nation’s capitol, the LeClerg family moved to the mountains of western North Carolina. This brought a different challenge: dramatically slowing my life to a comparative standstill! Having accepted Christ as Lord and Savior one Easter morn, I began the journey down the road of right and wrong, most times choosing “the wrong”. After receiving a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, marrying the love of my life (Rhonda), and completing 26 years working as an engineer (much of it at Intel Corporation), I accepted God’s leading to serve in Christ’s church full time. Oregon church planting has become a wonderful mechanism for doing God’s work, and I am blessed daily by those that I encounter in the Portland area.