PASTORS & DIRECTORS
  Corey Sateren, B.S., M.Div. (Doctoral Candidate), is our Senior Pastor. Corey leads our Staff team in development and through ongoing training and ministry. He also leads our body in a concerted effort to reach people with the gospel of Jesus Christ both locally and abroad. Corey is our main speaker and enjoys the preaching and teaching of the Word of God both from the Bethany pulpit as well as through seminar speaking.

 David Allen, B.A. ThM., Associate Pastor, providing leadership in the areas of Adult Education and Men's Ministry, joined Bethany's staff in September 2005, entered the pastorate in 1985 and served EFCA congregations in Appleton and Minneapolis, Minnesota, before serving as pastor to the Protestant Fellowship at Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia. David, and his wife Debbie and two daughters have been attending Bethany since returning from overseas in 2003.

  Mark Brandenburgh. B.A. , M.S.P.E. is our Director of Church Administration.  Mark joined the Bethany team in 2007 after six years of facility management at Viterbo University in La Crosse.  Mark is responsible for all aspects of business administration and facility management at the church. His main goal at Bethany is to support ministry leaders in a manner that glorifies God and allows them to accomplish His work through them. Mark and his wife Dawn have been attending Bethany since 2002 and became members in 2005. Their first child Jonah Michael was born in 2006 and he absolutely loves spending time at Bethany!

Greg Childress, B.M., MARE, is our Pastor of Worship. His desire is to lead the congregation in passionate worship through corporate times of intimate worship and transforming encounters with the presence of God. Greg leads the weekly worship teams and gives direction and training in music groups, drama, media, and special event teams. Greg has previously served other Southern Baptist churches in Millington and Paris, TN, for the last 16 years. He and his wife, Carla, have three children, Tiffany, Austin, and Madison.

Jeremy Dockter is our Student Ministries Leader. Jeremy was born in Las Vegas, NV, and moved to La Crosse in December of 2006 to change the direction in his life and learn to live for God. Jeremy has been a part of the Student Ministries over the past year and feels that it is especially important to give Jr. High students a lot of attention and lead them down the right path. He remembers those years as being extremely difficult and a time when he needed to know the truths that Jesus Christ teaches us. Jeremy says, "I feel privileged to be able to work with Student Ministries and will strive to create a sense of pride and community within the student body!"

  Marggi Porcari, B.A., M.S.Ed., Director of Ministry, came to Bethany in 1991, volunteered in the Children's Ministry from 1991-1996, served as Director of Children's Ministry from 1997-1999, and is currently our Director of Ministry. As Director of Ministry, Marggi helps volunteers find their ministry connection and assists Bethany ministries with their organizational and volunteer needs. She is responsible for helping volunteers at Bethany be a part of what God is doing in and through our church.


SUPPORT STAFF
Patti Breuer - Student Ministries Administrative Assistant
Glenna Lenardson - Receptionist/Secretary
Cindy Moses - Assistant to the Worship Pastor
Greg Paglini - Facility Manager
Leslie Root - Assistant Children's Ministry Director
Barb Smalley - Assistant Children's Ministry Director
Sherry Tuma - Publication Secretary
Adam Zastrow - Video Cafe Worship Leader