Lead Pastor
Chad Houghton
Pastor Chad Houghton has 7 years of experience as an associate Pastor and 17 years as a Lead Pastor. He holds a Master of Divinity as well as a Doctor of Ministry. Chad was raised in a Christian home, and growing up he felt his calling through Christ. He attended Moody for his bachelor’s degree and became associate pastor of youth in the fall of 1998 at Maple Hill Baptist in Keswick, Ontario. He completed his Master of Divinity through…
Children’s Ministry Coordinator
Naomi Flietstra
Naomi has been actively involved in children’s ministry for as long as she can remember. Growing up on the east coast in a Christian home, she was involved in children’s church, camp ministry and summer missions teams. A graduate of NBBI and Kingswood University, Naomi moved to Ontario where she met and married her husband, Jonny, while working as a children’s ministry director at Temple Baptist Church, Cambridge. Moving to Pembroke in the fall of 2017 with the dream of…
Office Administrator
Melissa Kuehl
Melissa grew up in Beachburg, Ontario, and is a graduate of Algonquin College’s Office Administration program. She is married to Shane and together they have two children (Bailey and Rachel). She joined CBC’s staff as Office Administrator in 2014. She loves to read and spend time in the great outdoors. If she could have any superpower it would be reading people’s minds.
Associate Pastor of Student Ministries and Outreach
Jerid Klassen
Pastor Jerid is passionate about seeing teenagers come to know and love God. There’s nothing that fires him up more than sharing the good news of Jesus’s death and resurrection to those that do not know Jesus. Jerid married his wife Emma in 2019 and together they have 3 children: Jasmine, Spencer, and Zadok. Jerid also loves the outdoors and enjoys watching Liverpool, playing soccer, badminton, tennis, volleyball, and guitar. Jerid has served as a short-term missionary with Fellowship International…