Pastor Rob serves the church as the Elder for Preaching and Vision. The Loves started ministry at Immanuel in March, 2016 after sixteen years of Pastoral ministry in Jefferson, WI and Greenwood, WI. Rob Graduated from Maranatha Baptist University with an undergraduate in Bible and Church Ministries and Liberty Theological Seminary with a Masters in Theology. Rob’s greatest passion in church life is declaring, with conviction, the relevant truth of God’s Holy Word so that the faith family can grow to imitate our glorious redeemer, Jesus Christ. Rob is joyfully joined in life and ministry with his wife, Lynelle. As former college athletes, Rob and Lynelle both enjoy playing and coaching sports and anything that includes spending time with their five children. 

 

Pastor Will serves as the Elder of Family Life. After graduating with a degree in youth ministry from Maranatha Baptist University in Watertown, WI, he became the Pastor of Family and Worship at Missionary Baptist Church in Greenwood, WI, where he served from 2014 until his transition to Immanuel in July of 2017. He is presently studying Church Ministry online at Liberty University. Will is passionate for God’s glory in His good designs of church and family, especially as God’s Word equips parents for raising their children in the Lord and helps transform believers of every age into the image of Christ. Will enjoys many sporting and outdoor activities, and is grateful for God’s providence of life and ministry with his wife, Rachel, and four children.

 

Chris Menard serves the church as the Elder of Stewardship. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire with a degree in Accounting and has worked in the Wausau area in various financial and accounting roles since graduating. Chris and his wife, Theresa, have attended Immanuel since moving to Wausau shortly after college and have served in a variety of children’s ministry roles through the years, which include serving as Awana Ministry Directors since 2004. Chris served on a Shepherding team in 2015 and was appointed as a lay elder in 2016. His passion is to encourage children, teens and parents to know, love and serve the Lord Jesus Christ. Chris and Theresa have six grown children and five grandchildren.  

 

Pastor Josh is a native of Wausau who spent a decade in Spokane, WA training at Moody Bible Institute and The Master’s Seminary. He returned to Wausau to join Immanuel as a staff elder in November of 2021. Josh loves to help God’s people know and lovingly speak the truth of Christ to one-another and the world. He can often be found with his wife (Nicole) and two kids at the local library or coffee shop. He also enjoys reading, various sports, and lingering in good conversation.

 

 

Our Elder of Creative Access Communities graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and continued graduate studies at Moody Bible Institute where he received a diploma in Biblical Studies. He spent 30 years in various roles overseas in Africa. He has a passion for reaching people in the 10-40 window. Immanuel was a supporting church, and when he returned to Wisconsin in 2016, he was appointed as a lay elder. He and his wife have been married for over 40 years and have 2 adult daughters, who have given them 5 treasured grandchildren.

 

 

 

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