What brought these men together was their passion to know the truth as it is revealed in holy scripture.
What keeps these men together is a shared vision for a confessionally reformed church in Reedsburg.
We invite you to get to know them below:
Ministers
Christian was raised in a conservative Catholic home, fell away from that faith as a teenager, spent several years in spiritual darkness, and was redeemed by the sovereign grace of God as a young adult. You can read his full testimony here.
He and his wife Kelly are raising their six children in the rolling hills just outside of Reedsburg.
Patrick Morgan is the Director for international studies at Heidelberg Theological Seminary in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Our church called him to this work in January 2022 and he was installed by the Presbytery of Wisconsin and Minnesota on April, 2022.
ELDERS
Fred grew up in a Lutheran home in Racine, WI with parents who were active in the music ministries of their church. At the age of 12, he received Jesus Christ as his Savior at a church camp; but it wasn’t until the age of 26 that he truly repented of his sin and received as both Saviour and Lord.
After his conversion, Fred sought to satiate his hunger and thirst for the truth of God’s Word by attending several churches (Baptist, Wesleyan, Anabaptist, etc). Without fully understanding why, he and his wife always felt out of place. The reason: They were reformed (but didn’t know what that word meant at the time).
In 1999, Fred found a reformed fellowship in Mauston, WI where he finally felt at home. It was there that his spirit was strengthened and his gifts were sharpened. A few years later (2003), they joined Grace Reformed Church where he continued to grow in grace and knowledge and where his late wife Jan joyfully served as church pianist.
Fred was ordained and installed in fall of 2007, and lives in La Valle, WI with his wife Nancy.
Matt was converted as a young man in his twenties through the ministry of a local fundamental baptist church. He is thankful for the good start he received in his early Christian walk through their ministry; especially the emphasis on piety and separation from the world.
As he grew in his new life, he began to read anything he could get his hands on with a theological emphasis, and began to realize that, though he appreciated the sincerity of his current affiliations, there was a lack of doctrinal consistency and artificial limitations on growth imposed by the inherent Arminianism therein. Matt began to find answers in the writings of the reformers, and later the English Puritans.
After moving to Wisconsin to start farming in 2014, he visited Grace Reformed Church, and joined two months later. Further study of reformed doctrine and covenant theology helped him to embrace Reformed theology fully. His wife Stephanie serves as one of the church accompanists, and he was ordained as a ruling elder in 2018.
Aaron was baptized into the Catholic Church in Hartford, WI. While raised in his early years by very loving parents, the faith-life practiced in the home languished. There is not a particular moment in his life that he would say he was saved, rather, Aaron’s walk with Christ has been a gradual and rocky journey into God’s grace.
After his father’s death, Aaron’s mother remarried a Lutheran with strong family roots in the church. He began to attend services and was eventually confirmed into the Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod).
While thankful for his Lutheran upbringing, there would develop theological questions with which Aaron struggled (particularly concerning God’s sovereignty, the nature of the sacraments, and how the church should apply the scriptures in the current age).
Aaron was eventually introduced to Reformed Theology and found in it the place where the Spirit had been leading him for a number of years.
Aaron was ordained as an Elder in February of 2018. Aaron and Sarah live with their two younger children in Reedsburg.