Nate Oberly
Chairman of the Elders
Nate has served as an elder since 2016. He and his wife Chelsea have been married since 2010 and have been blessed with a 7-year-old daughter Alexis and a 4-year-old son Case. He and his family have been attending Minerva First Christian Church since 2011. He enjoys the opportunity to serve the Lord!
Chris Sanford
Lead Minister
Chris Sanford became the Lead Minister in August of 2024. He was born and grew up in Louisville, KY. After surrendering to the Lord Jesus Christ in 2004, I enrolled in Bible College and served as the Mt. Eden Christian Church's youth minister for 3 years. While in this ministry, I asked God to send me to the darkest place in the earth. 2 years later I landed in Southern Taiwan, where I met my wife and we and our four kids served for 11 years as missionaries. After re-locating back to the US 2 years ago, we served for a year in Midland, Texas and a year in Williamston, NC. We are looking for something more long term and hopefully can do so in Minerva, OH. We are so thankful for the opportunity to serve at Minerva First Christian Church, and are excited to see what God is going to do.
Dave Bush
Elder
Dave has served as an elder and teacher since the early 80’s. He and his wife Terri have been married for 43 years and have 3 adult children and 5 grandchildren. Dave and Terri have been active members of Minerva First Christian Church since 1978.
Bruce Doppelheuer
Elder
My family and I have been attending Minerva First Christian Church since 1986. I have served as an elder since the late 90's. My wife and I have been married since 1980. We have been blessed with 2 children and 4 grandchildren. We enjoy sharing God's love with others!
Zach Long
Associate/Youth Minister
Minerva FCC is where Zach grew up going to church. He graduated from Malone University in 2016 and married his wife, McKayla in 2017. They both have a passion for reaching students of all ages for Jesus and seeing God's Kingdom Work done in Minerva. He and his wife enjoy watching movies together and have a cat named Ahsoka. Zach has been our Youth Minister since 2016 and is looking forward to the great plans God has for Minerva FCC!