Stephen Chamberlain, Senior Pastor.
Pastor Steve is a Massachusetts native and former banker called by God into the pastorate. A graduate of Dartmouth College, Steve and his family attended BEFC for fourteen years, where he served in a number of capacities.
Upon sensing God's call to full time service he enrolled at Conservative Baptist Seminary of the East and he was later called to be the assistant pastor. After he completed four years of seminary, the church voted to make him senior pastor in 1997.
Pastor Steve enjoys almost any sport and he is still active in playing softball, ice hockey and sailing. He unsuccessfully attempts to hide his undying dedication as a Red Sox fan. He and his wife Lois have five children, and four grandchildren.
Ruth was born into a pastor's home
in Rutland, Vermont. Her
dad pastored various churches in New England and Southern Ontario but
when she is queried about where she's from, she'll pick whatever sounds
most glamorous that day. She
has "been from" Boston, Toronto, even Chicago.
Or, more currently, she's from "Branford Connecticut." Her
parents provided the kind of home where faith was taught and lived. Her dad's words to the
children--she has three brothers--were to "learn to walk alone with
God."
Ruth attended Ontario Bible College in Toronto and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois where she earned a Master of Arts in Christian Education. She is licensed with the Evangelical Free Church ministerial. She has served as our Director of Christian Education and Nurture since January of 1987. Ruth also serves on the national steering committee for Church Health for the Evangelical Free Church of America. Ruth also serves on BEFC's Core Vision Team as the Director of Education.
Ruth loves the Lord, His Word and His people and her great delight is sharing the Lord and His Word with His people. Her hobbies are the METS, reading, sewing, hiking and sharing the lively enthusiasm of her black Labrador retriever named Barnabas.