How to Contact Us

Church Office

707 Highway 10, Suite 300
Elk River, Minnesota 55330
763-633-9222

Sunday Worship

Handke Family Center
1170 Main Street
Elk River, Minnesota 55330

Staff Contact Information

Pastor Charlie, Pastor for Vision & Preaching :
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Pastor Kevin, Pastor for Family Discipleship:
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Pastor Mike, Pastor for Community Life:
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Steve Sheppard, Pastor for Worship:
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Jordan Pepin, Pastor for Community Life:
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Dave Fergus, Men’s Ministries:
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Kim Handren, Women’s Ministries:
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Traci Veek, Ministry Assistant:
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Shelley Herzog, Ministry Assistant:
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Meet the Elders & Staff

Pastor Charlie Handren

Pastor for Vision & Preaching

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Pastor Charlie oversees the vision and direction of the church, oversees the adult teaching and preaching ministries, and supervises the staff and some volunteers. He earned the Bachelor of Arts degree in religion and sociology, with a minor in English, from California Baptist University (1992), and the Master of Divinity and Master of Arts degrees from the American Baptist Seminary of the West and the Graduate Theological Union (1999). He is currently a doctoral student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago. He is married to his best friend, Kimberly (1991), and together they have one beautiful daughter, Rachel (1994). He loves biking, hiking, reading, studying the Bible, and being a pastor.

Mission, Vision & Values

Our Mission

Glory of Christ Fellowship exists to make disciples of all nations by living lives of worship, walking together in community, and engaging in the mission of Christ that we may grow to full maturity for the glory of Christ.

Our Vision

As this mission is applied through worship, community, and mission, we believe that Jesus Christ will cause his church to grow to full maturity for the glory of his name. Jesus himself is the blazing center and ultimate end of the church and, therefore, our vision is of a people of God, enthralled with the glory of God, proclaiming the excellencies of God among the nations (1 Peter 2:9).