Rich and Richelle Howard
Rich and Richelle Howard have served as Pastor and Women's Ministry Coordinator at Village Baptist Church since coming to the church in January of 1988.
They are both graduates of Ohio State University and the Grand Rapids Baptist Theological Seminary. They have 5 adult children,
two of whom have been adopted from Ukraine, and 5 grandchildren. In addition to their primary church ministry they have taught
internationally in China, Eastern Europe and most recently in Rwanda, East Africa.
Bob and Becky Stevenson
Bob Stevenson and his wife, Becky, are graduates of the Moody Bible Institute in downtown Chicago. They both finished in the spring of 2005 with BAs in Bible with a
Biblical Languages emphasis. Bob came on staff at Village in August of the same year as a six-month intern. At the end of those six months,
the Lord led Village Baptist Church to hire him on as a full-time pastor. He works alongside Pastor Howard, assisting in the
preaching and administrative ministries of the church, in addition to working with the young married crowd.