About The Deep
Our Team: Senior Pastors John & Kristie Woolard, Associate Pastors Wes & Amy Rich
Senior Pastor John Woolard (third from left) is originally from Flint, MI, but became a “Northerner” in 1977 when his mother moved the family to AuGres. John spent many years as a semi-professional musician, and during a rainy evening in northern Michigan, en route to a concert, the Lord touched John and spoke into his heart that he had been called to walk in ministry. Ever since that night in 1998, John’s life has been committed to the Lord. Using the musical gifts for the service of the kingdom, John has been on many stages with many well known artists as he continued to walk forward in the calling God placed upon his life that night so many years ago. John is working towards a Doctorate in Pastoral Leadership, and has been through Truth University and John Maxwell’s “360 Degree Leader” courses.
Senior Pastor Kristie Woolard (far right) is a Pinconning native and graduated from Pinconning High School in 1986. She spent many years in the Banking Industry as a Bookkeeper. She currently has a degree in Early Childhood Development. She is a loving mother of four amazing children and has a heart for young women and children. Her testimony of God’s Grace is amazing!
Associate Pastors Wes and Amy Rich became followers of Jesus Christ in 1996, married in 2000, and are the progenitors of four weirdly awesome young adult humans. Wes (Second from left) is a Professor of Mathematics at Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College and enjoys the outdoors, watching movies, reading the Bible, and eating Amy’s cooking. Amy (far left) owns and operates Rich Imagery Photography and enjoys doing makeup, reading, petting cats, and riding her motorcycle. Both are students of Scripture and have a life presented in Worship before the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords!
Our Mission
It is our mission to see hearts healed and lives changed through the power of Jesus Christ!
We Believe:
1. The Word of God is the Holy Bible. It is inerrant, written by God through man, under the direction of the Holy Spirit. It is the absolute by which we measure all things. We do not engage in activity that seeks to change, twist, interpret or adapt the Word of God to our standards – we only adapt our standards to The Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16, Rev 22:9,1 Tim 3:16, Heb 4:12, 2 Pet 1:20-21)
2. People are God’s most precious commodity. While the Scriptures give us authority to rebuke and correct, in no instance does the Word of God make provision to do so at the expense of the person. Teachings that are incorrect must be addressed, but people must be loved. Love does NOT tear down a person, it builds a person. It is our responsibility before God to protect His most cherished creation. If God believes that we are important enough to give His most treasured relationship – His Son, Jesus – then we must also believe as He does if we are to be as He is. In His infinite wisdom, God has created a system where He needs everyone of us to complete His will. The only ones left behind should be those who willingly choose to remain as such.
3. Worship is not a segment of a Church service, but rather a lifestyle lived to glorify the King of Kings. Music, while an important portion of this lifestyle, is not the referendum on this lifestyle. It is all encompassing, all intrusive and should permeate all we do. Our walking witness of The Father in Heaven shows the lost and hurting the face of God – it is seen through His Children.
4. We exist to please the Father. In this simple statement, we encompass all of the requirements set forth in Scripture, in both the Old and New Testament.
5. Sin, once saved, is no longer a nature, but now a choice. We no longer have the nature of a sinner, but now possess the responsibility of a Saint.
6. God gave us the authority to reign and rule with Him in Glory. It is our to use, or ours to ignore.
7. Salvation is a free gift from God, and no one can take it from us, unless we willingly surrender it ourselves. Just as accepting His gift is our choice – so, too can our choice relinquish our Salvation.
8. We believe in the sanctity of marriage – one man, one woman – as God ordained. While we exclude no one in love, we adhere stringently to God’s ordination of the marriage covenant. We will not acknowledge nor participate in the perversion of God’s perfect union between man and wife – one man, one woman, in eternal covenant before The Lord Almighty. (Rev 21:8)