Murphy Matheny
Senior Pastor
Murphy and Twila Matheny provide the senior leadership for the Cedar Lake team of pastors and staff. They feel their most important task, however, is leading their three awesome children, Hannah, Christian, and Joel. Since taking leadership of the church in 2001, they have worked to see CLCA relate as a spiritual family, truly connected in relationship and growing in Jesus. Pastor Murphy was raised in a family of ministers and received his call from God at an early age and Twila has been leading in ministry for many years as well. Together they bring over 40 years of ministry experience to the pastorate. They are excited about the days ahead and are trusting in God's leadership in their lives as they lead Cedar Lake Christian Assembly into a future of more effective ministry.
Pete Meakins
Associate Pastor
Administration / Counseling / Mature Adults
Pete and Pam joined our staff in 1991 as our Children’s Pastors and they now serve as our Associate Pastors over Administration/Counseling/Mature Adults here at Cedar Lake Christian Assembly. They have two adult children Heather and Jamie plus a beautiful granddaughter, KC Rose Meakins. If you question whether she is beautiful and well loved, come to Pam’s office and take a look at a few of her pictures.
Pastor Pete & Pam also oversee the 55 & Alive Ministry. The inward focus of this ministry for adults over the age of fifty-five is to honor them for their sacrifice to further the kingdom of God, encourage them in the faith and be available to minister to the unique needs of this group. 55 & Alive also has an outward focus of serving other ministries of the church. As we serve in the various ministries of our church family, we will have opportunities to train them in the faith and share life experiences with them.
As the Church Administrator, it is his desire to see individual needs met and to see the ministries of our church function effectively. His stewardship and administrative skills are an invaluable asset to our church.
David Dunkin
Associate Pastor
Worship / Media
In 1986 Cedar Lake Christian Assembly asked David and Kathy to join their Pastoral Staff. David now oversees the Worship and Media ministry here at Cedar Lake. His desire is for every believer to live a lifestyle of Worship. "The excitement and passion that is present in our corporate Worship services are just an extension of each believer's personal relationship with their Savior. His vision, through the Media Ministry, is to bring the unchanging, powerful message of the Gospel to a media driven culture.
David and Kathy are blessed with three beautiful girls and one ruggedly handsome little boy; Destiny, Brianna, Sierra, and Dakota.
David Oliver
Hispanic Pastor
Since there were at one time three Pastor David's on staff, David Oliver is also known as Pastor “Chico”. David started attending Cedar Lake in 1995. He assisted the Pastors in mission trips by translating messages to Spanish. It wasn’t long before David was the one preaching and touching the hearts of those on the Missions field. The Pastors saw that he had a passion for reaching out to those who needed a change in their life; that led to him becoming the Pastor of the Hispanic ministry here in Cedar Lake. In the course of this time he became part of a small group where he met what he claims as "the woman that can cook my nachos" Mary Helen. Now they have three awesome children, David, Diana and Daniella.
DIOS TE BENDIGA = GOD BLESS YOU
Eddie Bradley
Youth Pastor
Pastor Eddie Bradley is a Mississippi native who was born in Biloxi, Mississippi on January 2, 1975. He was raised by his mom and dad who were Assemblies of God ministers for over 30 years. When Pastor Eddie was five years old his dad pioneered and built Faith Assembly of God in Kiln, Mississippi. Moving with his family from Kiln when he was 12 years old, he would return over 20 years later to become the Senior Pastor.
Mrs. Becky was born August 29, 1981 in Granite City, Illinois. She spent most of her life playing soccer. She would go on to play at Lewis and Clarke Community College where she would win a National Championship and eventually be inducted into the Hall of Fame. She served as the church secretary and Children's Pastor at their previous church. Pastor Eddie and Becky have been very involved in the sports. Eddie has been a High School/Middle school baseball coach for 10 years, and Becky has been a High School girls soccer coach for 3 years.
Pastor Eddie and Becky have been married since May 5th, 2001. They have two sons, Kalan Tuff Bradley, born August 5, 2008, and their newest son Timo James Bradley, born July 13, 2009. They also have an English Bulldog named Harley.
Saudhi Wise
Associate Children's Minister
Billy and Saudhi came to us with years of leadership experience. They have led and operated their own businesses for over 14 years. Billy was born and raised here in Biloxi, MS and first became involved with CLCA in 1982. He was a part of our youth program and then went off to Millsaps College where he met his darling wife Saudhi. Billy has also been a school teacher and Head Football Coach which adds to his experience in working with children.
Saudhi, who was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, can always remember being a part of Church since she was a child. Saudhi's family had always been involved with the children and youth programs while she grew up.
Billy and Saudhi became deeply involved in CLCA after Hurricane Katrina by leading our Distribution Center, some of the volunteer teams & was our Construction Manager. Then they felt the call of the Lord on their life and accepted the challenge to lead the Children's ministry in the summer of 2006.
Billy and Saudhi are truly blessed with two of their biggest joys in life, their two wonderful children; Alex & Natassia. The two children attended Cedar Lake Christian Academy and are involved in the Children's ministry.
