Lead Pastor
(he/him)

Born and raised in Oklahoma, Pastor Chris was ordained into the UCC in 2009.  He is a graduate of the University of Oregon (Go Ducks!) and Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa.

A “second career” minister, Chris was the founding pastor of First Congregational UCC of Norman, an Associate Pastor at Mayflower Congregational UCC in Oklahoma City for several years, and has been the pastor at Fellowship since late 2013.  He currently serves as Board President for Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry, a board member of the City of Tulsa’s Children’s Mental Health Initiative Governance Team and works with ACTION, a broad-based community organizing effort.

His wife, Kathy, is a speech pathologist, and they are “empty nesters,” with two adult children.