Pastor Jonathan Angel

Co-Pastor

I was born and raised in Cookeville, Tennessee, where I graduated from Cookeville High School. I attended Bethel College and majored in Health with a minor in Religion. Erin and I were married after graduating from Bethel and moved to Memphis where we both attended Memphis Theological Seminary and graduated with a Masters of Divinity. I have been ordained as a minister since 1997. My hobbies are tinkering with anything that has wheels and a motor. I am an animal lover and Erin and I have two dogs and a multitude of cats.

Pastor Erin Howton-Angel

Co-Pastor

I lived a majority of my childhood in Robinson, Illinois where I attended Robinson High School. I was an exchange student to Paraguay, South America, when I was a junior in high school and when I returned, my family moved to McKenzie, TN where I attended my senior year of high school at McKenzie High School. I went on the attend Bethel College in McKenzie which is where Jonathan and I met. (Fun fact: my mother was a recruiter for Bethel and was partly responsible for recruiting Jonathan.) I graduated Bethel with a major in Psychology and a minor in Religion. After marrying Jonathan the summer after college, we moved to Memphis to attend Memphis Theological Seminary where I graduated with my Masters of Divinity. My hobbies include sewing, knitting and embroidery. I love the winter months and can’t get enough of snow.

David Chambers

Choir Director

David Chambers has served as the choir director/pianist since April 1990. He graduated from Tennessee Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Music Education and has post graduate degrees from Tennessee Tech University. He worked for Fentress County Schools as an Elementary Music Specialist for thirty years until retiring from the classroom in 2023. He currently works on contract as the district’s Data/Accountability Specialist. David has also served on the staff of the Tennessee Arts Academy as a facilitator since 2005.