Len and Marlene Phillips

Pastor Len Phillips came to Elk Plain Community Church in July of 1998. He was born and raised in Hong Kong (China) where his parents and grandparents were missionaries. He attended Wheaton College in Illinois, Fuller Seminary in California, and has pastored churches in Idaho and South Dakota. He was also on the staff at Ecola Hall Bible School (Cannon Beach, OR) for two years, where he met his wife Marlene in 1978. They were married in 1980, and now have four daughters: Andrea, Emily, Kendra, Kristen. Marlene loves ministry with children, teaches a preschool, directs children's musicals, and bakes the finest huckleberry pies in the world!

Pastor Len's vision for ministry includes a focus on "personal relationships growing strong", beginning with a strong personal relationship with God, and extending to strong personal relationships with others. He loves the fact that "God's strength is made perfect in weakness" as he lives out his call to ministy and to living with Parkinsons disease. The Word of God must be the bedrock for all teaching and preaching, and ministry must be carried out with a total dependence on God's power which is made complete in our weakness. God works freely when we have humble and contrite hearts, and invest ourselves in prayer. Len's favorite verse is Colossians 4:2 "Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart".

Heath and Hannah Lynn

Pastor Heath Lynn was born in Virginia and was raised on Army bases in Germany and the United States. His family eventually moved to Spanaway, where his dad retired from the Army while stationed at Fort Lewis. Heath originally attended Elk Plain Community Church as a youth in 1988. He graduated from nearby Bethel High School (where he met his wife Hannah) in 1991. The two attended Eastern Washington University, marrying in 1993 and graduating in 1996. Heath worked as a Software Engineer in the Seattle area for 14 years. During this time he sensed God's call to return to Pierce County and later to Elk Plain Community Church. He is a graduate of Faith Evangelical Seminary in Tacoma.

Heath and Hannah have four children: James, Samuel, Sarah, and Jeremiah. Hannah is known for her tender caring heart. She enjoys ministering to other women and being a support person in the church.

Pastor Heath’s vision for ministry involves energetically making known what God has revealed to us in the Bible, and applying it to daily life.  He is passionately committed to evangelism and discipleship, is committed to being transparent and real, and to sharing life with a church of like-minded people.