Pastor Brad Boydston is organizing MasterPiece Church. He and his wife Cheryl moved to Phoenix in 2009 after serving as missionaries in the Western Pacific, where they were helping with the development of church leaders at Pacific Islands University. (He still teaches online classes for PIU and returns to Guam periodically for classes and special projects.)This is the third time that Brad has pastored a "church plant." He has written about the birthing of new churches and coached other church planters. Transcriptions of some of his sermons can be found at FreshFishFood.org. Brad and Cheryl have three adult children.
Dr Boydston is a graduate of Arizona State University (BA communication) and Fuller Theological Seminary (MDiv, DMin).
His email address is: Brad@MasterPieceChurch.org.
Pastor Daisy Ho, originally from Hong Kong, is doing a pastoral residency in church planting with Brad. She has various responsibilities in our congregation as she learns the ins and outs of new church development. Daisy is a graduate of Biola University (BA music) and Fuller Theological Seminary (MDiv). She met Brad when she was the pastor of Guam United Methodist Church.Her email address is: Daisy@MasterPieceChurch.org.
Pastor Corey Moore is our 2011-2012 pastoral intern. He is in his last year of MDiv studies at Fuller Theological Seminary (Southwest) and works full-time for South Mountain Community College, helping high school students who have never had someone in their family attend college, make the transition into higher education. Corey served as a solo pastor for five years before and during seminary studies. He has a heart for Christian formation and discipleship. Corey and his wife, Peggy, have three daughters -- two are teens still living at home.His email address is: Corey@MasterPieceChurch.org.
Xuefen Mei grew up in Mainland China. Brad and Cheryl met her when she was living on Guam. In the fall of 2010 Mei did an internship at MasterPiece as a part of the BA in biblical studies program at Pacific Islands University. She graduated as valedictorian in May 2011 and has returned to serve as the outreach coordinator and business administrator. Mei also has a degree in accounting. Her husband Danny will soon be joining her in Arizona.Mei's email address is: Mei@MasterPieceChurch.org.
Eric and Karyn Sorenson, like Brad and Cheryl, have been Covenant Missionaries serving at Pacific Islands University on Guam. Eric recently took a position as a pastor in a Covenant church in Santa Barbara, California. Karyn, who is a marriage and family therapist, continues to serve Micronesians as a Covenant missionary, teaching distance education classes from Santa Barbara and counseling students and staff via Skype. She also travels regularly to Micronesia. Follow them through their blog, Musings from Micronesia. Her work helps extend the ministry of our congregation into the Micronesian communities.