4542 Meadow Ln. Batavia, OH 45103 518-596-0123 matthewrondeau@live.com PASTOR, ASSOCIATE PASTOR, TEACHING PASTOR, OR COMBINATION S U M M A R Y O F Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S

• Ten years of pastoral ministry and leadership experience. • Gifted by God’s grace as a preacher and teacher. • Demonstrate shepherding, leadership, and administrative

gifts. • Passionate about preaching and teaching the Word of God

as revealed in the Scriptures. • Excited about formal teaching from the pulpit as well as

teaching in informal settings, such as small groups and discipleship meetings.

• Excellent interpersonal skills. • Enjoy being with people, visiting people, and caring for

people. • Experienced and gifted counselor. Have ministered to individuals in various crisis situations,

seeing God’s Word deliver them from heroin addiction, pornography, eating disorders, marital problems, and other conditions.

• Interact comfortably with individuals and groups from diverse socio-economic, cultural, and ethic backgrounds.

• Experience leading worship. • Proficient with computers and software.

M I N I S T R Y E X P E R I E N C E 2010 – 2015 - Adirondack Bible Chapel, Piseco, NY Associate Pastor

• Served this Evangelical Free Church of approximately 150 people in upstate New York ministering the Word of God, counseling believers, and shepherding this local flock of Jesus Christ.

• This church provides a ministry center specifically for people in crisis as we lived out the philosophy of ministry found in 1 Peter 4:7-11.

• Preached sermons twice a week and taught classes such as Systematic Theology at the ministry center. This position began as a pastoral internship, but very quickly became a full pastoral role as the senior pastor had a heart attack the first month I was there.

• The usual workweek at the Church involved three one-hour counseling meetings with residents of the ministry center.

MATTHEW RONDEAU

2007 – 2010 - Mt. Tirzah Baptist Church, Charlotte Court House, VA Pastor Served this church as pastor while completing my M.A. degree at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Preached all sermons, taught Bible studies, and led the worship on Sunday mornings. 2005 – 2007 - Oxford Orphanage, Oxford, NC Chaplain Taught the Word of God to the children each Sunday, as well as through weekly counseling meetings. Directed and led worship on Sunday mornings with a group of children who played music. E D U C A T I O N M.A. in Christian Ethics. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC. Completed enough credits to qualify for M.Div equivalency. Took many classes such as NT Greek that were not required for the M.A. degree. B.A. in Biblical Studies. Southeastern Bible College, Birmingham, AL P H I L O S O P H Y O F M I N I S T R Y I can identify with Jeremiah 20:9. Jeremiah said God’s Word was “a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.” I believe God’s Word to be perfect and without error, but also a word revealed through imperfect people within various historical contexts. Therefore, my preaching style involves examining His word as it was revealed in the respective historical and grammatical context. I am not opposed to teaching occasional topical series, but the majority of my teaching will include orderly exposition of various books of the Bible. Another essential element of my teaching is that I believe the gospel of Jesus Christ to be the central story of the entire Bible. Jesus highlighted this truth after His resurrection, as Luke 24:27 tells us: “beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.” Therefore the purpose of every sermon should be to fix people’s eyes upon Jesus! P E R S O N A L I have been blessed with a beautiful, godly wife, Elizabeth, for the past fourteen years. The Lord has graciously given us four children: Caleb, 12, Isaac, 10, Micah, 9, and Mercy, 4. Caleb and Isaac have professed and evidenced faith in Christ and have been baptized. R E F E R E N C E S

• Ted Rothfus, Deacon at Adirondack Bible Chapel. 518-548-2763 • John Hess, Deacon at Mt. Tirzah Baptist Church, 1825 Adams Rd, Randolph, VA 23962.

434-315-4330 • Rev. Dr. Nathan J. Winters, Pastor of Discipleship, West Shore Evangelical Free Church,

Mechanicsburg PA 17055 nwinters@westshorefree.org. 717-697-0226 (o) 717-525-1484 (c)