oneChurch Staff
Chris Edmondson
Lead Pastor
Chris is the Lead Pastor for oneChurch. Chris graduated from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville and graduated with a Master of Theology at Dallas Theological Seminary. Chris has served on church staffs in Texas, Alabama, Virginia and Iowa before returning home to Clarksville to plant a church. Chris has served as a student minister, a college pastor, a worship leader, and as a pastor and church planter. Chris and wife Kim have been married since 1993 and have three boys. Chris is passionate about people. "God's focus is always the people who aren't here yet (Luke 19:10). When the church creates environments where believers can invite the unchurched and dechurched to hear the good news presented in a compelling way, then we as the church will engage and reach our culture. The church should be focused on reaching people and not keeping people. In our country there are over 100 million Americans that do not go to church (To put that number in a global perspective, think of it like this: if the unchurched population were a country unto themselves, they would be the eleventh largest country in the world. Now that is an unreached people group!). It is time for the churches to follow Jesus' example of leaving the 99 to reach the 1. Yet in the reality of our culture, we would be leaving the 1 to reach the 99. God's heart is for the lost, so God's church should have a heart to reach the lost.
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Joshua Woodlief
Worship Pastor
Joshua has served as a worship leader for 7 years. He has a passion to see people not only sing songs, but also live a life of worship. The Message paraphrases Romans 12:1 saying, "So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life-your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life-and place it before God as an offering."
Josh writes, "I long to see people come to know themselves as loved and pursued by Christ. Unless we understand that we are loved, we will always see ourselves as worthless. Most of us define ourselves by what we lack rather than what we have. It is no wonder that most people have such a twisted perception of their self worth. We judge who we are by our social status, our weight or attractiveness, what we wear or even what we drive. When we truly learn that we are passionately loved by God, these things, which have defined us for so long, become superficial and insignificant. When we see that we are loved, that becomes all that matters, causing everything else to fade and then worship can begin at the point of him loving us and us acknowledging that love."
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Ashleigh Whitecotton
Children's Minister
At nine years old, Ashleigh trusted in the Lord to be her Savior. In high school God began placing missions on her heart. While serving as a summer missionary her freshman year of college in New Orleans, God taught her that missions is not always going far away, but it starts right where she lived (Acts 1:8).
Upon returning to Clarksville, God led Ashleigh to serve in a multi-housing community. Little did she know at that time God was preparing her for a two year mission after college in Northern Indiana to serve as the Associational Multi-housing coordinator.Towards the end of the two year mission, she married her husband Robert in 2004. Ashleigh moved back to Clarksville to serve the Lord along side her husband. God opened a door for Ashleigh to serve as interim children's director at a local church in Clarksville. Through this interim position God made it clear to Ashleigh that her calling was to children and their parents.
Mike Nelson
Connections Pastor
Mike is married to his wife Marie and they have two daughters Jordis and Kelsie. Mike met Marie while they were both stationed in Colorado Springs as members of the United States Air Force. Mike served 20 years. They married in 1985 and spent the next 17 years traveling around the world and living in places like Germany, Florida and Hawaii. The Air Force moved them to their final assignment at Ft Campbell, KY in 2000. This is when Mike met Jesus and accepted Him as his Savior. He retired from the Air Force in 2002 and they remained in Clarksville to allow their daughters to finish high school without having to move again. The Lord called Mike into the ministry and he was ordained as a pastor in 2004. Mike has served as an education minister and associate pastor where he has focused on preaching and teaching the Word of God through Sunday school, small groups and Sunday morning worship services. He also preaches and serves as a drummer on the praise team.
Danny Brollier
Groups Coordinator
Danny is an Assistant District Attorney by trade, but what he loves to do most is study and teach God's Word. In his "spare time" he is working on his seminary degree and hopes to earn a Masters of Divinity by December of 2008. Danny's calling in ministry is best summed up by two verses: "Feed My sheep" (John 21:17) & "Equip God's people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God's Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ." (Ephesians 4:12-13) (NLT) Danny and his wife, Sharon, have been married for 28 years and have 2 grown children.
