Our Pastors

Matthew Thornton

Matthew Thornton

Lead Pastor

Matt has had a passion for serving the Lord since an early age. He and his wife Wendi felt a call toward full time ministry for many years. Matt has a Masters degree in Urban Ministry Leadership from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. Both Matt and Wendi have a passion for discipleship, evangelism, and equipping people to following God’s calling on their life. Matt has many years of ministry experience, teaching, training, men’s ministry, sports ministry, one to one discipleship, and others. They were married in 1998. Wendi is an RN and home schools their three children Hannah, Christian, and Isabelle. Matt enjoys, time with the family, exercising, fishing, Patriots games, and hanging out with friends.

Conrad McKenzie

Conrad McKenzie

Community Life Pastor

Conrad earned his Undergraduate Degree in Youth Ministry from Eastern University and his Master’s of Divinity degree from Biblical Theological Seminary. He has been exposed to a wide range of ministry; from urban to suburban and from church to non-profit. Conrad has a passion to see youth and young adults use their unique gifts for God’s glory. Conrad and Emily were married in 2012. In 2015, their daughter Willow was born. Conrad, Emily, and Willow love to explore new places, try new food and create music and art together.

Stephen Bailey

Stephen Bailey

Worship Pastor

Stephen, or as we call him “Bailey”, has been married to Tracy since 2005. They have 2 children, Emily and Jack. He has served for the past 13 years in various church roles, but answered God’s call to come to New England to serve in August of 2018 as our Worship Pastor. He enjoys spending time with his family, gospel-centered theology, blogging, reading anything Charles Spurgeon, and his gloriously majestic chihuahua, Sally.

Jason Cross

Jason Cross

North Campus Pastor

Cross knows that Jesus is the best decision he ever made. Since responding to Christ in 1999, he has served in some ministry capacity for the better part of 22 years. He has a degree in Human services, another in exercise science and is currently working to complete his MDiv online. He and his wife Tiffany have been married for 19 years and have 4 children, Joshua, Serenity, Summer and Jaxon. He enjoys working out, good food, The office and time with family and friends. He believes that Tom Brady is the key to winning football game while Jesus is the key to winning in life.