Pastor – Rev. Scott A. Bridges

Scott grew up in McAlester, Oklahoma. He became a Christian the summer he graduated from high school, and then got involved with a campus ministry at Oklahoma State University.  After graduating, he joined the staff at that organization, and served for four years at another university, where he met Julie.

Julie and Scott got married the same summer they entered seminary at Covenant Theological Seminary.  During that time they helped a church start a Singles Ministry as interns.  And after they graduated, they helped to replant a church in St. Louis. Scott also taught part time at the seminary.

In 1996 Scott and Julie moved their family (Emily and Jack) to the west coast where they began Christ Presbyterian Church in Santa Barbara, CA.  They also helped to start the first RUF on the West Coast, and gave leadership to planting a number of other churches.

Assistant Pastor – Stephen Coleman

Stephen was born in Providence Rhode Island in 1980, but spent most of his youth growing up in Bowie Maryland. His father, Michael Coleman, is a PCA pastor of Reformed Presbyterian Church of Bowie, and Stephen grew up always being involved in his church community. He had a strong desire to go into the ministry as early as high school where he was participated in various ministries including Young Life.

While attending Grove City College, Stephen met his wife and best friend, Carrie. At Grove City, Stephen majored in English and minored in Religion always with the intention of going to seminary to pursue the pastorate. Soon after graduation from college, he attended Westminster Seminary California where he earned his M.Div. degree. After he graduated seminary in 2005, Stephen received a call to be the Assistant Pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles. He was at Valley Presbyterian Church for three years and served in all manner of capacities: preaching, teaching, and counseling. He is now serving as the Assistant Pastor at Wallace and pursing a PhD in Semitic Languages at Catholic University.

Stephen and Carrie have two children, Molly and Oliver. Among other things, Molly enjoys reading Goodnight Moon. Oliver, from the look of him, simply enjoys eating. Carrie and Stephen, when they have the rare free moment, really enjoy all manner of live music and spending time near any major body of water.

Stephen’s greatest joy in his ministry is seeing people transformed by the radical message of grace that we find in the gospel of Christ.