Nathan Herndon
Nathan spent the first ten years of his ministry as a youth pastor. He is honored to serve Providence as the founding and lead pastor. Nathan has dedicated his life to building a Jesus Church with Jesus people. He and his wife Adrienne of 22 years are blessed and so proud of their son and two daughters.
Lead Pastor
Philip Herndon
Philip is the founder of Providence Worship, Worship House, and is the Worship & Associate Pastor at Providence. He has been pastoring in various ministries for 18 years. He and his wife Carrie of 19 years have 4 amazing kids. Philip has a warrior’s heart and is impassioned to help raise up the next generation of worship leaders. He’s dedicated his life to seeing the worship movement connected as a family, and to equipping leaders with love. His desire is to see all generations fall in love with Jesus and come undone in God’s presence.
Associate & Worship Pastor
Chris Dupré
Chris DuPré, a writer, speaker, worship leader, and pastor, has at the core of his being the desire for others to know the depth of God’s transforming love. Originally from upstate New York, Chris spent 12 years in Kansas City working alongside Mike Bickle and others to help establish the International House of Prayer. He wrote the beautiful worship song, Dance With Me, as well as numerous books, including The Wild Love of God, The Love Project, and Unstuck. Chris oversees family ministries as part of the pastoral team at Providence. He and his wife Laura reside in Camp Hill, PA, and have three lovely daughters and six adorable grandchildren.
Family Pastor
Tom Sipling
Tom loves Jesus and loves Youth!
Youth & Missions Pastor
Steve Espamer
At Providence, Steve supports the pastoral staff and congregation through mentorship, discipling, and inner healing ministry. Steve was saved during the Jesus Movement. In the 50 years since, he has served as a campus pastor, staff pastor, and missionary. He and his wife Kathleen of 44 years have three daughters and four grandsons.
Pastoral Consultant & Missional Partner
Phil Payne
Philip oversees the various forms of artistic expression at Providence, including Visual & Performance Arts, Social Media, and Website. He believes that the Church should carry the greatest forms of creative expression, because we are in covenant with a most creative God. He and his wife Kara began their journey of serving with Providence in 2020. Together they have three beautiful children.
Creative Arts Director
Tyler Hornberger
Tyler joined Providence in the beginning of 2022, and oversees the local worship ministry for the church.
Associate Worship Pastor
Chris Nelson
Chris Nelson oversees the production teams at Providence which include audio, lighting, video & broadcast. He started as an intern in 2018 at Providence and grew to become our full-time Tech Director in 2020. Chris has a passion for cultivating environments where life-changing encounters with Jesus take place.
Technical Director
Jordan & Alicia Ilyes
Jordan and Alicia run the Connections Center desk on Sundays. Faithful servants of Providence for years, their desire is for every person coming through the doors to have an encounter with Jesus, through hospitality.
Connections Directors
Anna Allgyer
Anna (pronounced ah-nah) loves being with people, getting to hear their hearts, and sharing in the blessing of friendship. She also enjoys a good cup of coffee, making spaces beautiful, teaching, and traveling. At ProvKids, Anna’s number one desire is to see both kids and adults encounter and experience God’s love and presence. She values organization and systems, but also appreciates a relaxed approach that allows for the move of the Spirit, and for kids to just be kids! She and her husband Jon are blessed with four beautiful daughters.
Kids Ministry/ Elementary Director
Erin Rasch
Erin’s heart for ProvKids is that they feel Jesus’ love and begin their relationship with him out of love rather than feeling like they have to measure up to someone else’s standard. Thinking outside of the box, she sees each child as completely unique, having no boundaries for Jesus to have to try to work inside! Erin is a Jesus lover, wife, and Momma to 4 crazy kiddos, whom she homeschools. She loves being crafty in all sorts of ways, knitting, and camping with her family and dogs.
Early Childhood Director
Christine Castillo
Christine works as a psychologist with children who have developmental, emotional, or behavioral difficulties, and helps families connect to resources in their communities. She is a wife and mom, who loves going on new adventures, volunteering at her daughters’ school, and cheering them on in sports. Christine has a God-given desire to champion and support families through leading the Signs & Wonders ministry. Signs & Wonders is designed to provide children, particularly those with the needs noted above, with individual support when appropriate, in order that parents can participate in worship, grow in their relationship with Christ, and volunteer without limits, while their children can experience all that God has intended for them.
Signs & Wonders Director
Jordan Reilly
Jordan cares passionately about making sure we are stewarding the resources that God gave us in a wise and discerning way. In addition to assisting with the finances and building operations of the church, he helps oversee small groups at Providence. Jordan has a unique passion for gardening and fantasy football. He is a husband, and father to three boys.
Operations Director
Ali Cole
Ali oversees events and works alongside the Youth and Worship ministries through administrative support. She is passionate about serving the body of Christ, loving youth and families, and simply saying “yes” to whatever God has for her. Ali has been a wife to Paul for 24 years, and the mom of two amazingly talented and wonderful young adults. She cherishes her time working for Providence with true joy!
Administrative Assistant &
Events Coordinator
Kinsey Schick
Kinsey Schick is a graphic designer and studio artist who enjoys designing and leading creative execution for ministries, artists, and small businesses to visually represent their unique callings and visions from heaven here on earth. She has been designing for 5 years, and has been working with Providence Community Church since February of 2021. Currently, she lives in southern California with her husband of three years.
Graphic Designer
Heather Trent
Heather oversees the Pastoral staff, and is responsible for executing the day- to-day operations of the church, including implementation of plans, programs, and communication. She is kind, innovative, creative, adaptable to change, a fast learner, and a peacemaker. Heather and her husband John of 27 years are blessed with three amazing children and three adorable dogs. Heather has also been a Women’s Bible teacher for 14 years. She loves connecting women and has a passion for hospitality and fellowship.
Administrator & Communications Coordinator
Ginny Mills
Ginny provides administrative support for the Facilities Team concerning all things related to Providence buildings & grounds. She lives in Gettysburg, PA, with her husband Mike. Together they have a blended family of three daughters, one son, and a son in law. She passionately loves the beach, road trips, music, art, the outdoors, children of all ages, laughter, and conveying the love & wonder of Jesus through video & photography. The joy of the Lord is her strength!
Facilities Administrator
Harison Downs
Harrison serves on both the creative and worship teams at Providence. He oversees and produces video content for the church and plays electric guitar on the worship team. Harrison has been at providence for over 3 years and desires to see everyone fall madly in love with Jesus.
Videographer