Our Leadership Team
Dr. Andrew P. Surace, Sr. Leader
Kathleen M. Surace, Administrator
Rev. Michelle & Charles Lord, Intercession/Teacher/Deacons
Charles Fazekas, Elder
Meet Our Leaders
Dr. Andrew P. Surace, Sr. Leader
Our Pastor, Andrew Surace, was born and raised in Queens, New York. He received the call of God to become a Pastor at the age of 11. After three years of pre-med studies, he enrolled in Valley Forge Christian College, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Ministry in June 1980.
Immediately after graduating from college, he established Abundant Life Assembly of God in Marmora, NJ, where he was pastor for six years. In October of 1988 he planted Covenant Life, which became Christ Fellowship on January 11, 2011. He and his wife, Kathleen, have six children and eleven grandchildren.
Pastor Surace has a great love for planting, establishing, and encouraging local churches, and for mentoring young pastors in the ministry. In addition to planting new churches, he is an author of two contemporary devotionals: Power Points from the Word and Stepping Stones Along the Path of Life. His other love in ministry is as a worship leader, leading people into the presence of God. Christ Fellowship’s first worship CD, Breaking Through the Darkness, has proven to be a great blessing to the body of Christ.
Pastor Surace is ordained under Rick Joyner and is also an ordained National Elder with Morningstar Ministries out of Fort Mill, South Carolina. He received his Doctorate in Practical Ministry from Peter Wagner and Wagner Leadership Institute in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Kathleen Surace
Kathleeen Surace is the chief administrator for Christ Fellowship. Her extensive background as a bank Vice President gives her a great understanding of church finances. She is married to Dr. Surace and they have six children and eleven grandchildren.
Michelle Lord
Michelle Lord is on ministry staff at Christ Fellowship. She leads the intercession team at the church and is a gifted teacher and speaker. She and her husband Charles have three children.
Sunday Encounter - 10:00 AM
As a church, we believe...
- The Bible is the only God-breathed, infallible, and living Word of God.
- That there is one God, eternally coexistent in three persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- In the deity of Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His victorious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal physical return in power and glory.
- In the reality of Satan and his authority in this world and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, a person must be born again.
- In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit and His Fruits and Gifts, and by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a Christ-like and victorious life.
- In the resurrection and eternal life of the believer, as well as the eternal punishment of the unbeliever.
- That through teaching impartation and activation we equip believers to advance the Kingdom of God.
Our Core Values ...
- We value relationships more than rules.
- We value correction should be restorative and empowering.
- We value love more than doctrine.
- We value hungry, teachable spirits.
- We value becoming an army of one.
