About Chuck

Pastor Chuck uses worship arts, preaching, teaching, and real-life experiences to reach hearts with the message of Jesus Christ.

Chuck is a multi-talented organizational leader, consultant for ministries, worship arts director, concert pianist, creative thinker, change agent, and shepherd pastor with decades of pastoral experience and leading and mentoring staff and volunteers in a variety of ministries.

Chuck's education includes a seminary master's, a master's in piano performance, and a doctorate in worship studies. Chuck is a classical concert pianist and has done concerts both nationally and internationally, has recorded two albums, and uses his piano playing in worship leading, and as a tool for teaching and preaching.

For the past thirty years Chuck has served as worship arts director, executive pastor, Youth Pastor, Associate Pastor and ultimately Senior Pastor of Reach Church in Delaware. During his years there, many churches were planted, and he served as Headmaster of five schools as part of Reach Church. In April of 2021, Pastor Chuck and Melanie accepted a new position at Path2Freedom (path2freedom.org) serving as house mentors to teenage girls victimized by human trafficking.

Between the two of them, Pastor Chuck and his wife Melanie have traveled overseas and been blessed to witness the work of God in Kenya, China, South Korea, Haiti, Spain, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Pakistan, Mexico, and Venezuela.

Chuck and Melanie have been married for over 27 years. They have four children who all love Jesus: Mark (wife Hannah), Katie (husband Aaron), Mollie (husband Johnny), and a high schooler, C.J. They’re also blessed to have two grandchildren: Ezra and Iris.