ABOUT

LIFE CHURCH TEAM

  • Lead Pastors - Tim & Steph Mangan

    Tim met his wife Steph in Sydney, Australia at Tim’s home church Hillsong, where they were going to their Bible school. Steph was clueless and Tim was smitten. You’ll have to hear the details of their love story in person, but 2 years later they were married and now have 4 amazing children!

    They both felt the call to spend their lives serving God and building the church. They’ve done it through many forms, but their favorite was when they moved to Michigan and launched Life Church. Tim is the lead Pastor of Life Church and Steph serves on the worship team.

  • Executive Pastor/Worship Leader - Rob Hann

    Rob and his family joined Life Church in 2014 shortly after moving to Grand Haven.  From the moment they walked in the door they could feel the love of Jesus in the welcoming interactions with the genuinely caring people of Life Church.  They started serving, joined a Life Group, and their involvement and friendships grew from there, making Life Church their home. 

    In 2021, after working in corrections for 18 years, God called Rob to full-time ministry. Their focus to is share Jesus with their community and they love building Life Church with their amazing Life Church family!

  • Next Gen Pastor - Crystal Schultz

    Crystal and her family have let God’s plan lead their family across the states. After a couple different moves brought spiritual growth on many fronts, to include learning to listen for God’s direction, the opportunity to move back to Michigan sprang up quickly, and they felt God calling them back to family and to establish some permanent roots.

    They started attending Life Church upon arriving in Grand Haven and soon felt God’s calling to go deeper. They love helping to create a space for God to work in the lives of the youth.

  • Life Kids Directors - Sam & Chey Ortega

    Sam and his wife, Chey, arrived in Michigan completely by accident ten years ago and have been here ever since, coming to love Grand Haven and the surrounding areas more and more each year. Eventually they decided that sleep was overrated, and added two wild little boys and a little girl to their family and have a grand time camping their way around our beautiful state.

    Sam has been passionate about ministry and building the church since high school, from missions work overseas to church planting, leading worship and building volunteer teams. Together, he and Chey are passionate about instilling biblical truths in the next generation and raising kids passionate about Jesus.

  • Media/Production - Isaac Hann

    Isaac started attending Life Church with his family when he was 7 years old and by the time he was 11, he was serving in the Production room. Three years later he started working as an intern.

    Isaac loves to serve and help build the church in any way possible and he is passionate about expanding the Kingdom and reaching the lost.

LIFE CHURCH ELDERS

WHAT WE BELIEVE

We’re Jesus Centered

Because of His life, death, and resurrection, we aren’t just freed from our past, but are free to take a hold of the full life and future that He has for us.

It’s because of this, that He is at the center of every single thing that we do.

John 14:6 // Galatians 2:20

We’re Bible Based

We recognize the Bible is the only completely reliable and truthful authority, and we accept the Bible as our basis for everyday life.

This means that our first question when faced with any decision is, “What does the Bible have to say about this?”

Proverbs 30:5 // 2 Timothy 3:16

We’re Holy Spirit Led

We believe that when we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, the Holy Spirit leads and guides us through life into all that God has for us.

The more we’re led by the Spirit, the fuller our lives become.

Romans 8:14 // Galatians 5:22-23

We’re People Focused

We believe that Jesus has called us to be a vital part of continuing His mission of reaching the people in our world.

Matthew 28:20 // Acts 1:8

Life Church Values

We Are Young In Spirit

We believe that living for God is the most fun, fulfilling, and adventurous way that we could ever live, and our lives are evidence of this.

 Ecclesiastes 8:15 // Proverbs 17:22

We Are Pioneers In All Things

We understand that our time on earth is limited, so we don't just follow crowds, but blaze trails that lead people to Jesus.

Psalm 90:12 // 1 Chronicles 4:10

We Are Authentic To The Core

We believe that God uses real people to reach real people, so we don’t try and pretend to be something we’re not.

Romans 12:9 // 1st Corinthians 9:19-23

We Are Generous With Everything

We understand that while the church consists of us, it does not exist for us, rather, we exist for the church, so we purposefully choose to build, and add value to it in any way that we can.

 2nd Corinthians 9:7 // Romans 12:6-8

We Are Known For What We’re For

Jesus lived in a way that brought life to everyone around Him, He came to bring life to people, and He calls all of us to do the same.

Psalm 133:1-3 // Ephesians 4:3

We Have Big Faith

We choose to live big lives of faith, and to do so, we are committed to taking the small steps of faith needed to get there.

Genesis 12:1 // Deuteronomy 31:6