HIGHLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH - Key Persons


Chris Woods

Job Titles:
  • First Service Worship Leader

Howard Gunning

Job Titles:
  • Elder

Jeff Grawe

Job Titles:
  • Elder

Jessie Nehlsen

Job Titles:
  • Retired from Christian & Missionary Alliance

Joe Szoke

Job Titles:
  • Second Service Worship Leader

Larry Vossel

Job Titles:
  • Elder / Chairman of Elder Board

Mark McGranahan

Job Titles:
  • Senior Pastor
Mark serves as the Senior Pastor at Highland Community Church. He is a 1999 graduate of Eastern Illinois University (BA in History) and he and his wife Shelley are 2002 graduates of Moody Bible Institute (MA in Spiritual Formation and Discipleship). They have 4 children, Luke, Grace, Faith, and Samuel. Pastor Mark brings 12 years of experience as a youth pastor in Tucson; an associate pastor in Waterloo, Iowa; and senior pastor in Savage, Minnesota.

Mary McWhorter

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Nick Martin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Pastor
Nick serves as the Associate Pastor with emphasis on teaching and discipleship of families. He desires to see families equipped for ministry in the home surrounded by a church family who lovingly, faithfully, and intentionally partners with them along the way. Furthermore, he desires to see the glories of the gospel at the center of every family's home. Nick is a graduate of Missouri Baptist University (BA), Lindenwood University (MA), and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv). He hopes to pursue doctoral studies in the near future.

Shirley Engle

Job Titles:
  • Retired from TEAM

Steve Stone

Job Titles:
  • Admin
  • Elder
  • Finance

Tim McDaniel

Job Titles:
  • Elder