Pastor Tim and Amy Mengler are the planting pastors of this church. They have helped plant two previous churches in Northern Illinois. Tim holds the degree of MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and has been in ministry since the late 1990′s. Prior to ministry Tim owned and operated a landscaping business. Amy is a public school teacher for district 47 in Crystal Lake where she has taught sixth grade for 23 years.

Tim and Amy have been married for 22 years and have two children ages 16 and 13.