Leadership

Jon joined the team in November 2023. Jon grew up in Indiana and studied at Purdue University. After marrying Abby in 2014, Jon moved to Washington, DC where he worked as a Math Teacher, Health Care Policy Analyst, and Pastoral Assistant. While in Washington, Jon and Abby were members of Capitol Hill Baptist Church where Jon served as a deacon, staff member, and elder. Jon earned his MDiv in Christian Ministry from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2022. The Lord has blessed Jon and Abby with one daughter: Nora. Jon enjoys basketball, reading, and spending time with family and friends.

Mikel has been a Kossuth Street Baptist Church member since 2004 and has served as an elder since 2015. His primary service areas include leading the missions team, teaching the Fostering at Kossuth class for our Engage orphan care ministry, and teaching in children's ministries (K-5). Mikel is an owner at Little Engine Ventures and DelMar Software Development, and was a founder of MatchBOX Coworking Studio.

Mikel enjoys the unique opportunities God presents in the marketplace to share and demonstrate the love of Christ. From early childhood until today, God has surrounded him with a loving family that has taught him much about Jesus. God continues to do that through his wife Jessica, son Gunnar, and daughter Clella.

Paul has been at KSBC since 1997. He has been married to his best friend, Geri, since 1983. Paul and Geri have four adult children and 10 grandchildren. Paul is a campus pastor serving the international student community at Purdue University through KSBC's student organization, Salt & Light Christian Fellowship. He likes to read, spend time outdoors working in the yard, and bike. At KSBC Paul teaches regularly in the Genesis 2 Jesus class - a class specifically designed for those who have not previously had much contact with the Bible, seeks to mobilize God's people at KSBC in reaching the world coming to us at Purdue, oversees the Campus Ministry, and preaches on occasion. Seeing Gospel opportunities and training God's people to be involved in them so that the church can reflect brightly the glory of the One who loved her and gave Himself for her (Ephesians 5:25) is one of the reasons Paul enjoys serving as an elder at KSBC.

Bill and Sarah have been married since 1988 after meeting on the campus of Purdue University. They have four adult children and delight in a growing band of grandchildren. Bill leads technology advisory and software design for a few corporate and non-profit organizations. Bill came to faith in Christ in high school when God used a faithful witness to help Bill see both Jesus’ deity and authority alongside his reconciling role as savior in Colossians 1. Bill and Sarah are grateful for God’s sovereign work in and through KSBC. He is especially driven by a mission to see the saints equipped for the work of ministry, and partners with Sarah to see marriages and families strengthened for the sake of the gospel.

Phil and his wife, Marian, have been members of KSBC since 2018 when they moved here to be with family. They have been married for 42 years and enjoy serving the Lord together in various activities. Phil taught mathematics for 36 years in Oklahoma and Texas. They retired and in 2004 moved to Colorado Springs. Phil and Marian enjoy traveling and seeing God’s beautiful creation. They have served in each church they have attended over the years. Sharing with our seniors continues to be their focus. We praise the Lord for His love and direction in our lives.

Evan has been attending KSBC since 1997 when his parents returned home from the mission field in Italy. Growing up in Kossuth Evan heard the gospel proclaimed but did not fully understand the weight of his sin and his need for Jesus until high school. Evan spent a year away from Lafayette to attend Boyce College in Louisville, KY where he received a Certificate in Worldview Studies and was connected with Third Avenue Baptist Church during that time. After returning back to Lafayette, Evan became a member of Kossuth in 2013 and began serving in the youth ministry. Introduced by mutual friends, Evan met his amazing wife Becky and they were married in July of 2015. Together they have 4 kids Emersyn, EJ, Everett, and Emmrich. Currently Evan is the Director of Office Operations for ZNYTH Technologies, a 3D data collection company in Lebanon. Evan loves networking, watching sports, especially Purdue basketball and football, the Colts, and the Baltimore Orioles and with a love of most anything related to history he is usually good for a random interesting fact or two. At KSBC Evan has been serving on the membership team since 2018 and is passionate about church membership and serving within the church. His desire is to see God's people connect to the local church and serve God and others.

Trent lived and grew up in the Greater Lafayette area until in 2005. After graduating from Purdue University, he moved out of town to pursue a career in the electrical contracting business. He and his wife Cammie devoted their lives to Christ in 2013 while attending Linworth Baptist Church in Columbus Ohio. They moved back to the area in 2014 and have been active members of KSBC since. Trent and Cammie have been married since June 2007 and are blessed with 4 amazing children. He especially enjoys working with kids in various youth ministries and supporting his children in their activities. Proverbs 3:5-6

Kirk has been a member of Kossuth since 1976 and formerly taught and coached at Kossuth's school (Lafayette Baptist School - renamed Highland Christian in the late 1980's). He has been married to Gina since 1989. Kirk is involved with the Seniors ministry team, and he and his wife enjoy visiting and working with our senior saints. Kirk has three children and Gina has five; together they have 12 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Kirk works part-time at CityBus and enjoys working out at the Faith community centers. He also enjoys working outside in the yard, etc in warm weather.

JR Rohrman, age 69, has been married to his wife Kathy since 1981. They have four sons and 15 grand children. JR first received Christ as his Savior in 1985. He and Kathy first attended KSBC from 1979-1999, then moved out of the area. They re-established membership at KSBC when they moved back in 2017. JR has been in the automobile business most of his life other than from 2005-2011 when he and Kathy were missionaries with Life Action Ministries out of Buchanan, Michigan. Their family verse is Colossians 3:16-17 and their spiritual goal is to lead others to Christ.

Chris serves as a deacon with primary responsibilities on the Tech Team. Chris first attended Kossuth as an undergraduate student after becoming a Christian through a student evangelism ministry in the mid 1990s. He and his family relocated to Lafayette from the Chicago region in 2011 and joined Kossuth the same year. Chris is a Product Development Manager for Optech International and a part time graduate student pursuing his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Purdue University. He and his wife Krista were married in August of 2000; they have three daughters, Grace, Hannah, and Emelia, and a son, Caleb. When not working or studying, Chris enjoys motorcycling, bicycling, or anything mechanical that gets you from A to B.

Dean has been a member of KSBC for 50 years and counting. He and his wife Chris joined the church in November 1973. He serves the church on the missions team providing experience and a caring attitude toward our supported global partners. He has led several mission trips to South Africa and Brazil and just returned from Thailand and Cambodia where he encouraged our partners there. In addition to serving as deacon, Dean is much involved in landscape maintenance around the church and has been a Community Group leader for several years. He and his wife have three grown children and 11 grandchildren. Dean worked as an Indiana DNR wildlife biologist for 43 years before retiring in 2015. He has a deep appreciation for God’s creation.

Tonya Small is the Director of Engage. She has been a member of KSBC since her college years and returned to the Lafayette area in 2019 after serving vulnerable children and foster families overseas as a missionary with our OVC partner, Bethesda Outreach, for nearly 12 years. God placed children experiencing foster care in Tonya’s heart as a teen and it has been an area of focus throughout her life in ministry. In addition to helping other foster and adoptive families in our church and the community at large through Engage, Tonya is a licensed foster parent currently caring for children in need, works with biological families of children previously in foster care, and an adoptive mom to 2 growing children.

Chad was born and raised in Mississippi where he graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a BA in Journalism. During the past 20 years, Chad has served in various capacities such as church planter, campus ministry director, associate pastor, school administrator, and senior pastor. One of Chad’s passions is teaching Biblical Theology, helping others learn how to read, study, and learn the Bible in its context.

Chad and Whitney were married in 2009 and have 4 children that love being outside playing, hiking, and kayaking.

Donna retired from Purdue University in July 2016 to join the Kossuth staff full-time as the Administrative Assistant. In 2023 she transitioned to part-time as the financial secreatry. Donna and her husband, Jim, have been members at Kossuth since 2002. Donna earned a degree in supervision and computer technology while employed by Purdue University. Some of Donna's favorite things to do include quilting, spending time with family and friends, listening to audio books, and going on road trips with Jim.