About Twin Falls Church of the Nazarene
Get to know our staff and feel free to contact each of them, for any specific area of ministry you might have questions about!
Pastoral Staff
LIBBY GERDES
Discipleship Pastor | 208.733.6610
Passionate teacher and faith builder. Libby loves spending time with her family and connecting people to Christ.
JAMES HARDY
Youth Pastor | 208.733.6610
Enthusiastic about providing opportunities for teenagers to encounter Jesus and to help them form a lifelong faith.
BRADEN RAINEY
Associate Pastor of Youth & Worship Ministries | 208.733.6610
Ardent worship leader, excited youth minister, and follower of Jesus.
LISA JESSER
Interim Worship Coordinator | 208.733.6610
Wife, Mom, Script Supervisor, and loves to worship God.
Support Staff
LAURA GOMEZ
Operations Assistant & Assistant to Lead and Discipleship Pastors | 208.733.6610
Wife, mom, and grandma who is full of life and joy.
JESSICA MCDONALD
Graphic Designer & Teen Ministry Assistant | 208.733.6610
Devoted follower of Christ, Wife and Mother.
MELISSA MIRANDA
Children's Ministry Assistant Director | 208.733.6610
Wife and mom who loves sharing Jesus with kids and spending time with her family.
Our Mission
What we believe
As members of the Universal Church, we join with all true believers in proclaiming the Lordship of Jesus Christ and in affirming the historic Trinitarian creeds and beliefs of the Christian faith. We value our Wesleyan-Holiness heritage and believe it to be a way of understanding the faith that is true to Scripture, reason, tradition, and experience.
We are united with all believers in proclaiming the Lordship of Jesus Christ. We believe that in divine love God offers to all people forgiveness of sins and restored relationship. In being reconciled to God, we believe that we are also to be reconciled to one another, loving each other as we have been loved by God and forgiving each other as we have been forgiven by God. We believe that our life together is to exemplify the character of Christ. We look to Scripture as the primary source of spiritual truth confirmed by reason, tradition, and experience.
Jesus Christ is the Lord of the Church, which, as the Nicene Creed tells us, is one, holy, universal, and apostolic. In Jesus Christ and through the Holy Spirit, God the Father offers forgiveness of sin and reconciliation to all the world. Those who respond to God’s offer in faith become the people of God. Having been forgiven and reconciled in Christ, we forgive and are reconciled to one another. In this way, we are Christ’s Church and Body and reveal the unity of that Body. As the one Body of Christ, we have “one Lord, one faith, one baptism.” We affirm the unity of Christ’s Church and strive in all things to preserve it.
Ephesians 4:5,3
