Staff & Leaders

Staff & Leaders

Christian leadership is about serving others for the glory of God.  Here are some of the leading servants here in our church.

Josh Fenska

Josh Fenska serves as lead pastor at Redeemer Community Church in Aurora. Josh has two degrees from Wheaton College and is currently working toward a Doctor of Ministry degree at Western Seminary in Portland. He serves on the steering committee for the Chicago Chapter of The…

Josh Anderson

Josh oversees the discipleship of our children, teens, and adults. He has been a member at Redeemer since 2006 and has been pastoring since 2012. Josh and his wife have six children.

Matt Mull

Matt served as pastor with the Aurora Advent Christian Church for over twenty years and helped lead that church to become a part of Redeemer in 2023. He is excited to see what God has in store next!

Jason Mead

Jason has been a member at Redeemer since 2016 and is the elder who oversees our prayer ministry. He is married and has three young children.

Michael VanHuis

Michael is the elder who oversees our engagement with global missions. He and his wife joined Redeemer in 2020; they have five children and one grandchild.

Matt Vent

Matt is the elder who oversees worship at Redeemer and has been a member here since 2009. Matt is married and has four children.

Ken Wahrman

  Ken is the elder who oversees many operational and financial functions as part-time staff. He joined Redeemer in 1998 and is married and has 11 children and 7 grandchildren.

Ian Merlak

Ian has been a member at Redeemer since 2017. He is married and has two children.

Jill Poel

Jill has been a member at Redeemer since 2007 and has served on staff since 2018. She is married and has three adult children and four grandchildren.

Melody Vent

Melody has been a member since 2011. She and her husband have four children.

Dennis Free

Dennis has been a member at Redeemer since 2011. He and his wife have four children and six grandchildren.

Marilyn Free

Marilyn has been a member at Redeemer since 2011. She is married and has four married kids and six grandkids.