Elders

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 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 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 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.

Travis has been a member at Redeemer since 2007. He and his wife have seven daughters.

Chris has been a member at Redeemer since 2021. He is married and has four children.

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

  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.