Pastor Paul was born and raised in the Hockinson Apostolic Lutheran Church. In 1982 he moved to New Hampshire where he attended the New Ipswich Apostolic Lutheran Church. There he met and married his wife, Cheryl. While there, God blessed them with the first two of their seven children. In 1989 they moved back here to his home congregation where he served as a Sunday School teacher, Sunday School Superintendent, and assistant minister. In April of 2021 Paul was called into the office of the Pastor.

Pastor Jacob was born and raised on a dairy farm in South Dakota. He moved to Washington in 2003 and has attended the Hockinson Apostolic Lutheran Church since then. He served as a Sunday School teacher for 17 years, and was asked to begin preaching in 2015. In 2020 he was elected as an assistant minister. He was ordained in 2025 and called to be the associate pastor in 2026. He and his wife Liisa have two children.