Staff Bios
 Mark Dever, Senior Pastor
Mark Dever serves as the senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC. A Duke graduate, Dr. Dever holds a M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, a Th.M. from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Ecclesiastical History from Cambridge University. He is the president of 9Marks Ministries and has taught at a number of seminaries. Dr. Dever has authored several books and articles, most recently, What is a Healthy Church? and The Gospel and Personal Evangelism (Crossway 2007). Earlier books include Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (Crossway 2000, 2004), The Deliberate Church (Crossway 2005), Promises Kept: The Message of the New Testament (Crossway 2005), and Promises Made: The Message of the Old Testament (Crossway 2006). He and his wife Connie live and minister on Capitol Hill, with Connie giving a lot of her time to creating a childrens’ curriculum (PraiseFactory). They have two adult children. – More on Pastor Dever |
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Brad Wheeler was raised in a Unitarian home, as many good New England children are. It was after moving to Santa Cruz, CA that he first heard and believed the gospel through his (now) wife Erin, and emerging church pastor/friend Dan Kimball. Never intending to become a pastor, he established a career in investment consulting after graduating from Princeton University. Yet “many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.” (Prov 19.21) Thus, in 2001 he happily joined the staff of CHBC, followed by a MDiv and ThM at Southern Seminary where he served as an elder at Third Avenue Baptist Church. Brad returned to CHBC in 2010 to serve as an associate pastor and is responsible for church planting/revitalization, the pastoral internship program, public teaching and other pastoral duties. He and Erin have four children, Page, Maggie, William, and Eliza. Brad enjoys all things having to do with motorcycles, his family, travel, and dreaming of the water polo phenom he never was. |
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Andy was born and raised in a believing family in Texas. He worked both on church staff and managing a small, family cattle operation. After completing degrees at Texas A&M, Andy moved to Washington, DC in 1997. Andy earned a living as an agricultural advisor for the US Congress while serving CHBC as an elder. In January of 2006, Andy joined CHBC as an Associate Pastor. Andy also gives special attention to the discipling and international missions efforts of CHBC. Andy loves reading, gardening and, most of all, spending time with his wonderful wife, Rebecca, and their children, Andrew, Evelyn, and Samuel. |
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Raised in New Jersey, Deepak Reju serves as an associate pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC. His pastoral responsibilities include oversight of the biblical counseling and family ministries at CHBC. He previously served on staff at Grace Church in Westfield, N.J. and Clifton Baptist Church in Louisville, KY. A George Washington University graduate, he also holds the MDiv and PhD degrees from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Deepak and his wife, Sarah, have four children, Zachariah, Lydia, Eden, and Noelle. |
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Born and raised in the Chicago area, Jamie joined CHBC in 1999 when he first moved to Washington, DC following undergraduate work in engineering and applied math at Princeton University. He worked in business for ten years, most recently managing a line of business for a large management consultancy while serving the church as an elder. In 2009 , Jamie joined the staff as an Associate Pastor, focusing on administrative matters. He is passionate about the gospel, the local church, his wife Joan, and their two sons. |
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Zach grew up in Nebraska with a family where he heard the gospel and saw it lived out among other family members seeking to follow Jesus. After attending the University of Nebraska to study Mechanical Engineering, he moved to Chicago to go to Moody Theological Seminary. There, he met and married his wife Katie and had their first son, Hudson. After serving as a pastor in Chicago for four years, the Schlegel’s moved to DC to join the work at CHBC where Zach currently serves as an Assistant Pastor. |
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Garrett grew up in Berkeley Springs, WV. He attended Virginia Tech where he came to know the Lord through the witness of a friend and the ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. Garrett served as the evangelism pastor at Denton Bible Church in Denton, TX while working toward his ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary. Garrett then served as the senior pastor at Graham Bible Church in Graham, TX for seven years. He is married to Carrie and together they have they have three children, Eden, Haddon and Phoebe. Garrett enjoys hanging out with his family, watching sports and occasionally doing some type of exercise. |
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Ever since graduating from high school, Zach has felt a desire to pursue pastoral ministry. Though college was a hostile time spiritually, Zach grew as a Christian as he and a core group of friends (his future wife included) set-out to start one of Millsaps’ only student-led bible studies. The fruit of that experience and confirmation from older men has solidified Zach’s desire to continue to serve Christ in the local church as a pastor. His main responsibilities as a Pastoral Assistant include assisting the pastors with the internship, missions, core seminars, visitors, married small groups, and training events. Zach is also the CHBC point person for the evangelistic Lunch Time Talks we host on Capitol Hill and at Georgetown Law. In a few years, he hopes to take his family to Louisville, KY where he will begin his seminary education. He currently resides on Capitol Hill with his wonderful wife Rachel and daughter Amielle. |
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Matt grew up in Long Island, NY, where he developed a discerning palate for “true” pizza and bagels. After completing a degree in religious studies and music at Vanderbilt University in 2006, Matt returned to “the Island” to serve on the staff of Shelter Rock Church. He moved to DC to participate in the CHBC Pastoral Internship in 2009. Following the internship, Matt worked as a music teacher until coming on staff at CHBC as a Pastoral Assistant in the summer of 2010. He enjoys reading, college ministry, making music, and especially spending time with Erica, his sort-of-high-school-sweetheart and now wife. |
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Jonathan was raised in England in a Christian family near Cambridge, England. After graduating from University of Birmingham, working for an independent Baptist church as a student worker, and then teaching Mathematics and Science at a private school, Jonathan came across the Atlantic (for the first time) to complete the church’s internship program in Fall 2009. Jonathan now works as a Pastoral Assistant with responsibilities for Youth, Church Membership, Small Groups, and ‘The Messenger’ (CHBC’s magazine). He recently married Sarah, from Nashville, in February 2011, and they hope to return to England in 2012 to serve the Gospel there. In his spare time, Jonathan enjoys playing and watching soccer, cricket, rugby and other ‘authentic’ English sports. |
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Jaime grew up in a Roman Catholic family in Southeastern Massachusetts. He thought he was a good little boy, having attained his Eagle Scout and playing every sport known to man in the community. In 2005, while studying at Bridgewater State University, he was invited to a church and was radically converted several months later through a sermon on Luke 15. After graduation Jaime served as a police officer in his hometown of Swansea. After three years of service, Jaime resigned from the department, though he loved working the beat, and moved to Louisville, Kentucky to attend the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In January of 2011, Jaime came to CHBC as a pastoral intern, and is now a Pastoral Assistant at the church. He wishes, if the Lord wills, to pastor a church in New England, preferably MA or RI. Jaime likes coffee, calisthenics, classic literature, cowboy boots, and traveling the world. |
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Gio is a Brooklyn NY native who first came to CHBC back in 2000 as a student and became a member in 2004 when work brought her back to DC. Since then she has come and gone several times but is now very happy to be able to serve the church that has served her so well over the years. In her spare time, Gio enjoys hiking, camping and 18th century English country dancing. |
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Jeremy grew up in California and graduated from UCLA in 1999 with a degree in Sociology. Before arriving in DC, he served at the Chinese Baptist Church of Orange County, a Southern Baptist church in Anaheim, CA, doing various ministries including youth ministry, music and missions. Jeremy completed the CHBC internship program in May 2003. He, his wife Jessie, sons Caedmon and Elliott, and daughter Evangeline live on Capitol Hill. |
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Lindsey was raised in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina through her high school years. After high school, she attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and began what would be some of her most formative years as a Christian. It was during this time that God led her to Providence Baptist Church, where she began to grow in love for God and His word, and thus grew in her understanding of the vital role of the local church in the life of the believer and in God’s mission to make disciples of all nations. She spent her first year out of college in Central Asia, then returned to Raleigh, where she worked alongside the Pastor of Missions for four years. She began attending CHBC in the spring of 2010, during what was intended as a weekend visit. A weekend visit turned into a month, which lead to a decision to move here permanently. |
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Brian grew up in Las Animas, Colorado; a small community on the South Eastern plains of Colorado. In 2000, he moved to Greeley to attend the University of Northern Colorado and graduated with a degree in Psychology. After graduation, Brian moved to Washington, DC where he began work in politics and began attending Capitol Hill Baptist Church. Brian and his wife have been blessed with two wonderful daughters. He has been serving CHBC as Facilities Manager since March of 2008. |
Zach Schlegel, Assistant Pastor
Garrett Kell, Assistant Pastor
Lindsey Parker, Receptionist