Pastor's Page
Mike
Dengerink
At
the heart of Pastor Mike’s ministry is the preaching and teaching of God’s word,
the Bible. He usually preaches through books of the Bible. Mike Dengerink had
been the Pastor of Bonita Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Southern California
since 1991. Pastor Mike graduated with a Masters degree from Westminster
Theological Seminary in California. He and his wife of 23 years, Pam, have four
children. Pastor Mike was not always a pastor. Before the Lord called him into
full time ministry he was a General Building Contractor with his own company
working in the San Francisco bay area. Even though Mike found a great amount of
satisfaction in building houses from the ground up, he is even more thrilled to
be a part of the building of God's church. email Mike
Pastor
As found at OPC -
Form of Government
Christ's undershepherd in a local congregation of God's people, who joins with the ruling elders in governing the congregation, is called a pastor. It is his charge to feed and tend the flock as Christ's minister and with the other elders to lead them in all the service of Christ. It is his task to conduct the public worship of God; to pray for and with Christ's flock as the mouth of the people unto God; to feed the flock by the public reading and preaching of the Word of God, according to which he is to teach, convince, reprove, exhort, comfort, and evangelize, expounding and applying the truth of Scripture with ministerial authority, as a diligent workman approved by God; to administer the sacraments; to bless the people from God; to shepherd the flock and minister the Word according to the particular needs of groups, families, and individuals in the congregation, catechizing by teaching plainly the first principles of the oracles of God to the baptized youth and to adults who are yet babes in Christ, visiting in the homes of the people, instructing and counseling individuals, and training them to be faithful servants of Christ; to minister to the poor, the sick, the afflicted, and the dying; and to make known the gospel to the lost.