Our Team

Pastor John serves as the Lead Pastor at The Rock PC. He is married to his amazing wife Suezan, and father of 2 daughters. He is also the Academic Dean at the John Leland Center for Theological Studies in Arlington VA and a member of the Company of Teachers for the Reformed Institute. John earned a B.A. from Wheaton College, a M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, a S.T.M. from Yale, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion and Theology from Claremont Graduate University in California. On top of his love for academia, he is an undisciplined runner and a distracted reader of things few would care about.

The grace of God deeply moved Brian to surrender his life to Jesus when he was a middle school student.  Brian found his identity in Christ when God revealed Himself as the Good Father to him. Even now, God is teaching him more about His everlasting love and who he is as a child of God.  The more Brian experiences God, the more he realizes how unfathomable God is.   

 It is by the grace of God that Brian is called into ministry.  He has a heart for the next generation and he enjoys building relationships with them and helping them find their identity in Christ.  Brian believes God has a strong calling on them to rise up and courageously live for Jesus in all areas of their lives. 

It is by sheer grace that Brian married up to his lovely wife, Angela, and he is a father of two wonderful girls, Autumn and Emery. 

 

Pastor Ide is a lover of God, a blessed husband to his wife Amy, and a blessed father to his sons Elliott and Sean.  His life was forever changed in 2010 when he encountered Jesus in a personal and powerful way (You can hear his testimony here).

Since then, his passion and desire is for others to know God and for people to grow in deeper intimacy with Him.  At the church, Pastor Ide is responsible for maintaining and strengthening the church’s relationship with its Mission Partners and Friends by staying in contact with them, including receiving their prayer requests. Pastor Ide has his Master of Divinity degree from the John Leland Center for Theological Studies.

He is also the host of the Hope Reformers Podcast.  The links to the podcast can be found here: Hope Reformers