Welcome to Redemption Tempe

About Jim

Jim Mullins is the pastor of theological and vocational formation for Redemption Tempe and is on the leadership team for the Surge Network. He has worked as a pastor, entrepreneur, nonprofit leader, and a basketball scout in Turkey. He’s married to Jenny, and has an eight-year old daughter named Elliana. They spend their time watching basketball, cooking Middle Eastern food, and being completely ineffective gardeners.

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About Josh

Josh enjoys helping people who wrestle with tough topics of the Christian faith, and is author of the books The Skeletons in God’s Closet and The Pursuing God. He’s worked internationally in 7 different countries, been beat up by a billy goat, and run over by a Volkswagen van. Josh’s wife Holly, daughter Aiden, and sons James and Jacob enjoy spending time with friends over great meals, and exploring the scenic beauty of the Southwest.

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About Warren

I have loved our Church and the city of Tempe since moving here from the Bronx, NY five years ago. I went to college at SUNY Albany  where after graduating I became a believer. I moved to Phoenix in 2014 and have began to attend Redemption Tempe in 2015 where I also met my wife to be Jordan. I have served as a Pastoral Resident and a Deacon at R/Tempe and today I oversee Church Communications and our Sunday Service Volunteer Teams.

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About Ryan

My wife Janet and I were married in March of 2002 and we have 4 beautiful children.

We both surrendered to Jesus during our time in college. After that, God put a burden on our hearts to preach the gospel to other students in college, and we spent about 13 years talking with students about Jesus on several college campuses.  In 2009, we felt God had placed us in Redemption Church so when they asked if I would consider becoming a Pastor and Elder, I was honored and accepted.  

It is a great honor and privilege to serve God and His Church.

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About Jackie

Jackie is a South Jersey transplant that has been in the Valley and a member at Redemption Church for over a decade. She came to know Christ at the Arcadia congregation and has been at Tempe since 2012. She is married to Mike and has two elementary aged children, Calvin and Adeline. She enjoys spending time outside hiking South Mountain, running, biking, and sitting on the beach in Ocean City. Her favorite thing about being on staff at Redemption is taking the big picture ideas of the church and putting the structure and process around it to help bring it to life.

About Jake

I came to Redemption as a student at ASU and spent the next 4 years interning and being steeped within the family of God.  While I grew up in church, it was not until I began to hear the gospel as an all-encompassing story that I came to love Jesus in college.  Yet though I grew up without knowing the love of Jesus, every Bible story and word from God came alive in me all at once.  God in love did not waste one bit of his word on my heart. This fuels my passion for teaching the word of God in our Jr. High and High school ministries.

I direct Redemption Bloom and Flourish, our Jr. High and High School ministries here at Redemption Tempe. I have a crazy passion for stories of every kind and have found the gospel to be the greatest story the world has ever known. Through the constant retelling of this story, God has blessed me with the privilege of communicating the good news of Jesus to the children of the body of Christ.

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About John

I was born and raised in Phoenix, grew up in Scottsdale, became a Christian when I was 22, got married to my beautiful wife Maryke in 2009, have 2 amazing boys named Wyatt and Jonah, been a hairdresser for 14 years, love being bi-vocational, received my undergraduate degree from Arizona Christian University, currently in my Junior year of seminary at the Missional Training Center, enjoy food, reading, basketball, ping pong, and sneakers.

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About Brandon

I am a Phoenix native who grew up in the Church and have been following Jesus since I was 9. My wife Amelia is my favorite person and my daughter Delilah is the cutest kid around. I love playing and writing music, pour over coffee, incredible restaurants, smoking various meats, and reading.

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About Daniel

Daniel is the Pastor of Worship Arts and R/Kids for Redemption Tempe. He is married and works with his wonderful wife, Laura. He is thrilled to be Dad to Eleanor, Welsey, and Hazel. As a Phoenix native, he has been planted in Tempe since he attended ASU. Daniel has a long, ongoing list of current and former hobbies including hacky-sack, juggling, unicycle riding, Moped crashing, balancing ladders on his face, lawn care, skateboarding, reading, and cornhole tossing

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About Susanne

Redemption has been my home since its early days on Ash, and have been able to serve in R/Kids both as a volunteer and staff member for over 12 years. I love seeing kids of all ages come to our church and experience the love and joy that following Jesus brings, and I’m so grateful to the parents who share them with us! My husband and I have two beautiful rascally children and a rottweiler mix pup named Tesla.

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About Ken

I’ve had the blessing of being able to work at several different Redemption Church congregations in the facilities department. I started working full time at R/Tempe in October of 2019. My employment journey with Redemption Church started in July of 2012. When I was 7 years old, in a Sunday School classroom, my relationship with Christ began. However, I lacked a consistent church community and solid theology. This resulted in me being a cultural Christian for most of my life. God used family illness and work hardships to soften my heart. I started attending East Valley Bible Church in 2011. There I found the community and discipleship I desperately needed to help transform my life for Christ. I am the facilities director at R/Tempe. I manage the maintenance and care of the church property, the cleaning of the property, event set ups/tear downs and a few other hats. It is such a joy to have the privilege of being able to shape and sustain the place where God’s people gather to intimately interact with Him.

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About Jordan

I was born and raised in Los Angeles and moved to Tempe in 2015 to attend Arizona State University. A lot of things happened during my freshman year – I came to Christ when a staff member from Cru met me on campus and shared the gospel with me. I also became friends with my future wife – we will be married in September 2020. We have both been conveniently attending Redemption since we moved here from two different states, which is why it now feels like home to us. After volunteering and working part-time during the past couple years, I am excited to be doing what I love full time alongside such a supportive and encouraging staff team.

About Melissa

I grew up in Chicago and moved to LA for college and stayed after I graduated to work in television.  I became a Christian in college at 19 on a retreat. I met my husband online and moved to San Diego right before marrying him and we’ve been married for almost 8 years. We came to Arizona in 2017 to be closer to family. We have two boys who are 4 and 2. I enjoy hanging out with friends, writing, discovering new places, hiking, and trivia. I actually won a trivia game show once and one of my bucket list items is to be on Jeopardy! someday.

About Holly

Holly has been leading in spiritual direction and prayer ministries for the past 16 years. She loves connecting people to Jesus through prayer and helping them see God at work in their life. Watching the work of the Holy Spirit bring clarity, healing, and peace to individuals, families, and our city brings her much joy. Holly enjoys working with people in other denominations and desires to see healing and unity between all the Christian streams. She is married to Josh and they have three kids: Aiden, James and Jacob.

About Melanie

I began attending Redemption Tempe in 2015 after moving back to Arizona from eight years working in Washington, DC. My main role now is wife and mom to three beautiful kids, but I also get to use my love of all things administration and process to coordinate use of our campus.

About Nate

Nate was born and raised in South Carolina where he attended The Citadel Military College for undergraduate studies. He moved here to Arizona from Hawaii in May of 2020 after spending four years as an Infantry Officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is now a student at Phoenix Seminary. Nate enjoys eating good food, watching sports, reading, and exercising in his free time.

About Melissa

A true native of Arizona, I returned to the valley in 2012 from North Carolina with my husband, Daniel, after finding out our 2nd child’s medical needs were not going away. God blessed us with two more children to round out a big and messy family of six. I previously graduated from The Master’s College with a degree in Biblical Exposition, but have found my current role as a stay at home mom, spreading the gospel through the special needs community of doctors, therapists and other families. Oh how unexpected and beautiful life is turning out to be as we raise a family that is not typical.

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About Laura

I grew up in Chandler, AZ and went to ASU where I studied interior design. My husband and I also met while attending ASU, so Tempe felt like the natural place for us to settle in and raise our family, which now includes 3 great kids. I remember accepting Jesus as a kid after my Sunday School teacher presented the Gospel message in class one morning. Now years later and just a few miles down the road from that experience, I get to be part of a team that fosters that same opportunity for the kids at Redemption Tempe. I love this community of believers and have grown in countless ways here over the years. As Kids Connection Coordinator I want to make it the best place possible for our kids to hear, see and know the truth of the Gospel.

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About Havalah

I moved to Tempe 8 years ago from paradise (literally, New Zealand) and fell in love with the desert. I’m married to my high school sweetheart and am mama to Ezra and Joelle. Several friends affectionately call me a grandma because of my hobby choices (crocheting, sewing, baking, etc.). For the past 2 years I have led the R/Kids Sunday prep team; coordinating the craft, activity and curriculum supplies used in our classrooms on Sunday.

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About Andrea

I am a child of God, a wife to John, and a mom to Stormy, Chloe and Riley. I work in children’s ministry supervising the 5pm service and working in kids connection.

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About Jen

Jen has attended Redemption Tempe since 2012 and  joined the staff in 2015. She loves having the opportunity work with an incredible community of hilarious, caring, Jesus-loving coworkers/friends, along with getting to use her gifts as a graphic artist. Jen enjoys camping with her husband and four boys and her favorite activity is being alone with a cup of coffee and a good book. Jen’s family is known for its high-level of commitment to group costumes and themed parties.

About Autumn

Redemption Tempe has been my home since about 2010. I joined a Redemption community while I attended ASU, and the friendships and community I was blessed with played a big role in my coming to know and trust Jesus. I now have the privilege to work for R/Tempe as a graphic designer on the communications team. My projects range from making chalkboard signs for the R/Kids area to helping design journals alongside the pastors and other leadership. My husband Drew and I have two children, and we enjoy hosting a Redemption community each week as well as serving in R/Kids.

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About Carly

Carly started attending Redemption Tempe in 2015 — the year she learned what it meant to walk with Jesus. She’s passionate about connecting people to Jesus through social media and reaching people where they’re at, which a lot of times…is scrolling on their phone. Her husband, John and her welcomed a new family member in 2021 – baby Coast. Carly used to travel the world photographing weddings, but is now happiest when she’s close to home watercoloring, baking, having themed movie nights, and spending time with her two favorite guys!

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About Sharon

Sharon brings gifts in biblical counsel and shepherding to the staff team at Redemption Tempe. After spending their first 22 years of marriage ministering in Philadelphia, Sharon and her husband Bryan recently moved to Arizona — in part, to provide for their adult son with autism. They love each of their four children, who are in various stages of leaving the nest (and/or returning to the nest after graduation). Sharon enjoys all things French, rooting for the Eagles, traveling with her husband, and connecting in authentic relationships.

About Jason

I have had the privilege of being here at Redemption Tempe since day one. It has been an honor to see how God has moved over the years and I am constantly excited and expectant for what he will do next. A long the way God has blessed me with a great wife (Kate) and four kids (Micah, Sammy, MJ, and Ruthie).

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About Eric

In addition to being a Redemption Tempe elder, Eric serves as a pastoral coach for Frontiers by helping missionaries around the world thrive in following Jesus. He also enjoys using his training to provide corporate coaching. Eric loves being an elder alongside the other leaders who aim to take God seriously and themselves less so. He and his wife Amy have been married since 1994 and have two adult children. They are enjoying this season of empty nesting. Eric is an avid traveler and recently reached a personal milestone of visiting 50 countries and all 50 states by age 50.