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Terri Thurston
Children's Ministry |
Jim Lamson
Men's Ministry |
Dr. Jim Strutz
Adult Education |
Reuben & Kristin
Holland
Marriage Ministry |
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Janice Ridgeway
Women's Ministries |
Richard Irwin
Program Director & Video
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Staff Profiles
Richard
Irwin, Senior Pastor
Richard was born is Eureka ,
Montana. He moved with his family to Anchorage, AK
in 1969. There he met the Lord and began a Christian
rock and roll band, "JC and Company". The band
toured the state for a year and a half and saw
thousands come to the Lord. He married Lindy Strutz
in 1973.
They had been in the ministry for over 30 years,
pastoring and doing missions work in Swaziland,
Africa. In 2002 when his father-in-law, Richard
Strutz, retired he took over the leadership of
Anchorage City Church.
Richard and Lindy have two children, Richard Jr. and
Charity, and they have two wonderful spouses, Rachel
Irwin and Kristopher Carmody. They are also blessed
with five grandchildren.
Richard Jr. is on staff at the
church and Kris and Charity lead one of the worship
teams.
Richard enjoys riding his Harley, woodworking,
fishing and hunting when he has time. You can
read
Richard's blog here.
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Dick Strutz, Pastor Emeritus
Dick was born and raised in
Anchorage, Alaska and has been married to Beverly
for more than 60 years. They have raised 7 children,
all of which are serving God today.
He began full time ministry in 1972 and was the
senior pastor of Abbott Loop Church for several
years in the 70's and 80's.
He was the founding pastor of ACC and had a major
role in starting several other churches over the years.
His passion now is to build the Body of Christ
throughout Alaska.
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Jim Strutz
Jim Strutz was born and raised in
anchorage, Alaska. He and his wife have 3 grown
children and 11 grandchildren. Jim has been an
associate pastor at ACC since 1986. Prior to that he
was a pastor in Camas WA. Much of Jim's early
theological training was through a local Bible
school at Abbott Loop Community Church, but he has
gone on and has
earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Christian
Life School of Theology. Jim is passionate about
study of the Bible as his primary gifting as well as
calling is in teaching.
Jim's hobbies include whitewater rafting and
photography. He organizes annual church rafting
trips and occasionally does wedding and event
photography. Call him if any of this interests you.
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Richard Irwin III
Rich was born in Kenai, Alaska
January 31st, 1974. Rich's parents, Richard and
Lindy Irwin, then took a position in Camas,
Washington where they lived until 1981. Rich grew up
here in Anchorage skateboarding and snowboarding.
Richard also became involved in music and the arts.
Rich played in local bands and published a small
underground zine with friends. Rich Married his
incredible wife Rachel Irwin on January 3rd, 1998.
They have two daughters, Sophia and Ivy.
Rich enjoys music, art and skateboarding. He has a
vision to see young people serve God, pursue their
dreams and impact their communities especially in
the fields of music and visual arts.
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David Johnson
David and his wife Linda left the
Lower 48 for Alaska on their wedding day in 1972.
Except for three years overseas, they have called
Alaska home ever since. They have two adult children,
Glen and Katie, who live in Alaska.
David is a retired Alaska
state wildlife biologist and before coming to work
full time at ACC, an outdoors
website developer. David and Linda attended
Livets Ords (Word of
Life) University
for a year, and both are 2004 graduates
of Word of Life Bible
Centre in Uppsala, Sweden. David worked for an
additional year in the missions department of that
church supporting an orphanage in Tajikistan. David enjoys
Alaska outdoors activities.
He and Linda have a strong interest
in strengthening marriages, and helping people find
faith in Christ and grow in that faith within small groups.
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Janice Ridgeway
Janice moved to Alaska in January
1987 with her 3 children. Six months after her
arrival, she rededicated her life to Christ and
began attending Anchorage City Church.
In July 1998 Janice joined the City Church staff and
also served on the state board as special event
coordinator for Aglow International for 5 years.
Her vision is to see the women in body of Christ
mature, and for us all to live
victoriously and debt free by teaching Crown
financial classes.
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Suzi Momosor
Suzie was born and raised in
Anchorage, Alaska. Her mother is Alaska native and
her father comes from Minnesota. Father, Jim
Richardson, was an elder and pastor at Abbott Loop
Community Church for many years until he passed away
from cancer in 2000. Growing up, her mother stayed
at home put her and her siblings through school.
Suzie began
working for Anchorage City Church in 2003 and really enjoys
being a part of this family. As a child her great
loves were playing outside, singing and playing
office. She gets to do all of those things as an
adult, living in Alaska, singing regularly for
services and being an Administrative Assistant for
the church. She has served as an office manager, Sr.
Pastor’s personal assistant and as receptionist.
She enjoys the admin work but also
loves the people interaction. Her heart is to help
people find out what they are gifted in and be given
the resources to reach their dreams. There have been
different classes and programs that she has helped
to develop and facilitate along these lines. On
January 19th, 2008, Suzie was married to Owen
Momosor, soundman, electrician and friend. They now
have one child, Lewis.
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Janet Strutz
Janet Strutz is
married to Jim Strutz, one of our staff pastors. She
was ACC's first bookkeeper back in 1983, and now
works part time at ACC. She and Jim enjoy their three adult
children, who have supplied them with eight grand
children. Janet's personal interests include a
passion for quilting.
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Mike Rawalt
Mike &
his wife Barb married in 1967, and went into the US
Army upon receiving his degree in Business
Economics. Mike accepted Jesus as his Lord in 1975,
the result of a miracle healing in their son
Christian. Mike retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in
1990, and moved into the log home they had built in
Delta Junction, Alaska.
In the
military, Mike worked primarily in the fields of
administration, personnel, safety / security, and
received a Masters’ Degree in Social Sciences /
Human Relations in 1974. In addition, both Mike &
Barb received Bachelors Degrees in Theology from
Beacon University.
After retirement,
Mike worked at Ft. Greely as an employment
counselor, and started his own successful trailer
manufacturing business. Mike has served as an elder
in three churches. He & Barb relocated to Anchorage
in 2005 to be closer to their two sons and
grandchildren. Mike & Barb have led home fellowship
groups together for many years and enjoy the lasting
friendships and ministry that small groups provide.
Mike
was ordained as ACC’s first deacon in January 2007
and also joined the staff as Administrative
Deacon. Mike & Barb enjoy riding their Harley and
spending time with their kids & grandkids ---with a
little hunting & fishing for good measure!
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