Staff
Bob Bancroft – Youth Pastor
Bob and Holly Bancroft have been serving Christ through youth ministry for over 20 years. They have been with PCF for 15 years. They have both worked for and received training from the departments of youth services in Massachusetts and California in youth counseling and crisis management. Bob graduated from Genesis Discipleship Training Center in Santa Rosa, CA in 1993, and was ordained by The Genesis Fellowship the same year. Bob has also been a full-time EMT in the city of Lowell for over 15 years. Holly has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and home schools their children. Both are members of the American Academy of Christian Counselors (AACC). Bob is currently part of Bridgebuilders to Haiti, a ministry of Monadnock Bible Conference in Jaffrey, NH, and he travels to the country of Haiti twice a year. Bob and Holly have been married 24 years. They live in Littleton, MA, and have four teenage children: Bethany, Jacob, Isaac and Josiah.
Ed Marino – Business Administrator
Ed Marino has been attending Pepperell Christian Fellowship for over 15 years and has been the Business Administrator since 2001. Prior to that, he worked for many years as an Information System Manager at Digital Equipment Corporation and Compaq Computer Corporation. Ed is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music, with majors in composition and music education, and has taken several courses in accounting at Bentley College. Ed has played guitar most of his life, and has been serving as a worship leader and worship musician at Pepperell Christian Fellowship for many years. Ed and his wife Tricia have been married for 36 years, have a married son and daughter, and four grandchildren.
Stephen Witmer – Pastor
Stephen Witmer grew up in Monson, Maine. He is a graduate of Wheaton College, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and the University of Cambridge (Ph. D. in New Testament) and taught New Testament studies at the University of Cambridge and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary before becoming pastor of Pepperell Christian Fellowship in June of 2008. His prior ministry experience includes serving as an intern under Dr. John Piper at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stephen married Emma in 2006 and they have two children, Samuel Connor and Annie Rose.