PASTOR
JASON TERPACK has
been preaching since the age of seventeen when he re-organized the Bible Club
on his public High School campus in Southern California. B.A.S.I.C. - Brothers
And Sisters In Christ and spoke at many other high schools in the Inland Empire.
In 1999, Jason graduated from John W. North High
School and joined the United States Air Force in February 2000. After
completing his first deployment after 9/11, he began to work on his Bachelor’s
Degree. He was promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant in August of 2003
and was awarded his Bachelor’s degree from Wayland Baptist University in 2005
with a major in Logistics Management.
Jason had a distinguished record of service in the
military, going to war two times and earning the Air Force Commendation Medal
twice among other decorations. He was honorably discharged from the
Service in December 2005. At that time he became a substitute teacher in
Arizona, followed by working as an Academic Counselor at Axia College of
University of Phoenix in Arizona.
In August of 2007, he began graduate studies at
Midwestern Seminary (www.mbts.edu) where he
met the love of his life, Stephenie Long. They courted and were soon married on
Leap Day- February 29, 2008. A very
small Baptist Church in the country called Jason as their Pastor in October
2007 after he filled the pulpit for a month and a half. The congregation
licensed Jason to the Gospel Ministry on November 4, 2007. During
Seminary, he also served a brief pastorate at a small Christian Church in
Kansas City and was instrumental in the merger of two Congregations, which
saved a 100-year old church from closing.
Pastor Terpack is a 2011 graduate of Midwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary and holds the Master of Divinity Degree.
After Seminary, Pastor Jason began a ministry at
another small country Church with only 50 people. In less than six months, that Congregation
was running 100 people in worship attendance.
They did not want to grow so they asked him to resign. But Pastor Jason did not give up on his
calling from God to be a Minister.
Jason’s passion is to preach the Word of God in a
clear and relevant way! He desires to build up saints by teaching the Bible, by
being available, and by being involved in their lives. He is also an
evangelist, reaching the lost and unchurched.
Jason was called as Pastor of the Cummings Christian
Church in Atchison County, KS and Ordained to that ministry by the Elders
February 2, 2014. He served there for
two years full-time and saw the Church grow under the blessing of the Lord!
When he is free, Jason enjoys spending time with his
beautiful wife Stephenie playing with his son John as well as watching movies,
drinking coffee, studying theology, and enjoying good food and fellowship. Most importantly, Jason loves the Church and
being a Pastor! He can't see himself doing anything else with his time.
After the retirement of the well-loved Pastor Larry
Brazier, Morningstar Christian Church (Now Montclair Christian Church), CA invited
Jason to become their new Senior Pastor.
Pastor Jason began the work of pastoring this wonderful Church August 4,
2019.
He looks forward to the great things God will do here
in the Inland Empire! His new book “Control:
Letting Go of It to Get It” is scheduled to be released by Christmas 2019.