
Barry & Kimberly Clardy
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Bishop Barry Clardy has a vision to teach Servant Hood Evangelism to the Body of Christ and exemplify the care of a leader through restoration. His ministry began at a very early age and has continued to grow to new horizons.
He has traveled extensively across the U.S. and many foreign countries serving as conference and campmeeting speaker. He has enjoyed the ministry of being a Youth Pastor, Evangelist, and Senior Pastor. As a leader, he has served on the Board of Directors for Equipping Ministries International. He has also served the Church of God in Southern Ohio as a representative of the Youth and C.E. Board, Evangelism and Home Missions Board, and currently serves as the chairman of the Southern Ohio State Council. In addition, Pastor Clardy serves on the Southern Ohio Board of Trustees and World Missions.
Pastor Clardy received his education from Greenville College and Lee University. He currently pastors the Princeton Pike Church of God in Hamilton, Ohio. He resides in Hamilton, along with his wife Kimberly and their two sons, Graylin and Cameron.


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Pastor Tony “ Jake” Jacobs and his wife Barbara have been involved in ministry since the inception of his call in 1979. He comes to us from the Regional Church of God in Delbarton, West Virginia where he served at Associate/Youth Pastor.
He is an ordained minister with the church of God, and currently serves as our Director of Church Ministries, along with his wife Barbara.
A graduate of Lee College and the School of Theology in Cleveland, Tennessee. Pastor Jake and Barbara have two sons, Chat and Cory, who enrich their lives and area viable part of their ministry. On the national level, Pastor Jacobs helped implement and develop the prestigious NYLA conference and also served as foundational chairperson of Winterfest. He also writes for the publications of the International Church of God.
Pastor Jacobs says, “God’s plan for Barbara and I is to serve as a team, loving people and supporting the vision of the Pastor and this church.” His personal passion and philosophy is to love people outside the walls of the church, disciple christians to serve and experience fulfillment in their spiritual gifts and talents
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Jerry & Darlene Townsley
Business Administration |
Princeton Pike welcomes Jerry Townsley to its staff. Jerry became the church business administrator as of November 2006. In recent years, he retired from the Finance & Accounting organization of a successful Fortune 500 company. Jerry graduated from the University of Illinois (BSIE) and received his MBA-Finance degree from Xavier University. He and his wife, Darlene, were married October 1970 and have one son who is married. Jerry has a heart to serve the local church in the area that God has gifted him. He brings to Princeton Pike the ability and desire to serve God and His people with a spirit of excellence.

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Rodney White is an ordained minister in the Church of God and currently serves as the Student Ministries Pastor at Princeton Pike. He is an accomplished musician, has served on the South Carolina State Youth Board for four years, and is a sought after youth camp speaker.
Pastor Rodney's objectives is, "to lead young people to know Jesus Christ and to develop a relationship with Him in these last days." He is active in the students schools and their extra curricular activites. This allows him to reach out to the students on their level "where they are at".
Rodney is married to Tara who is an active part of his ministry. Together they have two teenage sons, Dustan and Dylon.

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Pastor Donnie Turner is an ordained minister in the Church of God and currently serves as the Children's Ministries Pastor here at Princeton Pike Church of God. Donnie and Sabrina are from Lexington, Kentucky where they served as the Children's Pastors at Liberty Worship Center since 1993. During their years of ministry, they have conducted yearly Kids Crusades, directed costume character teams, puppet teams, dance team ministry and monthly Youth Lock-Ins in which hundreds of children and teenagers have accepted Christ as their personal savior. They both have served on the International Kids Fest committee. Donnie has completed the CIMS external study course through Lee College in Cleveland Tennessee with a 4.0 GPA.
Pastor Donnie was the recipient of the dare to soar award from the National Children's Leaders Association {N.C.L.A.} conference in 2005 and received the highest award given to children's pastors "the Shepherd's cup" award in April 2006. Donnie and Sabrina both have their basic and advanced certification in children's ministry with the Church of God
Donnie and Sabrina continue to progress their vision and passion for Children and Youth Ministry. They are striving to see that every young person they come in contract with is touched and changed by the power of Jesus Christ.
Donnie and Sabrina have been happily married since 1992 and have two children: Amber born in 1996 and Cody born in 1998.

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Minister of Evangelism
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Ann Tucker is an ordained minister with the Church of God, and presently serves full-time on the pastoral Staff of Princeton Pike Church of God in Hamilton, Ohio. Her staff position is Minister of Evangelism, which involves directing the Outreach Ministries of the Church. There is a wide variety of ministries under her supervision. She serves as Coordinator and liaison to the Senior Pastor for the Women's Ministries of the Church and is a member of the Southern Ohio Evangelism Board.
Ann has been in the ministry since an early age. She has ministered in local churches as Teacher, Youth Leader, Musician, Evangelist, New Church Pastor and speaker for Women's Retreats. Her husband Joseph has always been a great support of her ministry along with being very active in Church ministry himself. They have three grown married children, and nine beautiful grandchildren!
"One of the delights of my ministry is to see God's people equipped and becoming all they can be, and most importantly all that our Heavenly Father needs them to be through the Power of His Spirit!
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Ron & Jean Medley
Pastoral Care
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Ron Medley is an ordained minister with the Church of God. Since 1996 he has served on staff of the Princeton Pike Church of God, as a Minister of Pastoral Care, Minister of Support Groups.
Pastor Ron has been in the ministry since 1955. He has traveled as an evangelist, serving as Assistant Pastor, Bible teacher and traveled many years with the Singing Regents.
Ron and Jean have been married since 1954 and have two children and five grandchildren.
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Allen & Geri Gross
Interim Senior Adult Pastor |
Allen Gross began his ministry in 1950. He attended North West Bible College in Minot ND. Pastor Gross and his wife, Geri retired in February 2005, from the Xenia Church of God as pastors. He presently serving as Interim Minister of the Senior Adults, at the Princeton Pike Church of God. As a Church of God minister, Pastor Gross has served as evangelist, pastor in several states; State Youth and Christian Education Director in two states; he has served several states on State Councils and Director of State Boards of Education. He has served on North West Bible College Board of Education; on the General Board of Education; on the State Side Military Board, and Evangelism Director of one state. He also attended North Dakota State University, Wisconsin State University, Bellermine College and Spalding College in Kentucky. Geri attended North West Bible College in Minot North Dakota. She also worked at the Church of God State Executive Offices in Lebanon, in the office of State Treasurer nine years. They have two sons one a Minister of Music in SC, the other is working ABX Air, Inc. in
Wilmington. Two grandchildren Ashley and Zach.

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Jim & Naomi Gray
Counselor
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Jim Gray has served in various ministry capacities since being Ordained in the Church of God in 1973. His ministries have included six years as an Associate Pastor, 12 years as Executive director of the Cincinnati Teen Challenge residential drug/alcohol treatment program. He also served in the Criminal Justice System as a jail/prison chaplain, as well as many years in counseling those with addiction recovery and marriage conflict issues.
Jim is a graduate of Jacksonville Theological Seminary with a degree in Master of Religious Arts in Christian Psychology, Jim is Director of the Princeton Pike Counseling Center.
He has enjoyed 43 years of marriage to Naomi and has three grown children and one beautiful adopted grand daughter!
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Jennifer & Jeff Andrews
Potters House Daycare
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Jennifer Andrews has enjoyed over 20 years of experience with young children and their families. Originally a preschool teacher, she served as assistant director for several years before acquiring the position of director at another Christian daycare with enrollment of 130 children. In August of 1994, she started the Potter's House Preschool and Daycare at Princeton Pike Church of God, and as director has continued to be inspired and motivated by the positive development of the program. Favorite aspects of her responsibilities include:
*Cultivating real friendships with the children
*Forming partnerships with and supporting parents
*Training staff in a wide range of areas in order to provide safe, joyful, and excellent daily experience for the children and their families.
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Brandon Southard has a deep passion and commitment to the EFFECT Choir and Youth program here at Princeton Pike. Brandon has been involved with the choir for the past five years, where he served three years as an assistant, and the past two years as the Director. Brandon is also the Praise and Worship leader for the youth group here at Pike, where each week he helps lead our young people in song and worship. Singing and directing God's music is what Brandon says makes him happy. Brandon along with his wife Carla are lifetime products of the ministries of Princeton Pike. They have been blessed with two beautiful daughters, Desie and Lexie.

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Josh & Marilyn Colon
Hispanic Ministry
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Pastor of our Princeton Pike West Hispanic Church.
Josh Colon was born and raised in New York City. Youngest of 16 children he was raised in a Hispanic Pentecostal Church. Started preaching when he was 11 years old and as a teenager until 21 years of age.
He worked as a District Leader of the Youth Association of the Latin American Pentecostal churches in New York. After getting married to Marilyn in 1987 He worked as a District Leader of the Men Association of the Latin American Pentecostal Churches. He came to Ohio in 2000 and in 2001 began working with the Hispanic community as the Hispanic Ministry Director at Princeton Pike Church of God.
Josh and Marilyn have 4 children, Melyssa , Josh Jr., Samantha , and Kristen. Marilyn is the daughter of a minister who is currently Pastoring a church in New Jersey.
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