Elders

Elders

In the New Testament, men known as elders oversaw congregations of God’s people. According to the Bible (Acts 14:23; Phil 1:1; Titus 1:5), the orderly arrangement and superintendence of the church entailed the ordaining of qualified men to a duly appointed eldership. The elders were known as bishops, pastors, presbyters, overseers, and shepherds. These six English terms are used interchangeably and all of their corresponding Greek terms are found in Acts 20:17,28 and 1 Peter 5:1-2. Each individual member of this office is to be qualified for this work by the criteria identified in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9. We commend the following qualified men to you as pastors, bishops, elders/overseers, presbyters, and shepherds of the flock at the University church of Christ.

Elder

Lon Howard

Elder

David Harrell

David Harrell and wife, Tina, have 2 grown daughters.  They met through the University church’s Campus Ministry at McCarty Student Center and have been married since 1993. David has served the University congregation as an elder since October 2014 and had served as a deacon from 2000-2014. David was born and raised in San Marcos and now owns and operates his one HVAC business there.  They enjoy traveling and foreign mission work.
Elder

Carey Hooper

Carey Hooper and his wife, Stacey, have a daughter, 2 sons, and 1 daughter-in-law. Stacey works as a Medical Technologist at St. David’s hospital in South Austin. Carey has served the University congregation as an elder since June of 2010. Carey works in sales at Eastside Lumber and Decking in Austin, Texas. They make their home just outside the city of Kyle, Texas. They love spending time with family and friends and also enjoy having a good time with their…
Elder

Buddy Martin

Buddy and his wife, Irmadean, have raised four children and have 10 grandchildren.  He received a B.S. in Biology from Texas State University and later spent a year of intensive training in Personal Evangelism and then earned a Masters in Education in Counseling from the University of Massachusetts.  He holds certification from the State of Texas as a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC). Over the last 45 years, Buddy has had experience as an employee in industry, a Personal Evangelism…
Deacon

Andrew O’Banon

Deacon

Jon Warnes