Our lead pastor, Nathan Meade, has been a part of North Church since it was planted in 1999.  Along with helping set the vision, values, and mission of North Church, He has a deep love for our church family!  Nathan serves as the primary Bible teacher, spiritual leader, and visionary. He ensures the church fulfills its vision and mission to inspire people to say "Yes" to God! Leading up to being lead pastor, Nate has served as a youth, young adults, worship, kids, and leadership development pastor within North Church for 14 years.  Nathan is a licensed Foursquare pastor, holds a degree from Whitworth University in Organizational Management and a Master's degree in Theological Studies from Life Pacific University. He also volunteers on the Board of Directors at Northwest Christian Schools and at The Genesis Institute. Nate's wife, Chantel Meade, leads alongside him and is currently obtaining a graduate degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Colorado Christian University. They have two beautiful children, Grant and Aimee. Nate and Chantel love the Lord, the outdoors, being with family, and serving North Church and Spokane together!

Pastor Mike is our founding pastor and currently is currently overseeing Administration, Finance and HR.  Mike will continue to serve on our weekend teaching team, mentor leaders in and outside our church and mobilize us to extend our reach in planting the gospel in Spokane and in other parts of the world. Mike and Tesa Meade have been in pastoral ministry for 30 years and married for 37. The Meade’s were missionaries to Costa Rica, planted Hope Chapel in Prescott, Arizona and North Church Spokane in 1999.  Mike has a business and IT consulting background, is a graduate from UT and has a Masters of Theology degree from Bakke University in Seattle. Hobbies include playing with 4 adorable grandkids, all things mountain and long bike rides.

Pastor Kenney serves the church by helping connect people into healthy and growing relationships to become wholehearted followers of God. Kenney oversees our Community and Life groups, Men’s ministry, Discipleship and leadership classes and general oversight of the Facility/Campus.
Kenney was born and raised in Spokane WA and has attended North Church since he was in 3rd grade. Kenney graduated from Life Pacific University with a Transformational Ministry Degree and was a Youth Pastor in downtown LA for 4 1/2 years. He has been a staff pastor at North Church for 6 years serving our children, youth and adults. Kenney and his wife Andrea have two children (Zoe and Piper) and serve Jesus together as a ministry team.

Pastor Jacob serves North Church by helping the next generation grow strong in their faith with the primary responsibilities of developing and deploying leaders who will invest in youth, putting on camps and events, and pastoring students grade 6th through 18 years old. Jacob grew up in Cheney and started his ministry journey at Cheney Faith Center while in college at EWU pursuing his Communications Degree. He came to North Church as a Resident in training in 2018 and graduated Atlas Bible College receiving his Foursquare Pastoral license in 2020. He and his wife Becca are passionate about helping people say yes to God and serve Jesus together! They have a blue heeler named Barabbas and a husky mix named Biscuit. Jacob loves to follow Hockey and is a huge supporter of the Spokane Chiefs and bandwagons the Seattle Kraken!

Quincy oversees the Creative Arts team at North Church! With her fellow Creative Arts Staff, she is responsible for the overall planning of worship services. More importantly, they do their best to equip and empower the musicians, technicians and other volunteers as they work together to create a space for the Lord to move and for people to worship. Quincy is married to her husband, Mike and they are parents to an adorable little boy! 

Nic oversees the tech side of the Creative Arts team, produces the video, photo, graphics, and other multimedia to communicate information over the website, social media, live stream, and in-person events, and plays electric guitar, bass, and acoustic guitar on the worship team. Nic felt the call to ministry in high school and said "Yes!" to God! Before working at North Church, Nic worked on a tv show for a season, a church in Spokane Valley, and an eLearning developer in workplace safety. Nic is married to the grind (single). You can find him outdoors on the trails, dancing his socks off at a concert, or drinking an iced americano at any of the  local coffee shops! 

Jesse serves and leads in the musical and tech sides of the Creative Arts team. As our resident music theory nerd, Jesse creates music and technical resources for the Sunday and youth teams, and assists in maintaining our Creative Arts equipment. He has been attending North Church since 2015, and he has been serving in various staff roles since 2019. Originally from Carson City, Nevada, Jesse loves the cold weather Spokane brings, and is excited to stay here even after he completes his Bachelors in Music Ministry from Whitworth University. Outside of North Church, Jesse is a very proud cat dad and likes long walks in the wilderness.

Abigail moved to Spokane in 2020 and, despite having grown up a military child and living all over the U.S., has absolutely fallen in love with the area. She and her husband, Ian, have 4 kids Thomas, Desmond, Torsten, and Felicity. Ministry is a major family value of theirs, and they love serving the Lord as a couple and as a family! Abigail loves having the opportunity to work with the elementary students, and their families, here at North Church. Hobbies include baking, reading books, playing with her kiddos, and game nights with friends!

Hanna grew up in Oregon, moved to Spokane in 2020 and began volunteering at North Church with Children’s ministry. She is now our Little Lights Room Director overseeing our Pre-K/Kindergarten classroom. She enjoys discipling little ones to know and love like Jesus through creative play, arts & crafts, bible readings, and worship. Hanna is married to Nicholas, has a son, Augustine, and has another son on the way!

Hannah serves in the children’s ministry as the infant and walkers director. She has a passion for young children and loves the opportunity she has to share Jesus with kids at the earliest of ages. Hannah did not envision working in ministry, but saw an opportunity to serve in the church and is loving every minute of it! Prior to North Church, Hannah has worked in accounting in both Arizona and Spokane. Hannah is married to her husband, John, and they have one sweet baby James.

Jaretta provides childcare to the moms on staff here at the church! This allows these women to be close to their babies while they work. Jaretta feels she is called to children's ministry to help shape their little spirits into future adults they will become in the Lord. Jaretta has worked in the childcare field for over 35 years. She has a Child Development Associate (CDA), and a Bachelors of Science in Psychology. Jaretta has seen the fruits of her labor as she continues to have relationships with kids she has cared for over the years. After 30 some years, they still remember that Miss Retta says Jesus Loves them! 

Dave is responsible for keeping the North Church facility in good working order, making sure all maintenance is kept up to date, and providing a clean comfortable and safe environment for our church community and guests. Dave has been on staff for 14 years and loves to provide an environment that inspires people to worship God. Dave was born in Spokane, and grew up in Spokane and Elk, he has been married 26 years, and has two kids, he and his family have been attending North Church for 17 years.

Vinny and Cathy serve as a missionary team leading the outreach and compassion ministry efforts of Serve Spokane Food Pantry and Clothing Bank since 2006. The mission of Serve Spokane is to bring Jesus’s love to our neighbors by serving people in practical ways. We do this through food, clothing and houseware distributions, providing weekly meals for around 100 hungry children at Evergreen Elementary School and a variety of outreach opportunities. The Del Pizzo’s moved to Spokane in 2005 after leading the World Missions program at their church for 20 years. After becoming part of the North Church congregation and the Church mission to reach our community in 2006, they saw God leading them toward local missions and the ministry of Serve Spokane was born. They just celebrated their 57 wedding anniversary, have 3 married sons (and daughters in law), 10 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren who are all the joy of their life!