Pastor Mike Carner, along with his wife, Tina, and family, are now serving the Bolivar and Nevada churches in Missouri. Pastor Mike has served in the Iowa-Missouri Conference since 1992, most recently serving the Gallatin, Marceline, Marshall and Trenton churches in Missouri.
Pastor Steven Shafer, along with his wife, Emily, and family, are now serving the Charles City, Hampton and Mason City churches in Iowa. The Shafers began their pastoral ministry in the Iowa-Missouri Conference in 2015, serving the Atlantic, Exira, Fort Dodge, Guthrie Center and Harlan churches in Iowa. For the past two years, Pastor Steven had been attending Andrews Theological Seminary in Berrien Springs, Michigan.