Our Team

Meet the District Team

  • Nate Howard

    DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT

    Nate has served as the Eastern PA District Superintendent since 2018, bringing over four decades of C&MA ministry experience from Lombard, IL, Ecuador, NYC, and Vineland, NJ. His pastor's heart and profound love for Christ's church drives his vision to spearhead a movement of Gospel transformation and multiplication throughout Eastern PA.

  • David Dixon

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Shaped by a military family background, David’s leadership brings together vision and strategic thinking for the multiplication of Jesus's church. After graduating from Lancaster Bible College, he married Melissa, and have five children. His experience as student pastor, administrator, lead pastor, and church planter uniquely equips him to develop workers for increasing gospel impact.

  • Alan Rathbun

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Alan loves equipping pastors to be fruitful with Jesus. He previously served as a youth and associate pastor, then as a church planter and lead pastor. He's married to Sandra and they have three married children and one grandson. Alan loves road trips that include exploring creation or baseball.

  • Sharon Howard

    CARE SPECIALIST

    Sharon has served with her husband Nate for over 44 years in shepherding God’s people. In recent years, she carries a unique passion to see pastors’ wives and women in ministry feel known and not alone. A big joy for her is seeing women flourish in their God-given design and then in turn spurring other women to do the same.   

  • Jeff Heinaman

    OPERATIONS SPECIALIST

    Jeff moved back to Lancaster and joined the district team in 2021 after serving as Executive Pastor at Stonecrest Community Church in Warren, NJ. During the first half of his career, he worked in Accounting and IT with Johnson & Johnson and The BOC Group after graduating from Franklin & Marshall College. Jeff and his wife, Sharon, have been married for 35 years and have three adult daughters.

  • Brenda Verna

    ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST

    Brenda came to the District Office in March 2014 having previously served as Bookkeeper and Administrative Assistant at Immanuel Church in Mechanicsburg. She and her husband, Ernie, have four adult children, two of whom were adopted from Haiti. An amazing son-in-law has joined their family, as well as two delightful grandsons.

  • Kassi Roedding

    COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

    Kassi served for five years as the marketing and communication specialist for CAMA and Alliance Missions in Colorado Springs before joining the district in 2021. She has a bachelor's degree in communication and began her career at an ad agency. She spent 16 years of her childhood as an Alliance missionary kid in Quito, Ecuador.

Meet the Board

The District Executive Committee (DEXCOM) is the district’s board of directors. Members are elected by the District Conference, the legislative body of the district consisting of official licensed workers and other representatives from district churches.

Nate Howard serves as Chairman. David Dixon and Alan Rathbun serve as Ex officio members.

Meet the
Credentialing Council

The District Credentialing Council (DCC) oversees matters pertaining to accreditation of new workers and to licensing and discipline of official workers. Members are elected by the District Conference.