FBC Leadership

Elders

Mike Phay

 Mike Phay was transplanted into the fertile Central Oregon soil prior to his first birthday. In the 2nd grade, he met his future bride, Keri, and promptly fell in love. They got married about 15 years later and hit the road for a 10-year adventure before returning to Prineville in 2007, and being called to the Lead role at FBC in 2017. Pastoral ministry, along with raising 5 kids (Emma, Caleb, Halle, Maggie, and Daisy), takes up the majority of his time and energy. However, Mike loves coffee dates with Keri, wrestling matches with his little girls, deep talks with his big kids, reading, writing, learning anything, tending bees, and riding his bike.

Joe Stenkamp

Joe Stenkamp was born in Redmond and grew up in Bend, moving away at the age of 12. He served a 22-year career as an officer in the US Army and a second career working in several defense-related companies. After his second retirement in 2017, he and his wife Sharon decided to move back to Central Oregon. Since coming to FBC, they have been involved in several ministries, most notably the Food Pantry, the Safety Team, and Home Community Groups. They have 5 children and 5 grandchildren, spread from Vancouver, WA to the island of St Kitts. Most evenings they can be found out on their deck, looking for meteors and listening for coyotes.

Andrew Shafe

Andrew was born and raised in London, England before immigrating to the US in 1980. He met and married his lovely wife, Cathy, at OSU and they have 4 children and 6 grandchildren.

After 14 years as a software developer, Andrew and his family joined Wycliffe Bible Translators in 2003 and served for 12 years in Senegal, West Africa. Andrew helped get translated Scripture distributed via digital means such as audio SD cards and Bible apps. Cathy served in various roles including prayer coordinator and member care specialist.

After returning to the US in 2018, Andrew and Cathy settled in Prineville where Andrew continues to work remotely for Wycliffe as a Scripture app specialist, training people around the world in how to distribute God’s Word via apps. Cathy enjoys caring for others and serving as the FBC missions team coordinator. Andrew and Cathy love spending time with family and friends, camping, backpacking, art, playing board games and coffee dates. Their heart is that God’s Word can be made available in the languages and media that best serve the needs of people worldwide and result in transformed lives for God’s glory.

Gabe Hendrix

 (Photo and bio coming soon!)