Meet Our Staff

Senior Pastor, Brian Cooper

Brian Cooper is a native of central New Jersey. He is married to his wife Judy and together they have three teenage children.  Pastor Brian Cooper and his wife Judy grew up in Hopewell Township, New Jersey. They both attended Hopewell Valley Central School.  Neither knew the Lord until they were young adults.

He felt the call to the ministry early in his Christian life and volunteered in his home church’s youth ministry.

He has a hunger to keep learning and to keep growing and enjoys sitting under good teaching. He is so thankful for his salvation and never wants to grow cold in his love for the Lord.

Brian has been in the pastorate for twenty five years, serving first as a Youth pastor for 7 years, then an Associate Pastor for 6 years.

He served as Senior Pastor in Bethlehem, PA  for 13 years. During that time the church grew from a congregation of 200 to a size of 750.

His giftedness lies in communication (preaching/teaching), leadership and mercy.

Brian is an Honors Graduate of Eastern College, St. David’s, PA with a BA in History and Political Science. He graduated from Biblical Theological Seminary, Hatfield, PA with a Masters of Divinity and a Masters of Arts in Christian Counseling.

Director of Music, Mark Hahn

A native of central New Jersey, Mark first felt a call to ministry while in High School. It was through various influences and the guidance of Donna Rose, choir director of his home church, and Dr. Samuel Hsu, that Mark's call to full time music ministry was confirmed. He attended Philadelphia Biblical University (formerly Philadelphia College of Bible) and graduated with a B.S. in Bible and a B.Mu. in piano performance. Since graduating in 1986, Mark has held positions at churches in the greater Philadelphia area and has been in full time ministry here at MEFC since 1992.

He enjoys participating in the musical culture of the surrounding communities as accompanist and soloist as well as administrating and directing the many choirs and ensembles of the church community.

Mark, his wife Cinderly, and their two children, KateLynne and Jacob, currently reside in Ewing, NJ.

In addition to his love of music, Mark also enjoys the outdoors, his dog Luke, and is an avid stamp collector and sci-fi/historical fantasy buff.

Director of Youth Ministries, Eric Couch

Born and raised in a Christian home, Eric came to Christ at an early age. He felt a call to ministry in his early twenties after a time of falling away from Christ. He enrolled in Word of Life Bible Institute and continued his education at Liberty University to earn a bachelor’s degree in Youth ministry.

Eric married his wife, Amy, after graduating from Liberty in 1997. They have two daughters, Mikayla, who is nine and Olivia, who is seven. He served as Youth Pastor at the Findlay Evangelical Free Church in Findlay, Ohio for almost eight years, leaving there to move east to be closer to family. He spent the last year serving in New Hartford, NY as an Associate Pastor of Youth and Children.

Eric’s passion for youth is CLEAR. His goal is to Connect with students inside and outside of church and Love them to Christ, to Equip them to reach their friends for Christ and to Answer life’s challenges with Biblical principles and to ultimately Raise up students to do Christ’s work.

Eric enjoys being outdoors. He loves to hunt, fish, camp and play sports. He is a die hard Giants and Syracuse fan. While he can only play to radio and ipod, he loves all kinds of music.

Administrator, Shelley Mathisen

Staff Assistant, Denise Loock

Sexton, Dan Homan