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877 South 19th Street Grimes, IA 50111
515-986-9202
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Pastor Hart’s testimony:
For the first 11 years of my life I did not know the Lord in a personal way. When I was in the 5th grade our family moved to a small island near Seattle. It was there at Bainbridge First Baptist Church, after hearing the Word of God preached for several months, that I became convicted of my sin and need for a Savior. I realized that Jesus Christ died for my sins and rose again that I might have eternal life. By faith I believed and was saved in December of 1967. I was baptized shortly after.
By the time I entered high school four years later, I knew that God was calling me to be a pastor. In order to prepare for His service, I entered Faith Baptist Bible College. While there I met
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my wife and we were married after our junior year. We both graduated from Faith and then I continued my education at Denver Baptist Theological Seminary. God has blessed our marriage with three wonderful boys who are now each married and serving the Lord faithfully
After seminary graduation in 1984, I became the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Xenia, Ohio, ministering there for twenty-two years. In November of 2006 I accepted the call to become the pastor of Maranatha Baptist Church. My desire is to help people find life and forgiveness in Jesus Christ.
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Pastor Paul & Alne Hartog
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Pastor Paul Hartog grew up in Iowa, Texas, Indiana, Montana, and Missouri. He received his ministry education from Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary (as well as non-ministry degrees from universities). He has held previous youth pastor positions in Slater, Iowa, and Romeoville, Illinois.
In 2001, he moved from Illinois back to Iowa (his fourth time to reside in the Hawkeye state). He became youth director at Maranatha Baptist Church in February of 2004 and assistant pastor in May of 2005. He considers his greatest asset in youth ministry to be his wife/sweetheart Alne. Their young family includes three children.
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