Serving presently as Chief Financial Officer at NCC, Frank has had a heart for this ministry since the beginning in March of 1998. He has also been an elder since then and has had other responsibilities as a small group leader and a member of a Community Cafe team. He uses his gifts as a member of the Stewardship Committee on the Elder Board.

Gitti and her husband Frank, a founding family, serve as the Business Managers of NCC. She has been an elder since 1998 and has used her talents on the Stewardship Committee. In addition to those responsibilities, she is a small group leader and a team member at the Welcome Center.

Aron and his wife, Jenn, were invited to the grand opening of the new building in 2004, and they never left. They have raised three daughters (Kyra, Ryann, and Leah), and love the church’s commitment to children’s ministry. Aron has been involved in youth ministry with Kids Kingdom, AWANA, Family Time, and KidZone. He has also grown spiritually through small group ministry and discipleship triads. Aron and his family have a heart for adoption and missions. They currently lead one of the Agros teams to Nicaragua and have taken their children on four different trips abroad. Locally Aron is involved with feeding the hungry by serving at Hot Metal Bridge ministry. Aron loves serving as an usher at NCC, with the opportunity to greet and welcome both friends and newcomers. Aron is most famous as Turtleman.

Gary's passion for ministry lies in service-based missions at a local and global level. Having been an active member of NCC since 2000, Gary has served in a variety of places in the church from Kids' Kingdom to the Missions Team, where he served as leader for seven years. He became an elder in 2015. He is a champion for Urban Impact Foundation, where he volunteers much of his time helping wherever he is needed and with the organization of the annual Man Up Pittsburgh Conference. 

Betsy’s passion is for missions, both local and international, and she has participated in various trips as well as helped organize many local mission projects, including Compassion Day and Love Your Neighbor events. Betsy serves on the Mission Team and is a mentor in the Women’s Ministries mentoring program. She became an elder in 2017. She, her husband John, and three children have been active at NCC for over 15 years. 

Having attended NCC since 2011, Rebecca has consistently served in Kids’ Kingdom, AWANA & Kidzone, as well as taught in multiple other ministries. She has a passion for making disciples of Jesus both in community & through individual mentoring.  Outside of the church, she runs a neighborhood Bible study.  Rebecca has been an elder since January of 2022. She is married to Zach and they enjoy raising Luke, Benjamin & Meghan.  

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Mark has been an active member of NCC since 2002.  Mark has a passion for serving local ministries with his construction background and has been participating in and leading various mission trips with NCC for many years including the trips to Appalachia. Throughout his time at NCC, Mark has been involved in many ministries including Kids Kingdom, AWANA, Thrive, tech team, and small group ministry. Mark has participated in a number of discipleship and CLC groups. Mark and his wife, Erin, have three children. He has been an elder since 2022.

A California native, Matthew was called to Pittsburgh in 2009 as an urban missionary with Urban Impact Foundation. Though he was raised singing gospel music, both his musical training (at California Baptist University) and experience have provided him with a diverse musical background. Matthew has been blessed to work with Disney, the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, American Opera Company, and more recently, the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh. He has had extensive experience singing for national contemporary Christian gospel recording artists including Steve Green, Norman Hutchins, and Zacardi Cortez, as well as being a singer/songwriter in his own right. His greatest fulfillment is in leading worship. Matt began leading worship part-time at NCC in 2013 and became the Worship Pastor in 2018. He is currently attending Fuller Theological Seminary pursuing a Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies degree. Matt is married to Zuli, and they have two sons, Ezra and Elisha.

Joel has served at NCC since October 2008. He graduated from Geneva College where he studied Youth Ministry and Sociology. He has served in our Student Ministries for the past 13 years until his recent call to become Pastor of Discipleship. Joel loves Pittsburgh sports, music, and learning. He is currently pursuing his Master of Divinity from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Amber, reside in Cranberry Township with their children, Noah and Avelyn.

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Craig is a fourth generation "Pittsburgher" that grew up in the church. He and his family have been attending NCC regularly since about 2010 when his son began participating in NCC youth ministries. Craig is married to his high school sweetheart and best friend, Kelley. They have 2 children, Brandon & Kylie, and live in Pine Township. Craig has a heart for both the local church as well as several other para-church ministries. He has served NCC in a variety of ways including welcome/parking team, manly camp & father/daughter night planning teams, youth ministry volunteer, mens ministry leader, small group leader. The Polard family also regularly volunteers and supports several other wonderful Christian organizations including Light of Life, Urban Impact, Pine Valley, Young Life, Eden Christian Academy, Pittsburgh Kids Foundation, The Family Wins and others. Craig is excited to be serving NCC as a new Elder in 2024!