The Bull Pen

We have several people fielding questions--Let's introduce them:

Ron is the founding pastor of La Croix. The church began in 1988, meeting nearly seven years in a local movie theatre. From the beginning, La Croix’s focus has been on "bringing and including" the unchurched and leading people to full devotion to Jesus Christ. Ron is a 1985 graduate of the Oral Roberts University School of Theology, where he earned a Master of Divinity degree. He and his wife Linda have four children (Stephanie, Anthony, David and Ryan) and reside in Cape Girardeau.

Daniel joined the pastoral staff of La Croix Church in the summer of 2006. He graduated from Oklahoma City University with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion and he holds a Masters of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. Daniel's areas of responsibility include campus outreach, college and young adults, and preaching and teaching. He is married to his lovely wife, Gretchen, and they have a beautiful little girl named Svea Grace and rocking man-child named Caleb Wesley.



Rob joined the La Croix staff in 1999 from the marketplace where he worked as a chemical engineer in a large corporation and as the GM of a midsize company. He received his Masters of Divinity from Asbury Seminary in 2006. In this role, he provides leadership to ministries such as missions, education classes for adults, and small groups as well as managing staff, and developing volunteer leaders. Rob and his wife Kristy have 2 children (Stefan and Casey).



Mike ("Fitz") Fitzpatrick is the Youth Pastor of Student Ministries at La Croix. He has been here for four and a half years doing his best to point teenagers toward Jesus and to help them follow Him. Fitz holds his Masters of Divinity from Asbury Seminary and a BA from Kent State University. Outside of ministry stuff, he is married to the lovely Marcy, also on La Croix staff, and has one amazing son, Colin; he is a hard-core Cleveland and Ohio sports fan; and he loves watching movies and British TV shows and listening to podcasts.

Angel is a graduate of Southeast with a Bachelor’s in Accounting/Management. After 12 years working as an accountant, while being heavily involved at La Croix as a volunteer, she felt called to leave the business world and go into full-time ministry.
Since January 2006, Angel has been the director of adult weekend programming. She also manages the process in which creative planning, with regards to the arts (music, drama, video, media, stage design, graphic arts, etc), takes place and oversees the resulting projects through their completion. Her passion is to reach unchurched adults through compelling, authentic and relevant weekend worship experiences.
She lives in Cape with her husband of 12 years, Lee, and their 4 year old son, Nicolas.