Ministry Staff
Don Pahl - Senior Pastor
Don Pahl loves to share God's word as he exercises his gift of shepherd/teacher. As our Senior Pastor, Don brings over thirty years of pastoral experience to his preaching, administrative, and shepherding responsibilities. Don and Rosi are parents to two grown men, Jon, married to Amy (Bentonville, AR), and Nathan, married to Kimbra (Kansas City, KS), and love their role as grandparents to their three grandchildren. Don holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Grace University, a Master of Divinity and a Doctor of Ministry from Denver Seminary.
Marvin Wall - Associate Pastor for Member Care
Marvin Wall is our Associate Pastor for Member Care. He grew up in Lustre, Montana, and attended the FEBC church there. Marv and Mary Ann met while attending Grace University. After graduation they served in churches in North Carolina, Kansas, and Manitoba for ten years. Marv then served as executive director for Youth for Christ in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and at the YFC he started in Edmonton, Alberta. After 12 years with YFC, he was the national executive director for Canada’s Christian Business Men for 13 years. Marv pastored churches in Canada and South Dakota before coming to EBC. He and Mary Ann have five grown children, three sons and two daughters, and 11 grandchildren.
Gary Krehbiel - Associate Pastor for Youth, Discipleship
Gary Krehbiel serves as our Associate Pastor for Youth and Discipleship, overseeing the junior high Generation Impact and high school YouthForce ministries. Our youth ministry partners with parents in raising up young people to know and love and serve God. Gary graduated from Grace University with a Bachelor of Science degree and has been involved in leading and training young people for 20 years in schools and the church. He and his wife, Christi, have been married for 17 years and have four children.
Kevin Stone - Associate Pastor for Worship
Our Associate Pastor for Worship, Kevin Stone, grew up singing in church. After marrying his high school sweetheart Melissa, he served in the Navy for nine years, followed by ten years working in the telecommunications industry. He has been involved in part-time music ministry his entire adult life, leading worship at several churches before coming to EBC in his first full-time ministry position. Music Minister, gospel quartet member, award-winning songwriter, record producer...Kevin has had many ministries, but he knows that God has prepared him through it all to help the body of Christ grow in their ability to worship God and experience Him! Kevin and Melissa have three children: Thomas, Beth and Andy.
Marilyn Busenitz - Director of Children's Ministries
Marilyn Busenitz is our part-time Director of Children's Ministries. Marilyn grew up in a Christian home in central Nebraska. It was there that she developed a passion for God’s Word and teaching/training children to love Jesus and to choose to follow Him. She met her husband, Randal, at Grace University in Omaha, NE, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree. Randal and Marilyn have four children: Caleb, Trevor, Garrett, and Renae.
Greg Koehn - Associate Pastor for Outreach, Missions, Fellowship
Greg Koehn serves part-time as Associate Pastor for Outreach, Missions, and Fellowship. Greg was taught the Scriptures from his youth by his father and older men who took an interest in him while still a teenager. A big part of this education and training was in the preaching of the gospel and all forms of evangelism. Greg has taught evangelism, apologetics, philosophy and sociology at Grace University. Greg and Lois have been married for close to 40 years and have two grown children and five grandchildren to date. Greg graduated from Grace University with a Bachelor of Arts and from the University of Nebraska with a Master of Science.