{"id":54,"date":"2023-11-24T18:46:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T18:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niagaracommunitychurchny.com\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2026-02-16T03:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:17:14","slug":"meet-our-pastor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/niagaracommunitychurchny.com\/index.php\/meet-our-pastor\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"54\" class=\"elementor elementor-54\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3552228 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3552228\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c45570 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9c45570\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c83ab0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9c83ab0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/niagaracommunitychurchny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Print-Tom-and-Annie-819x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-202\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niagaracommunitychurchny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Print-Tom-and-Annie-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/niagaracommunitychurchny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Print-Tom-and-Annie-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/niagaracommunitychurchny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Print-Tom-and-Annie-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/niagaracommunitychurchny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Print-Tom-and-Annie-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/niagaracommunitychurchny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Print-Tom-and-Annie-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/niagaracommunitychurchny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Print-Tom-and-Annie-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49b4cbc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"49b4cbc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52453f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52453f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Pastor Tom Martin<\/b> was born and raised in Newfane, NY.\u00a0 Tom saw the Gospel lived out in the lives of his parents and heard the Gospel proclaimed at Ridgewood Bible Church. He gave his life to Christ the end of his junior year in High School and has found the Lord Jesus to be the treasure above all treasures.\u00a0 Tom received his Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Bible from Philadelphia College of Bible (now Cairn University) and his Masters of Arts in Ministry from Moody Bible Institute.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--body-text);\">Tom continues to be overwhelmed by the tender mercy of the Lord Jesus, who has relentlessly pursued him with goodness and steadfast love.\u00a0 Tom knows the only real credential that he has for ministry is the grace of God in his life.\u00a0 He finds his call to ministry in John 21 where Jesus said to Peter, \u201cIf you love me, feed my sheep.\u201d\u00a0 Tom is passionate about presenting the Good News of the gospel of Jesus Christ.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--body-text);\">Along with serving as pastor here at Niagara Community Church, Tom also serves as a Hospice Chaplain in Buffalo.\u00a0 He has the difficult honor of walking alongside many people on the doorstep of eternity.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--body-text);\">He and his wife, Anne, live in Tonawanda.\u00a0 They have four grown children and six grandchildren.\u00a0 Tom enjoys spending time with his family, bike riding, reading, gardening, wrestling and football. 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