Leadership Team
Troy Hochstetler
Senior Pastor
Troy is our Senior Pastor. He is passionate about communicating the love of Jesus to today's culture and helping Lafayette First Church of the Nazarene bless our neighborhood. Troy graduated from Olivet Nazarene University and Nazarene Theological Seminary. He was raised in Springfield, Illinois and his hobbies include reading, tinkering on the guitar, spending time with family, and golfing.
Troy is married to Shari, the love of his life, and they have two beautiful daughters, Kyla and Ashlyn.
Keith Deckard
Youth Ministries Director
Keith serves as the Youth Director. He loves to see God working in the lives of our teens and in turn, then, share God with others. He, along with the youth ministry team, desire to see all 7th-12th graders fall recklessly in love with Jesus Christ. Keith was born in Bedford, Indiana and graduated from Olivet Nazarene University. He loves hanging out with his friends, reading, and best of all, spending time with his wife Kimber and daughter Londyn.
Heather Patterson
Children's Ministry Coordinator
Heather is our Children's Ministry Coordinator. She adores our kids and together with the Children's Ministry team, is focused on showing them the joy that comes in loving Jesus . She attended Purdue University majoring in Youth, Adult and Family Studies. She enjoys anything that allows her to be creative, including writing, painting and dreaming. Heather was born and raised in Lafayette where she lives with her best source of creativity, her husband Brett, and their two boys, Isaak and Luke.
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