About Our Pastor

Pastor Joe Bauwens 
Pastor Joe graduated in 2002 with an Associate degree in Missionary Preparation. Believing the Lord led him to serve in a United States local church, he partnered with Pastor, Michael Garrison, at Maranatha Baptist Church in Grayslake, Illinois, serving from 2002-2019. During this time he served the body as assistant pastor working with the next generation to teach them Biblical principles, encourage them in their sanctification, and strove to equip them to live as believers in a fallen world. During this whole tenure, he worked various full-time jobs, all giving him the ability to provide for his family while ministering alongside Pastor Garrison.  In 2019 continuing to work, Joe went back to school full-time. By God's grace, he completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Bible from Maranatha Baptist University in 2022.  Pastor Joe and Becca have been married since 2005, and have three children.


"And He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ..." ~Ephesians 4:11-12