Pastor Austin Bergey and his wife Charlotte joined the pastoral staff at Community in 2024. Before serving here in our ministry, Pastor Austin served for five years in evangelism with Ron DeGarde Ministries, as well as five summers in camp ministry between the Wilds and Southland Christian Camps.
     Pastor Austin grew up outside of Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he enjoyed outdoor hobbies like hunting, fishing, and wakeboarding, as well as playing sports like basketball, soccer, golf, and baseball. He trusted Christ as his Savior as a six-year-old boy after being given the Gospel by his dad on the ride into school one morning. Pastor Austin was called into ministry after his freshman year of college while working as a counselor at the Wilds. He went back to school that fall and changed his major to Youth Ministries, graduating from Pensacola Christian College in the spring of 2019.
     Charlotte grew up in Mount Enterprise, Texas, where she trusted Christ as her Savior at the age of 12 while sitting under the preaching of her pastor. After high school, she worked in her church’s private Christian school for nine years. Charlotte and Austin met at Southland Christian Camp in 2019, and they were married in the summer of 2022. Pastor Austin and Charlotte are passionate about serving the youth here at Community and are burdened to see God work in the hearts and lives of the young people in both our church and school.
     The Bergeys have one daughter, Amelia, with another daughter on the way this summer! They love spending time together in the outdoors, whether that be at the Riverwalk, the beach, or at a local park.