Church of the Redeemer » Mesa, Arizona

Our Elders

Joe Bennett: Associate Pastor Joseph Bennett (Joe) is a native of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) and is the former pastor of the Eagles Mere Federated Church in Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania. He gained his theological education from Philadelphia Biblical University, Fuller Seminary and Phoenix Seminary and has come to embrace the doctrines of grace since moving to Arizona in 1978. He is presently the song leader at Church of the Redeemer and with his wife (Betty) directs the music ministry. Joe is also a registered professional engineer (PA) and received his engineering education from the University of Delaware and Penn State University. He and his wife Betty reside in Gilbert, AZ.

Robin Campbell: Mr. Campbell also serves as church and school administrator. Robin and Lois, his wife, began attending Church of the Redeemer with their three children in 1980. He has served as an elder since 1985 and as a deacon from 1982 to 1985. He holds a MA Degree in Business Management from Central Michigan University and a BA Degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland. He also attended Redeemer's Center for Biblical Training. Robin is a retired Major, U. S. Air Force, Medical Service Corps, and a retired division director, Maricopa County Department of Health Services. The Campbells have three children, four grandchildren and three great-grand children.

Jerry Hogg: Mr. Hogg was born in California and spent his early years there. His father was a US Navy officer and as a result the family moved often and lived in virtually every state except Alaska as well as in England and Italy. Mr. Hogg - Jerry - followed in his father's footsteps and joined the Navy, serving as a surveyor in the SeaBees stationed in the Philippines and on Guam. After the service Jerry attended the University of Alabama receiving a BS in Physics. After college he worked for NASA as a rocket scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. While in the Washington DC area Jerry met Judy, and they were married in 1966. During this time Mr. Hogg received his MSEE from George Washington University in D.C. Judy and Jerry are the proud parents of Holly and Jim both happily married. They have two grandchildren who they see when ever they can. Mr. Hogg serves as Chairman of the Board of the Redeemer Christian School, and as an Usher. He retired from Motorola after thirty years, but still works in the valley as an electrical engineer.

Hal Thompson - Chairman: Hal was born and raised in Amarillo, TX where in his youth he pursued a life of sin and dissolution. In his college years God granted him repentance. The mid 70's was an amazing and confusing time for a young Christian with no real grounding as the Charismatic Movement was in full swing and Late Great Planet Earth was jumping off the shelves. But another movement was also underway to counter the false doctrines with the great biblical doctrines such as justification by faith. The great Calvinist professor S. Lewis Johnson was at Dallas Seminary in those days, and by God's grace and kind providence Hal soon fell in with students of his. The world of Warfield, Charles Hodge, and Calvin was opened up, and Hal began to see more and more the love of God and the marvels of the work of Christ. Hal has since been a collector and reader of commentaries as he studies to teach the scriptures. Hal's most recent acquisition is Bruce Waltke's (with whose students he has also been privileged to study) An Old Testament Theology which he finds immensely valuable. Hal has been at Church of the Redeemer since moving to Phoenix in 1993 with his wife and three children.