Ministry is about relationships. It is about shared love, shared grief, and shared hope. The church is a community called to a growing life together. As a church we are committed to approaching this work as a team – a community of leaders that will pray together, suffer and rejoice together, and hope together as friends in the shared task of ministry.

The Bartholomews:
Tuck, Stacy, Connor, Tucker & Emalyn

Tuck is the organizing pastor of City Church. Tuck married Stacy 20 years and they have worked closely in ministry together ever since. They moved to University City with their kids Connor, Tucker and Emalyn in 2006 to start City Church. Tuck holds a PhD in Sociology. Prior to coming to Philadelphia he served on the pastoral staff of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. Stacy works in the fields of education and women’s ministry.

Jason, Kristen & Zoe Hsu

Jason is an assistant pastor with City Church, focusing on the church’s justice and mercy efforts, ministry to college students, and general administration. Jason and Kristen have lived in Philadelphia since their undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Following his graduation, Jason worked for The Enterprise Center, a non-profit business incubator in West Philadelphia helping to develop and start small businesses in struggling communities. He has worked with Intervarsity Christian Fellowship at Penn, and completed a Master of Divinity at Westminster Theological Seminary in 2006. Jason and Kristen have been married for four years and are expecting their first daughter in May.

Drew, Susie, Mary & Katherine Matter

Drew directs City Church’s Community Groups. A native of Chillicothe, Ohio, Drew graduated from Georgia Tech and worked in engineering for several years before leaving to help begin a Christian student organization at the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina. He moved to Philadelphia in 2004 to earn a Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary.

Susie coordinates the Children’s Ministry at City Church. She grew up in the east bay area of San Francisco and studied education at Duke University. Susie’s passion is to see children grow in their understanding of the grace of gospel, and to develop the curricula to make that happen. Drew and Susie fell in love while Susie was earning a Master’s degree in Biblical Counseling at Westminster. They were married in 2006 and moved to University City soon after to join with the work of City Church. They have two wonderful daughters, Mary and Katherine.

Chris & Bonnie Currie

Chris coordinates the Youth Ministry at City Church, working with high school and middle school students. Chris and Bonnie both grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, graduated from the University of Georgia, and have been working with young people since then. Chris spent the last few years working in youth ministry in Athens, Georgia, and Bonnie has worked as a high school history teacher. Chris and Bonnie were married in 2005, and moved to Philadelphia to attend Westminster Theological Seminary, where Chris is enrolled in the Master of Divinity program. Bonnie works as a counselor and assistant at a health facility and is enrolled in Westminster’s MA program in Biblical Counseling.