L E A D E R S H I P
Our Elders
TATE SINCLAIR
How did you meet your wife?
My wife Susan and I met at Northwest Missouri State University.
When did you start attending ICOC?
We started attending in 2014.
What is your favorite Christian book you have read?
The Bible.
Hometown:
Norwalk, Iowa
JOEL GRINER
How did you meet your wife?
Kathy and I meet at Minnesota Bible College in 1977.
When did you start attending ICOC?
We started attending ICOC when we moved to Des Moines in 2015.
What is your favorite Christian book you have read?
My favorite christian book is Guard your Heart by Gary Rosberg or anything by Max Lucado.
Hometown:
I consider Belmond, IA my family’s home town. My kids all graduated from there.
JIM BLYTHE
How did you meet your wife?
I met Cinda at UNI in Cedar Falls, IA when we were both students. Our first date was January 24th, 1976. And we’ve been dating ever since.
When did you start attending ICOC?
We started attending ICOC in the Summer of 1986 when we moved to Indianola.
What is your favorite Christian book you have read?
My favorite Christian book is a study called “Experiencing God” – a study that the eldership shared several years ago.
Hometown:
My hometown is Rockford, Illinois where I lived until my High School years when we moved to Bettendorf, IA.
BRANDEN MARTIN
How did you meet your wife?
I met my wife when I waited on her family’s table at a pizza place.
When did you start attending ICOC?
Our family started attending ICOC in 2008/2009.
What is your favorite Christian book you have read?
My favorite Christian book is “Goliath Must Fall.”
Hometown:
My hometown is Russell, IA.