VCN Annual Business Meeting

Join us to learn about God’s work in 2024 and the great opportunities in 2025. We will also vote for the 3 candidates.

 

Craig Hardinger | Lead Pastor
Arcade Church, Sacramento, CA

Craig has been a full-time pastor since 1982 and has served as Lead Pastor of Arcade Church since 2010.  He holds a Bachelor of Science from Corban University, a Master of Divinity from Golden Gate Theological Seminary, and a Doctorate of Ministry from Bakke Graduate University. Craig’s true passion is to equip gospel-centered Christ followers to become fruit-bearing disciple-makers through counseling, preaching, and teaching ministries.

Arcade Church has been a VCN fellowship since it was planted in 1950 with a mission to help as many people as possible to hear, see, and follow Jesus. One of Craig’s favorite things to do is hang out with VCN pastors, and being selected to serve on the Board of Directors will enable him to do that on a regular basis. Craig has been married to his wife, Debbie, since 1981. They have one son, Scott, a daughter-in-law, Steph, and two grandkids, Silas and Linnea.

Jim Marian | Lead Pastor
Calvary Community Church, Manteca, CA

Jim Marian has served in local church ministry for over 30 years, mainly in Southern California, in youth ministry and as a lead pastor.  For the past five years Jim has pastored Calvary Community Church in Manteca, California.  Jim has an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary and has authored four books in the area of student ministries.
 
Under pastor Jim’s ministry over the past five years, Calvary has grown significantly and regularly sees people trusting Jesus as Savior and getting baptized. Jim dearly loves his family — his four children and wife Harriet.  Jim is humbled to be asked to serve on the VCN board and prays that if chosen, he will be able to help contribute to the servant leadership of our association of churches.

Tim Swanson | Pastor, Preaching & Administration
Redemption Hill Church, Santa Rosa, CA

Tim has been a Pastor/Elder at Redemption Hill Church since the merge of Foothills Community Church and Calvary Community Church in August 2017.  Prior to this merge, he was the Lead Pastor at Foothills Community Church for 9 years. He was also on the pastoral staff of First Baptist Church of Windsor for 8 years and in a bi-vocational role at First Baptist Church of Castro Valley for 8 years. Tim received a Master of Divinity degree in Theology from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary (Gateway Seminary) and a B.S. in Business Administration from California State University of Hayward (East Bay).

Tim’s passion is to help people understand the hope of salvation through Jesus Christ, challenge them to live as Christ lived, and equip them for the work of God’s ministry. Being selected for the VCN Board would perfectly align his passion with the mission of Venture Church Network. He and his wife, Alisa have been married since July 1997 and have three adult children: Ashley, Trenton, and Tyler.