Evergreen Presbyterian Church
Staff & Leaders
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Kirk Seyfert
Minister of OutreachKirk returned to his native Oregon after receiving his MDiv from Regent College in British Columbia. Kirk's eclectic passions are characteristic of his NW roots -- having spent most of his life on a bicycle or in the bicycle business before his love of painting led him to the Art Institute of Chicago. A student of theology, art, and social work, Kirk has sought to merge all three into redemptive community outreach that points people to the perfect beauty and creativity of the triune God. Most of all, he wants to see Jesus Christ glorified in everyday life, whether planting a garden, teaching art, fixing bicycles or simply sharing an authentic conversation over coffee. Kirk and his wife Rachel live close to the church with their two young children and backyard chickens.
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Dr. Christopher Bechtel
Senior MinisterChristopher is delighted to live and serve in Salem. Years in St. Louis (for an MDiv) and Edinburgh, Scotland (for a PhD), taught him to value the (sometimes comically) courteous drivers in his native Northwest. He also loves the proximity to mountains and ocean as well as the delicious varieties of food and drink so abundant in the Willamette Valley. Christopher and his wife, Jackie, have three children, Julian, Eliza and Alasdair. The children have a compost-producer, a.k.a, Lucy the Rabbit. They all live just blocks from Evergreen in Salem’s Grant Neighborhood, where they enjoy hosting friends and neighbors, tending their garden, splitting wood, reading, painting, cooking, singing and finding God’s gifts of beauty in unexpected corners.