Woodcrest Chapel
Staff & Leaders

Pieter Van Waarde

Pieter Van Waarde is a pastor, author and friend of spiritual seekers. He has served the Woodcrest congregation as Sr. Pastor since the summer of 1994. Pieter has a Bachelor's degree in Communications and a Master's degree in both Business Management and Biblical Studies. Born in the Netherlands, Pieter retains a love for his Dutch heritage and still speaks the language today. As the oldest of five children, he immigrated with his family to the United States in 1959. Growing up on the East Coast, he acquired a taste for New York Yankee baseball, New England clam chowder, and Harley Davidson motorcycles. Do those things even go together? At his core, Pieter's passion is walking the path with people. He's fascinated by the journey and adventure of life, and is more interested in examining life's most-enduring questions than rehashing over-used clichés. He is a gifted communicator and writer, and has a real knack for connecting the principles of scripture to the challenges of everyday life. Pieter and his wife Carol, have three children: Pieter, Mallory, and Curran.