Jon Maxim
Communications Director
(800) 409-6631 x 710
I absolutely love serving churches! I am so thankful to help the men of God, serve the people of God, with the gospel of God, by the grace of God, through Church Plant Media. It is my sincere hope and prayer that our awesome web sites will help pastors fulfill God's call from Habakkuk 2:2, "Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it."
Basic Stuff: On the 4th of July in 1998, I married Melissa, the woman of my dreams. We have 5 beautiful children (1 girl & 4 boys) and we live near Corning, NY (just south of the Finger Lakes). After recommitting my life to Christ in 1994, I attended Bible College for a few years. Since then, I have been serving a diverse group of churches and ministries with branding and communications. In 2003, my wife and I started to sense a specific call from God to help plant a Sovereign Grace Ministries church in New York State. In 2005, we were finally able to sell our home near Lancaster, PA and move to join Grace Community Church, in Corning. After the church launched, I was on a mission to find the most strategic CMS + RSS provider for our website. My search resolved when I clicked into Church Plant Media. After working for a year with an affiliated company, the Lord opened the door for me to serve full-time with CPM in 2009. From my first click until now, it continues to be a true joy to partner with churches and fulfill my calling to: help people publish the gospel.
Education:
- Bachelor of Science in Bible & General Ministry from Lancaster Bible College, Lancaster, PA
- Associate in Applied Science from the College of Imaging Arts at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Primary Work Responsibilities: Support, Twitter, blogging, and marketing strategies
Interests and Favorites:
- Places: Finger Lakers Region of NY State in the Fall.
- Music: Sovereign Grace Music, U2, Owl City, Newsboys, Buddy Greene, Rich Mullins, Johnny Cash and VeggieTales Music (with my kids).
- Books: ESV Study Bible by Crossway, What is the Gospel? by Greg Gilbert, A Gospel Primer for Christians by Milton Vincent, and everything written by C.J. Mahaney, John Piper, Mark Driscoll or Charles Spurgeon.
- Sports: I love to watch Man v. Food on the Travel Channel (if you can call that a sport).
- Movies: The Passion of the Christ, Luther, Amazing Grace, Facing the Giants, Fireproof, Elf, Holes, Enchanted, Lord of the Rings, National Treasure, and anything from PIXAR or VeggieTales.
- TV: Food Network, The History Channel, The Colbert Report, Mythbusters, Psyche, The Office, and Fox News.
- Hobbies: Spending time with my wife and kids, meeting with my Care Group, reading blogs and books, and eating Egg McMuffins while drinking McCafe Iced Coffee with Vanilla.
- Bit of Randomness: I am 6' 8" tall with size 18 shoes and I have a twin brother who is a pastor.
- Favorite Quote: "My memory is nearly gone, but I remember two things: That I am a great sinner and that Christ is a great Savior." ~ John Newton
- Scripture: (1) Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, (2) and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. (3) For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, (4) that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, (5) and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. (6) Then he appeared to more than 500 brothers at one time, most of all whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. (7) Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. (8) Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. (9) For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. (10) But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. (11) Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believe. ~ 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (ESV)