The Rev. Scott Sauls
We welcome Scott Sauls and his family, coming the first week in March, to accept the position of Senior Pastor. For more information about Scott, click HERE.
Dr. Wilson Benton
Wilson grew up on a farm in Brandon, Mississippi. He attended Belhaven College, majoring in English, history, and Bible. Two weeks after starting, he met Pam. Two weeks after graduation, they were married. Upon graduation, he taught at his alma mater for one year before entering Columbia Seminary, where he earned the Master of Divinity.
After seminary, Wilson, Pam, and their 13-month-old son Louis moved to Scotland, where Wilson received his Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh and Pam gave birth to their daughter Paige. Upon returning to the United States, they were immediately invited to pastor First Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, Mississippi. There they were blessed with another little girl, Laura. For 16 years they led the church and raised their family.
In 1985, the Benton family moved north to St. Louis, Missouri, to answer a call from The Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian Church. They taught, loved, and learned from that church until Wilson retired 21 years later and was named pastor emeritus.
In 2007, Christ Presbyterian Church (CPC) in Nashville, Tennessee, pulled the Bentons out of retirement, asking Wilson to serve as interim senior pastor. Today, Wilson and Pam live in Nashville, pastoring CPC and enjoying their nine grandchildren.
Over the course of his career, Wilson has also served in a number of denominational leadership positions, including Moderator of the 20th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of America, Chairman of the Committee for Mission to North America, Chairman of the Committee for Reformed University Ministries, and Adjunct Professor and Senior Associate in the Center for Ministry Leadership at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.
The Rev. Todd Teller
(615)373-2311
Associate Pastor, Congregational Care
Todd grew up in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and attended the University of Mississippi, majoring in history. At Ole Miss he was drawn to the ministry of Reformed University Fellowship (RUF), and he met his future wife, Wheat. After graduation in 1990, he served as an intern with RUF for two years at Mississippi State.
By the end of his internship, Todd’s call to the ministry was clear, and he entered Covenant Theological Seminary. While in St. Louis, he and Wheat were married. He earned the Master of Divinity in 1996 and accepted a call to First Presbyterian Church, Clarksdale, Mississippi, where he spent half of his time with the youth, and the other half doing anything else that needed to be done. In 1998 Wheat gave birth to their first son, Land.
In 1999, they responded to a call from First Presbyterian Church in Augusta, Georgia, one of the oldest churches in the south. Todd served the church as Associate Pastor while he and Wheat welcomed the arrival of a daughter, Emme, and a second son, Beckett.
In 2005, the Tellers arrived in Nashville in answer to the call of Christ Presbyterian Church (CPC). JonWallace arrived later that year.
As Associate Pastor, Todd provides pastoral care for CPC members, teaching and preaching, visiting the sick and bereaved, counseling those in crisis, welcoming and assimilating newcomers, loving and encouraging everyone.
The Rev. David Filson
(615)373-2311
Teaching Pastor
David Owen Filson serves as Teaching Pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church (PCA) is a Ph.D. student in Historical and Theological Studies at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. As an active member of Nashville Presbytery, he serves as chairman of the theological examining committee. He and his wife, Diane, have two children, Luke and Lydia.
The Rev. Ryan Doyle
(615) 373-2311
Assistant Pastor, Youth Families Ministry
Ryan grew up in Brentwood, attending Brentwood Academy, and coming to an understanding of his faith through the Discipleship ministry of Christ Presbyterian Church.
Majoring in history, Ryan graduated from Samford University. More important, he met and began dating his wife, Lindsey. During these years, involvement with Campus Outreach, leadership with Young Life, and internships at CPC confirmed his sense of calling to gospel ministry.
Ryan joined the ministry staff at CPC in 1999, as worship director for youth staff, as well as coaching soccer at Christ Presbyterian Academy. Ryan and Lindsey were married in 2000. Lindsey taught first grade at CPA, until the birth of Noah in 2002. In 2004, Ryan began teaching Old Testament at CPA, continuing to coach soccer and directing the Spiritual Life department. Meanwhile, Bella and Emma Lynn were born.
In 2008, Ryan served as a Pastoral Intern with Mission to the World in the Highlands of Scotland at Nairn Free Church. That summer, Ryan and Lindsey followed the Lord’s leading to St. Louis, to complete his Master of Divinity from Covenant Theological Seminary. While there, the Lord called them to adopt from Uganda, and 10 months later, Judah arrived home to his “forever family.”
Ryan accepted the call to be Assistant Pastor for CPC's Youth Families ministry in 2009, and regularly commuted from St. Louis while finishing studies for 11 months before moving back to Nashville after seminary graduation in May 2010. He will begin work on his Doctorate in 2012. Ryan and Lindsey are in the process of adopting a little girl from Uganda.
Ryan serves as Pastor for the Youth Families Ministry of our church, spanning Junior High through College.
The Rev. Josh Floyd
(615) 301-3577
Assistant Pastor, Junior High Youth Director
Josh grew up in Nashville, attended Brentwood Academy, and came to an understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ through the Youth Ministry of Christ Presbyterian Church (CPC). Before graduating from Middle Tennessee State University in 1999, Josh began volunteering with the CPC Youth Ministry. After several years’ involvement with the ministry, Josh was welcomed as a full-time staff member.
In 2004, Josh accepted the position of Senior High Youth Director at Christ Community Church (CCC), a church with close ties to Christ Presbyterian Church. In 2007, Josh heeded the call to attend Covenant Theological Seminary, where he completed his Master of Divinity degree and, more important, met his lovely wife, Liz.
Josh returned to CPC in 2010 and accepted the position of Junior High Youth Director in which he currently serves today. Josh and Liz are proud parents of their firstborn, Madeline Grace, and Josh was recently ordained in the PCA and installed as a Pastor at CPC. Josh is now the Assistant Pastor over Junior High Youth.