Leadership

Pastors. Staff. Elders

David Hamstra

Lead Pastor

David has lived most of his life in NW Indiana besides his time in Teen Mania, where he met his wife Beth, and attended Bible College in Wales. He and Beth met in 1999, and after years of friendship and then the pursuit, were married in 2006. They have 4 children: Calvin, Sophia, Amira, and Bella. David serves as the Lead Elder as well as the Lead Pastor at Crosspoint. He has been with Crosspoint since 2009 when he was hired on as the Associate Pastor, and became Lead Pastor in 2012. 

Mike Kakalow

Associate Pastor

Mike lived most of his life in Connecticut where he and his wife Suzy volunteered in children's and youth ministry for over 25 years.  Mike taught in the public school system for 26 years, the last 15 years in an alternative education setting, until God called him to full-time ministry at Crosspoint in 2021.  Mike and Suzy have 3 adult children:  Michael, Drew and Hope.  In addition to his Associate Pastor duties, Mike leads our Crosspoint Youth Group.

Elders

Tommy Edwards
Tim Pals
Chad Mast
Mark Natelborg

Staff

Lorri Neeley

Administrative Assistant

Connie McNinch

Children's Ministry Preschool Coordinator

Katie Zavala

Children's Ministry Volunteer Coordinator

Erin Mast

Children's Ministry Elementary Coordinator

Jaimie Crile

Hospitality Coordinator

Kelsey Bevan

Event Coordinator

Church Family

As a leadership, we believe in the importance of plurality and accountability at CrossPoint Church. CrossPoint belongs to a family of churches called LifeLink that consists of 10 churches across the Midwest and several churches across the pond in England.  We also have long term partnership with brothers and sisters that we work alongside across South America, East Africa, Asia, and Europe. We have 3 other churches in the Chicagoland area that make up LifeLink Chicago: