Jill: And Elmbrook called Mel Lawrenz, who served for 10 years as our senior associate pastor, to become the new senior pastor. We’re delighted to serve under Mel’s leadership.

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Briscoe and his wife, Jill, immigrated to the United States in 1970 at the request of Elmbrook Church, a then-Baptist church with a membership of 300 people. The Briscoes spent the next 30 years ...