Adam Poole – M.Div., Multnomah Biblical Seminary; B.S., Oregon State University
Adam is passionate to see students instructed, matured, and spiritually transformed through a relationship with God and knowledge of His Word. He sees and strives for a healthy mixture of knowing and loving God, a mixture of learning and life-transformation. Adam and his wife Grace were able to help plant a Calvary Chapel church in Recife, Brazil, where they served for two years before returning in 2003. Currently Adam serves as the Director of Cornerstone School of Ministry. He and Grace have three young sons, Micah, Isaiah and Zak, and fourth child on the way.
[Courses: TH 111-113 Christian Theology; HM 121-123 Hermeneutics; OT 101-102 Old Testament Survey]

Curt Duever – B.S., University of Missouri; B.A., Calvary Chapel Bible College – When Curt speaks concerning the role of an Assisting Pastor he speaks from experience. Before coming to Calvary Chapel Corvallis he served at Calvary Chapel Bible College and Retreat Center in California. For the last ten years he has assisted here in Corvallis as the Administrative Pastor. Curt and his wife Teri have two grown children. [Course: Second]

Tom Ewers – Tom brings to the School of Ministry classroom the lessons of a life well lived. He celebrates over twenty years of marriage, the privilege of being entrusted with five children, and living a life under the light of the Gospels. It is from this perspective that Tom will tutor the students from the life of Christ as recorded in the Synoptic Gospels. Tom has been an elder and teacher at Calvary Chapel Corvallis since 1995, and has been walking with Jesus for over 20 years. [Course: SF 144 Life of Christ]

Virgil Hebert – B.A., University of Oregon, M.S., University of Colorado – Virgil has a passion for studying the Bible verse by verse, and associating what he learns there with God’s physical creation. His formal education and experience in the high tech industry give him a unique perspective to pursue and teach this intersection of the physical and spiritual realms. In his Science in the Bible class, Virgil will help clarify the scientific principles behind many of today’s headlines and apply Scripture for a better understanding of how today’s Christian should view these events and discoveries.

Larry Lyon – Certificate in Bible, School of Ministry – As Missions Pastor at Calvary Chapel Corvallis, the Lord has given Larry the delightful role of participating in the lives of missionaries around the world. As a man of prayer and sincere devotion, Larry is a spark-plug for CSOM. He has God’s heart for the world, and wishes to transfer this passion to the students. Whether one feels called to missions abroad, or participating in God’s mission here in North America, Larry’s exhortations and wisdom are spoken into the students’ lives in his two courses at Cornerstone [Courses: Prayer; Missions].

Jeff Patterson – B.S., Oregon State University; Certificate in Bible, School of Ministry; M.Div. (candidate), Multnomah Biblical Seminary – Jeff serves in a church outside of Portland, while a seminary student. His real desire is to see people interact with Jesus Christ in His Word. Since attending as a student after graduating from OSU, Jeff has taught at Cornerstone in two stints for a total of four years, dating back to ‘02. For the 2007-08 year he taught three New Testament survey courses [NT 132 Acts + Pauline Epistles; NT 133 Gospels + General Epistles; and NT 134 Romans]. Jeff and his wife Kari are blessed parents to their son Dutch and await the birth of their second child (follow them on their blog).

Rob Verdeyen – Certificate in Bible, YWAM School of Biblical Studies – Entering his thirteenth year as the Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel Corvallis, Rob brings to the School a depth of insight. Having been tried and tested in the ministry he has seen God’s great faithfulness time and again. Students will greatly benefit from one who has gone before them in life’s experiences. Rob’s Pastoral Discipleship class offers a venue for the students to be mentored in the joys, challenges, and key biblical emphases in ministry, as well ask the difficult questions about which they’ve always wondered.

Various guest speakers make their way to Cornerstone each term in the Lectures in Ministry course. These faithful men and women have a vast array of life and ministry experience from overseas missionaries home on furlow, to church planters in the Pacific Northwest, to pastors of churches in the community, to mothers joyfully living for Christ as homemakers, to businessmen and -women. In these times the students are able to connect with someone outside the classroom context in areas they may be sensing God is taking them.