Leadership

Pastor Don retired from First Baptist Church of Downers Grove in June 2022 after serving that church as Senior Pastor for thirty-seven years.
Pastor Don has preached most Sunday mornings since February 5, 2023 and has regular office hours at WSBC each week.
After 32 years of marriage to his wife, Bonnie, the Lord called her home, in 2010, and then in 2015, God blessed Pastor Don with Julie who loves our Lord Jesus and His people.  Pastor Don has 5 sons, all adults and on their own. Three of them are married and have blessed Pastor Don and Julie with 9 grandchildren.

Steve joined the staff in August 2016 as our new Minister of Worship and Music. Prior to coming to WSBC, he had served as the Worship Pastor at Trinity Evangelical Free Church in Woodbridge, CT for 23 years. Steve and his wife, Lisa, are originally from Pennsylvania where they met each other at Messiah College and both graduated in 1991.

Aaron, his wife Becky and their daughter, came to WSBC in June of 2019. They met at Taylor University where Aaron received a degree in Elementary Education.  He later went on to graduate from Liberty University with a Master of Divinity degree. Aaron then served 10 years in Youth Ministry at a church in Michigan. He served for 2 years as a volunteer at WSBC with our Middle School and High School Ministries while he was on staff as our Tech Director before being hired as our Minister of Youth .

At the heart of his ministry, Joel knows God has called him to faithfully model and teach people of all ages to know and grow in God's Story of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
 
Prior to Joel joining our staff and church family as the Pastor of Family Ministries, in 2017, he served at Community Fellowship in West Chicago and Pleasant Hill Community Church in Wheaton.  Joel is a graduate of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield IL.
 
Here are a few things that Joel loves …  "My Wife, Rhonda, my Kids, (Josie, Benji & Drew),  Michigan football,  Cubs baseball, Sunday afternoon naps, Cheering on Wheaton College Football, planning adventures and traveling with my family, my big Chocolate Lab puppy (Ruby), sharing a great meal with family and friends, grilling, and creating something out of nothing from the Fridge."