Meet the team

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Lead Pastor

Drew Meyer

Drew has served as Lead Pastor since May 2017. Drew and his wife, Tanya, have four children: Brice, Luci, Addison, and Quinn.

Drew and his family came to Ames in 2011 to become the director for ISU Chi Alpha. During his time on the college campus, Drew grew passionate about connecting students to the local church.

Drew’s heart is to see believers understand their influence in the marketplace and in the world. His desire is to see people changed and transformed by the hope they experience in Jesus Christ through the local church.

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Associate Pastor

Tony Meyer

Tony serves as Associate Pastor, bringing pastoral leadership to our discipleship culture and the development of more leaders. Tony and his wife, Kayla, have three children: Evie, Dean, and Andrew.

Tony joined the team in 2019 after previously serving as worship and LifeGroup pastor at LIFEchurch in Coralville, Iowa. Before that, Tony pioneered Chi Alpha at the University of Iowa from 2012 to 2015 and served on staff at NDSU Chi Alpha from 2007 to 2012.

Tony is passionate about leadership and discipleship because there is nothing like seeing someone come alive to the reason they are on this planet. Helping people grow, mature, and discover their specific call is his passion.

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Associate Pastor

Scott Flaten

Scott serves as Associate Pastor, primarily leading worship and production ministries. Scott and his wife, Alyssa, have three children.

Scott joined the team in 2021 after serving as a worship pastor in churches across the country. Scott and Alyssa also founded Intentional Worship Ministries, a nonprofit ministry focused on worship ministry health and leadership.

Scott believes in creating worship environments that are life-giving and Spirit-empowered. When we meet the Lord in worship, we can be changed. Scott believes that when we let the Holy Spirit move, nothing is impossible.

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Student Ministries Directors

Riley & Shena Edwards

Riley and Shena serve as the Student Ministries Directors. They have been part of the church family for many years and joined the leadership team in April 2018. Riley and Shena have three children.

Both Riley and Shena graduated from Iowa State University. Shena has a Bachelor’s Degree in Child, Adult, and Family Services, and Riley has a Bachelor’s Degree in History with a license to teach secondary education.

During college, they encountered the love of Jesus in a real way through authentic community. They are passionate about seeing other young people have the same story. Their desire is to see young people meet Jesus and encounter real community.

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Chi Alpha Directors

Alex & Katie Rosinger

Alex and Katie Rosinger are both alumni of Iowa State University and ISU Chi Alpha. Their hearts and lives were completely transformed through encountering Jesus during their years as ISU students.

After graduating from ISU in 2016, Alex worked as an environmental engineer in the Minneapolis metro area. Katie also graduated in 2016, spent two years on staff with ISU Chi Alpha, and later moved to Minneapolis after they were married in 2018 to work as a preschool teacher at an inner-city nonprofit foundation.

Since moving back to Ames, they have added three little boys to their family.

Alex and Katie are hungry to see God move radically in the hearts of ISU students and to see the university transformed by the good news of Jesus.