Staff
Eric Marx, Senior Pastor
Pastor Eric Marx was born and raised in Missoula, Montana. He came to personal faith in Christ as a sophomore in high school in 1976. Eric attended St. Paul Bible College (Crown College), graduating in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible & Theology. After church planting one year in Green River, Wyoming, with the Christian and Missionary Alliance, he served on staff as Assistant Dean of Men at St. Paul Bible College.
Eric was married to Phoebe Johnson in 1986. They moved to Chicago where he would graduate from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 1990 with a Master of Arts in Religion degree. Their first call to ministry was in a rural church in Lambert, Mt. They would later serve a church in Lewistown, Montana, and in 2007 Pastor Eric completed eight years of ministry at the Evangelical Covenant Church in Lanyon, Iowa.
In 2007, Pastor Eric accepted the call as senior pastor of the International Falls Covenant Church and moved to our area with his wife, Phoebe and boys, Alex, Aaron and Austin.Eric and Phoebe have three boys, Alex (18), Aaron (16), and Austin (13).
Kyle Gunderson, Youth Pastor
Pastor Kyle Gunderson was born and raised in Maple Grove, MN. He was introduced at a young age to Christ and accepted Jesus as his personal savior around the age of 8 at Covenant Pines Bible camp.
Pastor Kyle attended Bethel University, graduating in 2003 with a bachelor of arts degree in education. While attending Bethel and after graduating, Kyle served as youth pastor at Maple Grove Covenant Church for 5 years.
In March 2006, Kyle and his wife Anna accepted a call to be youth Pastor of the Evangelical Covenant Church in International Falls, MN.
Pastor Kyle was married to his wife Anna in January 2002. They have two young boys Andrew (3) and Micah (2) and a baby on the way!