Christian Life Fellowship

 


Carl and Diana Bauman

Senior Pastors

Pastor Carl and DianaCarl and Diana are completing one year as Senior Pastors of Christian Life Fellowship.  They have been serving as U.S. Missionaries and will continue to serve as a resource to rural Pastors and their Churches.  They are the Directors of Rural America Missions (RAM), a ministry they have founded to serve Rural areas of America in the areas of Revival, Evangelism, Church Revitalization and Church Planting.

 

God has uniquely prepared Carl and Diana to serve the church of this present generation.  They are both ordained ministers with the Assemblies of God.  Together, in their 37 years of ministry, they have pastored churches which have ranged in attendance up to 400 in communities whose populations have ranged from 650 to over two million.

 

The Bauman's have successfully planted four churches, have revitalized several others and have been used as Evangelists (adults and children), Revivalists, Camp Meeting Speakers, and Conference Speakers.  Additionally, as U.S. Missionaries to the Inner-Cities they founded two Urban Bible Training Centers, one in Minneapolis, MN and the other in Milwaukee, WI.  Their ministry has utilized Radio, Television, and the print media.  Carl is the Author of the book, "This Flight Called....Life"

 

Diana is a Certified Chaplain with the American Chaplains Assoc., she has served as Assistant Women's Ministry Director and Missionettes Coordinator.

 

Carl has served as a Presbyter, Men's Ministry Director, and as a Minister to the Military Director.  He has also served as a member of District Home Missions Committees in two Districts and as a Board Member for Teen Challenge.

 

Carl and Diana have been married 37 years, they have five adult children and twelve grandchildren.


cbauman@clfsf.org                            dbauman@clfsf.org

                                                                   

 


 

                                                                                                  

 



 

 


 

                                                                                   

 


Solomon Sedillo

Church Administrator

Solomon and wife Kathy have been members of Christian Life since 1977, served on the Board of Elders from 1980 to 1994.  He has served as Church Administrator since 1994.  Solomon, a native of New Mexico, served in the US Army from 1970 to 1973, and is an alumnus of Oral Roberts University. Solomon and Kathy have been married for 32 years and have two children, son Jared who currently lives in Madrid, Spain and daughter Danielle who resides in Santa Barbara, California.  Solomon and Kathy enjoy camping and fishing and being involved with all the people of Christian Life. 

ssedillo@clfsf.org                                                                  

 


Courtney Elrite

Church Secretary

Church Secretary - Courtney Elrite

Courtney Elrite has lived in New Mexico for many years and graduated from Keystone National High School, an accredited home schooling program out of Pennsylvania. She is married to Bill Elrite and are excite about the recent arrival of daughter Emmalynn Grace.  She has been working as Pastor's Administrative Assistant since May 1, 2008

celrite@clfsf.org

office@clfsf.org

 

 


Benji Boydstun

Maintenance for CLF

Benji has been with CLF for over 3 years helping us with the upkeep of the facility.  Benji recently retired from a career with New Mexico State Government; he enjoys hunting and spending time with his family.  Benji, wife Joyce and daughter Amanda are members of CLF.

                                                             

 


                                 

 

 

 

 


Gerardo and Herendia De Luna

Custodial for CLF

Gerardo and Herendia have been assisting us for over 6 years with the huge task of housekeeping here at Christian Life.  Gerardo’s and Herendia’s family is daughter Isabel who attends UNM and son Jonathan attends Santa Fe Community College and Josue.

  

 

 

 

 

Articles & Resources for Church Workers

  • Starting a Greeter Program
    Four years ago I accepted the challenge of evangelism chairperson for our church. One of the first programs the pastor and I developed was the Sunday morning greeter program.
  • Motivating the Right Person into the Right Ministry
    One of the greatest challenges for most leaders is selecting and motivating the right people into the right ministry positions in hopes of minimizing turnover and frustration. Even in the smaller church with limited personnel, it is important to coordinate people and ministry as much as possible.
  • “I TRIED, BUT NO ONE EVER CALLED ME”
    “I tried, but no one ever called me” are painful words for a leader who has much work to do and not enough people willing to do it. These words are painful for the person who wanted to contribute, but was never called. These are also painful words for a person who is committed to helping people connect and contribute in meaningful ways within the church.