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Four pastors were ordained to ministry during May and June in the Kentucky-Tennessee Conference. Christopher Trent, David Jahn, and Jacob Strang were ordained on Saturday, May 23, 2026, during the Conference’s annual Camp Meeting. On June 20, 2026, members from the Madison Campus, Tenn., Church, as well as family, friends, and colleagues, also joined to celebrate the ordination of Daniel Bondaczuk.
Christopher Trent
Christopher Lee Trent was born in Logan County, W. Va., and raised in Matewan, a town known for its rich history and deep roots. He is connected to the Hatfield family through Valentine Wall Hatfield, his fifth great-grandfather. Though he was raised with an awareness of God through the influence of his grandparents, Trent spent much of his early life pursuing fulfillment through worldly success and personal ambition.
As a full-time tattoo artist, he experienced financial success but found himself grappling with an inner void that material achievements could not satisfy. His life began to change when his wife, Rebecca Trent, gave her life to Christ and began studying Scripture. Through her witness and his own search for truth, Trent encountered biblical teachings that revealed both his need for a Savior and the sufficiency of Jesus Christ to meet that need.
After surrendering his life to Christ, he sensed a clear calling to share the Gospel. Following his baptism, Trent and his wife attended Emmanuel Institute of Evangelism, where they equipped themselves for ministry. He later earned a degree in religion with an emphasis in evangelism from Liberty University.
Trent served as a Bible worker in the Mountain View Conference and was later called into pastoral ministry. Today, he faithfully serves in the Kentucky-Tennessee Conference, committed to proclaiming Christ and leading others to experience the transforming power of His grace.
David Jahn
David Jahn was born in Prineville, Oreg., and moved away at the age of 2. His call to ministry did not come until his sophomore year of college. Originally, he planned to become an engineer because he preferred working in a field with fewer people to manage. However, after taking too many credits during his freshman year and struggling academically, he decided to take a year off and serve as a missionary in South Korea, teaching English. During that year, God began orchestrating circumstances that slowly directed him toward pastoral ministry.
It was not until halfway through his first year back at Union College that Jahn surrendered to God’s calling and agreed to become a pastor, trusting that God would teach him what he needed to know. He says that even now, he still feels he has much to learn, but God has remained faithful throughout the journey.
After graduating from Andrews University with a master of divinity degree, David served for 9 1/2 years in the Minnesota Conference in the five-church northwest district. For the past year, he has served the middle Tennessee district, including the churches in Centerville, Hohenwald, and Columbia.
In his downtime, Jahn enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, and baking. Two Bible passages that are especially central to his life and ministry are Epistle to the Romans 8:28 and Psalm 119:165, verses that continually remind him of God’s faithfulness, purpose, and peace.
Jacob Strang
Jacob Strang was born in Birmingham, Ala., and raised in Burlington, New Jersey. He attended Life Center Academy, where he received God’s call to ministry during a senior class mission trip in 2014. On April 17, 2014, Strang was blessed with the opportunity to preach for the first time as part of an evangelistic series at the Robbinsville Church, and God has been providing opportunities for ministry and affirmations of that calling ever since.
Strang studied at Southern Adventist University, where he earned his undergraduate degree in theology in 2019. During his time at Southern, he participated in a field school evangelistic program in the Nashville area, and was honored to accept the invitation to ministry in the Kentucky-Tennessee Conference. Strang was later sponsored by the conference to pursue his master of divinity degree at Andrews University, which he completed in 2021.
Strang began full-time ministry in January 2022, serving as associate pastor at Louisville First and interim pastor for the South Louisville and Elizabethtown churches. He is privileged to continue serving the South Louisville and Elizabethtown churches, where God has abundantly blessed.
Strang is married to Amber, and just a couple of months ago they welcomed a baby girl, Grace, into their family. They are greatly enjoying life as a family of three. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with friends and family, watching baseball, and playing disc golf.
Strang would like to thank his family, especially wife Amber, for her constant love and support. He would also like to thank Joey Pollom, pastor, for giving him the initial encouragement to pursue God’s calling. Strang’s continued desire is to faithfully pursue God’s will throughout his life.
Daniel Bondaczuk
Born and raised in a Seventh-day Adventist home in São Paulo, Brazil, Bondaczuk spent much of his life running from his calling, yet music remained a constant, redemptive thread throughout his journey. From his early education at ACARTE (Academia Adventista de Arte), where he first learned to play, to sing, and perform with various institutional music groups throughout his childhood and teenage years, music quickly became central to his identity.
Bondaczuk earned a degree in piano performance from the University of São Paulo in 2008. In the years that followed, he pursued opportunities for arranging, recording, and performing for a variety of artists. Just as life seemed to be pulling him further away from the Church, Bondaczuk was called to serve as music director at an Anglican church, a role he held for nine years before moving to the United States.
In 2014, his family relocated to Murfreesboro, Tenn., where Bondaczuk attended Middle Tennessee State University and graduated in 2016 with a degree in composition. In the United States, he has been able to fully devote his gifts to ministry, whether through making music at Madison Campus or creating compositions that have inspired believers around the world. Bondaczuk firmly believes in the transformative power of music as a tool for sharing the Gospel. As he puts it, “Nothing mimics the spiritual life more closely than the lifelong pursuit of beauty, connection, and excellence found in the craft of art.”
Bondaczuk is married to Marjore, and together they have three children: Yeva, Sarah, and Gregory. When he is not writing music, he enjoys spending time with his family, fixing things around the house, and cooking.
Kentucky-Tennessee | September 2026
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