Leadership
The elders of Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Glenside oversee Good News. Three of Calvary’s elders, along with Dave Holmlund, the Regional Home Missionary of the Presbytery of Philadelphia, make up a committee devoted to the care of Good News. Meet our elders and elder intern!
Mark Bube and his wife Kathy moved from Oregon to Pennsylvania in 1991 for Mark to serve as the general secretary of the OPC’s Committee on Foreign Missions, retiring in 2022. Since 1994, he has served as a ruling elder at Calvary OPC in Glenside. They live in Jenkintown, PA, enjoy opportunities for hospitality, and have recently adopted a new puppy.
Dave Holmlund is a minister serving as the Regional Home Missionary for the Presbytery of Philadelphia. Dave & Elizabeth live in Fort Washington with their 5 school aged children.
Brent Jeffries and his wife Coral moved to Pennsylvania in 2021. Prior to that they lived in Asheville, North Carolina for 30 years where Brent was an elder in the PCA and a gastroenterologist, and where they raised their four children (including son, Nate). They are now retired and live in West Norriton, PA.
Nate Jeffries serves full time as a pastor and evangelist at Good News. Nate grew up in North Carolina, went to college in Rhode Island, and moved to Arizona to teach English and Latin. In Arizona, he met his wife Amy. Nate and Amy were married in 2016, and a year later they moved to Amy’s home state of Texas, where Nate continued to teach Latin. They came to Pennsylvania for seminary and stayed for Good News. Nate and Amy have four children, Enoch, Sojourner, Kyria, and Wisdom. They live in East Norriton, PA.
Paul Woo is the elder intern at Good News Orthodox Presbyterian Church. He is married to Joy and they have a son, Ezra and they reside in East Norriton, PA. Paul graduated with his Master of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary in 2023 and is now a PhD student in historical and theological studies at Westminster. He enjoys good food and meeting new people!
