Jerry E. McConnell, Director, Ministry Outreach / Non-Profit Division, Center for Personal Protection and Safety

Rev. McConnell brings over 30 years of experience in pastoral ministry as a Youth Pastor, Associate Pastor, and Senior Pastor from 1975 to 2007. His background and experience includes the US Military from 1971-1974 where he was trained as a Pershing Missile Crewman & Azimuth Layer (nuclear warhead) and Battalion Legal Clerk. He also worked for the Pacific School District in Ilwaco, WA as a school teacher and coach, from 1974 - 1975.

Rev. McConnell served as a Youth Pastor and Executive Pastor in Kirkland, WA from 1975-1986, and as a Senior Pastor in Gooding, ID from 1986 to 1988; in Baker City, OR from 1988 to 1999 and in Spokane, WA from 1999 to 2007.

Having lived and traveled abroad, Rev. McConnell understands the challenges and dangers of traveling overseas. He lived in central Europe for two years while in the military. During this time period he traveled extensively behind the Berlin Wall in East Germany in locations not seen by many Americans in the early 1970s. Rev. McConnell has traveled to Mexico, Israel, Samoa, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Ireland, England, France, Norway and Holland for ministry and mission related purposes.

Rev. McConnell is a graduate of Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, ID. He completed his post-graduate work at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, WA and is a graduate of the School of Large Church Management in Kansas City, MO. Rev. McConnell was ordained in 1989.