Elders
Jared Pulliam
Jared is the founding pastor of Christ Church. Jared and his wife, Julia, are both from the Pacific Northwest. They were married in 2000 and have four children. Prior to planting this church, Jared served on the pastoral team of Trinity Church of Portland. Since its founding, it has been Trinity Church’s goal to be instrumental in the establishment of new congregations in the city — a specific ambition that Christ Church also shares. When the time came to establish one of these new congregations, Jared and a core team from Trinity were privileged to start the new Gospel congregation of Christ Church in the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood. Contact Jared at jared.pulliam@christchurchsellwood.com.
Josh Skarphol
After serving as part of the core team that planted Christ Church in the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood in September 2013, Josh became an elder in 2015. Josh considers it a tremendous blessing to serve Christ Church in this capacity, along with Jared, Jason, and Erik. Josh and his wife Julie are both native Oregonians and grew up in outer Southeast Portland. They married in 1995 and have four children and one son-in-law. While Josh is retired from full=time employment, he stays busy serving in the church and working on home improvement projects.
Jason Pancheau
Jason grew up in the great state of Montana and moved to Portland in 2009 where he met his amazing wife, Michal. They got married in 2016 and now have two wonderful boys. Jason was part of the core team that planted Christ Church Sellwood in 2013 and later began serving as an elder. Jason works in the hardwood lumber industry, and when time allows enjoys woodworking, motorcycles, fly-fishing, slow cooking large hunks of meat, and baking.
Erik Erickson
Erik grew up in Sellwood just a few blocks from Christ Church’s building. He has spent the last 21 years driving trucks around the Portland area listening to a wide variety of books and podcasts. He has a special interest in church history. He enjoys cooking and camping, and especially likes cooking outside for other people while camping. Throw in a paddle board and a short hike and that’s a perfect day. He and his wife Diane were married in 2003 and have five sons. They live in outer NE Portland. They were some of the founding members of Christ Church and Erik became an elder in July 2026.
Deacons
Jenny Hoffman
Michal Pancheau
Julie Skarphol
Brian
Beverly
Nathan Skarphol
Ben Hoffman