Sean Molloy

I’ve been married to Jenn for about 15 years, and we have two boys, Atticus and Henry, who are 9 and 7. We’ve been attending Evergreen since the fall of 2020. I lead a community group that meets in South Salem/Monmouth, serve on the prayer rotation for Sunday services, and our family does communion cleanup as well.

I currently work in sales and management for a local industrial company and also teach various courses as an adjunct professor for a few seminaries/colleges in pastoral theology, historical theology, and biblical studies.

Before my current vocation, I was a pastor for approximately 11 years both as a senior pastor and an associate pastor. All of my educational training is focused on that realm--I did an MA in Biblical and Theological Studies and a Doctor of Ministry in Theological Exegesis, both at Knox Theological Seminary in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

My earliest memories revolve around our family transitioning from our Catholic roots to our newfound evangelical Christian rhythms, which was the catalyst for my introduction to Jesus as a child and placing my trust in him as my savior at a young age through some conversations with my mother. We quickly became a family whose life was built around the rhythms of church, which was a good foundation for me even to today.

Its difficult to condense years of following Jesus into a small summary, but when I think about how God has grown my faith over the years I often think of the lowlands of life—the places where my weakness and frailty became undeniable, where I didn’t have anything left to offer and felt like I was at the end of my rope but found that God was abundant in grace and mercy, pressing his love deeply into the wounded and tender places with great gentleness and patience. It’s likely that same way for many of us, but where he has grown my faith the most is when he exhibits how much he really loves me when I feel like I deserve it the least and have nothing to offer Him in return.

“Fear and trembling” are the terms we’ve used in our family to express how it feels to be entering into this process to become a church elder again. At the same time, we’ve also used terms like joyous and grateful. Both are true. My years in ministry remind me that the role of elder is serious, heavy, and can be difficult to bear at times. Those same years of ministry also remind me of the joy that comes from serving Christ and his body, caring for his flock, and giving myself in this way. At the end of the day, I want to be your elder because I love the Church, and this church specifically, and believe God has brought us here not just to make it our families home, but also brought us here to serve and use what he has given me for the good of the whole body.