Our Board of Directors
Matthew Adams
Matthew Adams owns and operates the largest insurance agency in Alaska exclusively working with ministries, missions, and non-profit (religious and other) around the state. He has spent over 30 years serving the local church body primarily in worship and support ministry. Husband, Father, and Grandfather, Matthew enjoys most everything the Alaska outdoors offer (in addition to his love for playing golf). Matthew’s heart is for the unity and support of the Body of Christ in America beginning with Alaska. “As a kid, I always enjoyed going to VBS. I often wondered however, why we didn’t get to have VBS with the other 2 churches in town (hometown population of 400 ). My first disappointment and confusion in what the Lord was about came with a mostly innocent answer to my questions: because they don’t believe the same way we do. It broke my 12-year-old, newly baptized heart and became the root of a variety of confusing moments in my Christian walk. “I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one – I in them and you in me – so that they may be brought to complete unity, THEN the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” -John 17: 23-24
Zach Chandler
Zach Chandler is the senior pastor of Bridge of Hope Apostolic Center in Chugiak, Alaska. He has a burning passion to bridge generations, communities, villages, cities, states, and nations and a vision to raise up and empower the people of Alaska and beyond to make a transformational impact in their spheres. Zach has been married to his wife Saige for more than 30 years. They have lived in Chugiak for the past 29 years Their heart for Alaska and desire to see the love and light of Jesus spread to every community is evident in their ongoing support of many Alaska missions. They have 3 children and are soon to be grandparents. “We believe that unity is not uniformity but there must be diversity and diversity should be celebrated”. “Jesus did not die halfway for me, so I don’t get to live halfway for Him”. “We are all in”.
Tracy Hodges
Tracy and Pamela Hodges, have lived in Alaska for 37 years. They have 3 children and 8 beautiful grandchildren. Over the years they have pastored churches in Yakutat and Kodiak and have been on staff at churches in Nikiski, Sitka and Muldoon Community Assembly in Anchorage. Currently they are US Missionaries to the children and families of Alaska. They do a quarterly children’s program called, Dandelion Kids. This programming is currently being sent quarterly 102 remote Alaska villages. They also do children’s outreach, kid’s camps and school assemblies in rural Alaska. Their heart is to train and mentor as many leaders as possible so that kid’s ministry is thriving in all of Alaska.
Tracy loves the outdoors especially fishing and golf. He has a greater passion and calling to the broken and hurting people in Alaska. Tracy has a heart for networking with other ministries around the state of Alaska to make a real difference in places that are literally the ends of the earth part of the great commission. We want to partner with people and ministries who have the same heart for remote Alaska villages.
Pam has been working in children’s ministry for the past 28 years. 25 of those were on staff as a full-time children’s pastor. For the past 17 years, Pam has been the Children’s Ministries Director for the Alaska Ministry Network. She loves working with churches to train leaders and help establish kid’s ministry.
