STAFF

  • Joshua Williams

    Josh is the lead pastor of Restoration Hope Church. God did a 180 in Josh’s life when He was 17 years old and put people in his life who modeled a life that was centered around Jesus. He planted RHC with the desire to create a church culture that has the aroma of the gospel. He wants to help people see that Jesus designed Christians to be everyday people who are everyday disciple makers, and it really is that simple. He is married to Lindsay and has four children: Soren, Bear, Flo, and Juni. He and the fam love reading books, playing video games, watching good movies, exercising, and eating good food.

    Fun fact about Josh: he lifts weights because he loves good food.

  • Allison Andersen

    Biography in work…

  • Jason Weber

    Jason serves as an elder, worship leader, and treasurer at Restoration Hope Church. Jason grew up in a Christian household and has believed in Jesus as Savior since he was a teen, but it wasn’t until after college that God began to radically transform his heart and life. It was then that God opened Jason’s eyes to the glory of Jesus and His call for Christians to live as disciples of Jesus. Jason joined RHC in 2024 out of a desire to walk alongside others in deeply knowing and growing in love for Jesus Christ. Jason is married to Sarah, the love of his life, and they have four awesome kids: Levi, Titus, Mercy, and Kyah. Their family loves watching and playing sports (MN Twins + GB Packers = ♥), reading, cooking (and eating) good food, and playing board and video games together. Outside of RHC, Jason spends most of his time at his day job working in finance for a nonprofit organization and occasionally dabbles in other local scenes like music and politics.

    Fun fact about Jason: his most annoying superpower is his ability to fall asleep in ten seconds.

  • Jackie Marguth

    Jackie Marguth serves in social media at Restoration Hope Church, using her creativity and experience to help communicate and support the life of the church.

    Originally from the suburbs of Chicago, Jackie moved to Minneapolis for college—where she met her husband, Chris. Chris now serves at RHC as a sound technician and musician on the worship team. Though both Jackie and Chris grew up in Christian homes, there was a season where they stepped away from church. They later found a Christ-centered community at RHC, just minutes from their home, and have been faithfully involved ever since.

    Jackie works as an independent contractor for various brands, which means no two days look the same. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and their dogs, as well as learning new things.

  • Marcus Manthei

    Marcus serves Restoration Hope Church as a website administrator. God called Marcus to RHC, into a genuine community of people pursuing Jesus in gospel centered lives. He is married to Madison and they have four wonderful children to complete their family. They like spend their time watching movies, reading books, cooking, video games, and the occasional Wordle. Marcus's full time job is in information technology as a uniformed service member.

    Fun fact about Marcus: he likes technology jokes. For example, what would a baby computer call its father? His Data.

Advisory Team

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    Chris Wachter

    Chris Wachter is the Lead Pastor at Hiawatha Church in Minneapolis.  Chris was born and raised right here in the gopher state! He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in graphic design and worked as a production artist for two years before going to Bethel Seminary to earn his Master of Divinity. He is married to Aletha and they have three kids: Jane, Emmett, and Helen. Chris enjoys gardening, playing lawn games, LOTR, writing, visiting museums, and taking walks with his wife.  One thing he loves about his job is just getting to hear peoples’ stories, so let him know if you’d like to grab coffee sometime!

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    Steve Treichler

    Steve is the founding and Senior Pastor of Hope Community Church. Born in Hibbing, Minnesota, he came to the Twin Cities to go to the University of Minnesota. While astudent at the U of M, Jesus Christ changed his life! After being involved with campus ministry as a student and then 5 years as a staff person, Steve decided to go into pastoral ministry/church planting and was the founding pastor of Hope Community Church in 1996. He is married to Carole, and has three children, David (and wife Brittany and two grandchildren), Jonathan, and Calvin (married to Kennedy). He also is the owner(?) of a mischievous dog, Dakota, the Wonder Beagle! At Hope, he spends most of his time teaching, helping new churches get started, mentoring, and coaching the three Lead Pastors of Hope’s three locations. In his free time he enjoys playing cribbage with Carole, flyfishing, duck hunting, remodeling/woodworking, brewing fantastic beer, and hanging out with friends with a quality cigar.

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    Bob Thune

    Bob Thune is founding and lead pastor of Coram Deo Church in Omaha, Nebraska, and a fellow of the Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. He is the author of Gospel Eldership, the co-author of The Gospel-Centered Life and The Gospel-Centered Community, and the creator of the Daily Liturgy Podcast. In addition to his work as a pastor and writer, he helps to lead a classical Christian school, coaches and trains church leaders, and serves on the Council of The Gospel Coalition.

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    Scott Prentice

    Scott Prentice is the pastor of Advance Community Church responsible for preaching, worship, leadership development, and vision alignment. He and his wife, Heather, live in Gibsonia with their five daughters. He has been in full-time ministry in Western Pennsylvania since 2000. He is an active learner who enjoys getting things done, caring for people, teaching doctrine and Bible studies, leading worship, as well as local and global church planting. As time allows, he enjoys playing golf and preparing dinner on his backyard fire pit.