Who We Are

We Are All About Jesus

Every church has something that defines it. Some are known for their ministries, missions, worship, theology, or community.

For us, it's Jesus.

We want to know Him, follow Him, and make room for His presence in every part of church life. Jesus isn't just the reason we gather. He's the One we're gathering around.

Life can be stressful, painful, and disconnected. Jesus offers something different. He invites us into a life of freedom, peace, and joy. As He said, "Keep company with Me, and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."

If you're longing for hope, purpose, or simply a place to explore who Jesus is, we'd love for you to join us.

Our purpose is simple: We help people pursue Jesus.

our four priorities

SEEK HIS FACE

Intentional Pursuit of the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit
“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy.” (Psalm 16:11)
What are you hungry for? What are you seeking and pursuing? Here at MC, our highest and most important pursuit is Jesus. He is the path of life and in His presence is full joy! He has commanded us to seek His face - relationship with Him - over everything else!
GIFTED AND GOING FOR IT!

Equipping in Spiritual Gifts
“Pursue love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts.” (1 Corinthians 14:1)
We believe everyone who follows Jesus is gifted with His Spirit and spiritual gifts. We don’t all have the same gifts, so we need each other to work together - like a body with many parts. Here at MC, we want to teach, encourage, equip, and give space for people to learn and practice how to use their spiritual gifts for the glory of Jesus!
WHO’S NEXT?

Culture of Development, Training, and Discipleship
“Follow me, as I follow Christ.” (1 Corinthians 11:1)
Jesus commanded us to go and make disciples. Disciples are followers who are learning to experience Jesus and become more like Him. Here at MC, we want to help everyone - especially the next generation - to learn how to walk with Jesus and become more like Him.
LIVE OPEN-HANDED

Resisting a Spirit of Control and Living a Life of Adventurous Dependance
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight .” (Proverbs 3:5-6)
We are learning it is good to make our plans, but that it is Jesus who is the Boss of our lives and we must stay open to His leadership and plan above our own. This posture allows us to explore with Jesus as He shows us what His plans are for our lives. Like Abraham, we hear the call, “go to the land that I will show you.” (Genesis 12:1) Abraham didn’t know where he was going, he only knew to follow the leadership of God without knowing the end from the beginning. Here at MC we want this posture of Kingdom exploration, just like the heroes of our faith!

Our Beliefs

THE BIBLE
We believe that God has perfectly revealed who he is and what he commands in the Bible.

THE TRINITY
We believe that God is a complex unity. There is only one true God, but he exists eternally as three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

JESUS
We believe that Jesus is fully God and fully man. Through his life, death, and resurrection, he did all that was necessary to make salvation possible.

HOLY SPIRIT
We believe that the Holy Spirit is fully God. Through his ministry, he points us to Jesus and empowers our lives.

THE GOSPEL
We believe the gospel is the good news that God saves sinners through Jesus' life, death, and resurrection.

THE WORK OF CHRIST
We believe that Jesus Christ, as our representative and substitute, shed His blood on the cross as the perfect, all-sufficient sacrifice for our sins. His atoning death and victorious resurrection constitute the only ground for salvation.

ORIGINAL SIN
We believe that, through Adam, sin has broken all humanity and creation, leaving the world in need of salvation.

SALVATION
We believe that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.

CHRISTIAN LIVING
We believe that God's justifying grace must not be separated from His sanctifying power and purpose. God commands us to love Him supremely and others sacrificially, and to live out our faith with care for one another, compassion toward the poor and justice for the oppressed.

SATAN
We believe Satan hates God's church and is determined to crush it. Satan was defeated at the cross even as we wait for his final judgment.

THE CHURCH
We believe the Church is Jesus' body on the earth. Her mission is to make Jesus known through preaching the gospel, caring for the poor, and serving our neighbors.

SPIRITUAL GIFTS
We believe that the Holy Spirit continues to give Jesus' followers all the spiritual gifts to encourage believers and save those who do not yet believe.

BAPTISM AND COMMUNION
We believe God has given us baptism and communion to strengthen Christians' lives and celebrate their inclusion into God's family.

MARRIAGE
We believe the pattern for sex and marriage was established by God as he officiated Adam and Eve's male-female union in Eden.

THE IMAGE OF GOD
We believe that all humans are equal in dignity and value, bearing the image of God from the moment of conception, regardless of ethnicity or gender.

HEAVEN AND HELL
We believe that followers of Jesus will spend eternity with Jesus in his kingdom. Everyone who rejects Jesus will be punished with eternal separation from the presence of God.

JESUS’ RETURN
We believe that Jesus will return to both restore creation and judge the living and the dead.

Our Elder Council

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Royce Baker

Royce Baker and his wife, Liz, have been attending Mariemont Church since 2009, when they moved to Cincinnati to help relaunch the local campus ministry with Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ). He and Liz have been married since 2005, are each from central Ohio and both attended the University of Toledo, where they heard the call into full-time college ministry with Cru, with whom they have served for the past 18 years. Royce serves with Cru as a Mobilization Director while Liz continues to serve on local campuses reaching college students. Royce and Liz have four children: Annelise, Maribelle, Abbott, and Genevieve. Royce has had the joy of serving MC through facilitating small groups and leading worship regularly on Sunday mornings. Royce loves all Ohio sports teams (especially the Buckeyes), running half marathons, history, epic books & movies, world traveling.

Michael Cambron

Mike has been an elder since 2008 and a member of Mariemont Church for a long time. He and Lissa have been married 50+ years and treasure their relationships at MC. They have 3 daughters and 3 grandchildren. Mike works in the financial services industry. He has led the Men’s Friday morning Bible Study at MC for 12 years and finds himself more and more chasing after God and his precious Son. Mike is also active with the Salvation Army and is a small group leader at MC with his wife. Mike loves golf, and Lissa loves being with friends in Michigan on the lake where she grew up.

Jamie Moore

Jamie joined our staff in 2019. He has degrees in Music, Worship, and Theology, completing his PhD dissertation on the theology of A. W. Tozer in 2019. In 2020, he wrote and published his first book titled ***Friendship with God*** during the pandemic.

David Ping

Paul Rasmussen

Paul "Raz" Rasmussen has been on staff at MC since 2010 and leads the Worship Ministry. He has been married to Juli, for 33 years and has 3 adult sons. Raz was born in Denver, CO, (go Broncos!) and has lived in 7 states. In addition to his family and music, he loves fly fishing and playing golf. One of his bucket list items is playing golf in every state...and is more than halfway to his goal at 28. With a music degree from Colorado University, he has produced albums and even sang background vocals on two shows for the top-40 band Foreigner! He has a passion to see worship leaders and musicians raised up that will bring glory to the Father.

Brandon Snow

Brandon began attending MC in July of 2011, where he has experienced exponential growth as a man, husband, and father. Back in 2012-2013, he co-led 2 different Story Formed Life small groups. His wife Laura and and he have led a few other small groups in the years since, including a DMM study with a neighbor, pre-Covid.

He and Laura have also engaged in some family-oriented events such as starting and leading Family Camp. Brandon regularly volunteers to run the soundboard for Sunday worship services and is an occasional volunteer for children’s Sunday School.

Brandon married Laura in December 2011. They now have 4 sons: Luke, Levi, Liam, and Lincoln. In 2020, at the dinner table, they were reading the story of Nicodemus’ interaction with Jesus, His son Luke accepted Christ for the first time and was baptized about 2 months later. What a gift! Laura and he have been especially blessed to have been built into by some really incredible spirit-led leaders. They look forward to many more years of this, as well as having more opportunities to disciple others in the Lord.

John Treas

On a Fall night in 2015, John attended a teaching at MC. Although he had never been to MC before, he knew the Spirit was calling him and his family. They started attending and in 2016, he and his wife began to lead a Small Group in Northern Kentucky where the Lord has kept them in an incubator of prayer and worship ever since. They also had the opportunity to help start the Family Camp at MC.

In this church family, they have learned to confess, repent, and worship the Lord in a richer way than ever before. “Our eyes have been open to the greater spiritual world increasing our vision and discernment into the Kingdom and the battles they present the church,” says John. “I have learned the Spirit wants to move and speak, and we are learning how to position ourselves to allow His will to be done.”

John is married to his wife Samantha, and they have four kids: Zooey, Isaiah, Art, and Silas.

Elders

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Louis Arnold

Louis is a lifelong resident of Cincinnati. He attended Ohio University where he met his wife, Crystal. They have been married for 44 years, have two adult children, four grandchildren and many foster children who they helped raise over a ten-year period. Louis and Crystal have been attending Mariemont for 14 years, and he has been an Elder for one year. Louis met Jesus in 1994, became a member of Christ Emmanuel Christian Fellowship where his education into Christ and the Christian faith began and he served as a teacher and minister. Crystal and Louis also served as pre-marriage instructors there. Louis works as a Cincinnati Police Officer assigned to the Community Relations Unit as the Faith Based Liaison Officer working with faith communities across the city as the Police Department seeks to develop strong relationships within the Faith Community. Louis works closely with City Servants, Faith Community Alliance, Mosaix and Race to Unity. Louis loves the Bengals, and Crystal is an amazing artist and art teacher.

Steve Cesler

Steve grew up in a Christian home and accepted Christ as a young boy, rededicating his life to Jesus when he was 24. Steve and his wife, Judi, have been married for over 40+ years. They have 5 grown children, 4 sons-in-law, and 10 grandchildren. At MC, Judi and Steve lead the new member’s class, and Steve also serves on the teaching team. Steve has served on several ministry, organization, and church boards including The Anthony Munoz Foundation, One City, Sinapis, Kore Foundation, King’s Domain, Call of Love, and as part of the founding team and elder at Hope Church in Mason. He spent 36 years in Sales and General Management with Procter & Gamble, moving 10 times including overseas assignments in Mexico, Argentina, and Switzerland. Steve and Judi also co-founded the Buenos Aires International Christian Academy while living in Argentina. Steve loves golf, and Judi excels in running marathons worldwide.

Tom Dewey

Tom has been a member of MC for more than 41 years. Tom has been married to his wife, Jane, since 1970 and has 4 children and 11 grandchildren. Tom and Jane confessed Jesus as Lord, together, after being invited to a neighborhood Bible Study in 1976. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Tom served in the USAF and was VP of Sales and Marketing for Cincinnati Time Recorder Co. for 12 years. After leaving Time Recorder, he became an owner of The Ohmart Corporation and retired as the Chairman & CEO. Tom has been active in various leadership positions at MCC and leads a Small Group Bible Study. He helped start a Young Life Chapter at a local High School and served on the board of the Salvation Army. Since retirement Tom’s passion is mentoring, coaching, and helping young adults in life, work, and faith. He also works with family businesses as they transfer ownership to the next generation. Jane is very active with dog therapy, where she visits local hospitals and hospice ministering God’s love and peace to the sick and dying. Tom can often be spotted in a bright red Bearcats jacket and spiffy shoes.

Burr Robinson

Denis Beausejour (Emeritus)

Zeke Swift (Emeritus)

Our Staff

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Jamie Moore | Lead Pastor

Paul ‘Raz’ Rasmussen | Associate Pastor of Worship

Katie Smith | Director of Next Gen

Katie Smith started attending MC in the 4th grade(!) and has been on staff since 2021. She loves getting to work as Director of Next Gen, helping kids of all ages experience Jesus in a very real, life-changing way. She was previously Director of the After-School Program at CHCA-Armleder campus, on staff with Cru, and taught positive culture building skills with Perfect 10 Corporate Cultures.

Mike Brownfield | Director of Operations

I love the vision and mission of Mariemont Church. I was born and raised in the Cincinnati area, came to faith in my early twenties, and have followed Jesus ever since. After 33 years in engineering, I desired a different career path and asked God to open the right door, not knowing it would lead to serving in a full-time church role. I’m grateful to now serve in church operations with a strong and faithful team.

I’m married to my wife, Renee, and have three children and four grandchildren.

Renee Brownfield | Preschool Director

Renee Brownfield has been on the church staff since 1994. She's a home town girl who grew up in the small village of Fairfax, attended Mariemont Junior and Senior high school, and then went to Eastern Kentucky University where she received a bachelor's degree in early childhood education. Renee loves to spend time with her family, travel and attending sporting events. The creativity of the staff is the biggest reason why she enjoys serving with the church.

Sean Wikoff | Custodian

Sean Wikoff the custodian at MC and does a lot of inside and outside work keeping the place clean and in good shape. He joined the MC team in 2015. He’s a competitive board and card game enthusiast, and plays a little piano and am overall a pretty mild guy.