Chuckk is the Teaching Pastor of Elevation, a church in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He has been the church planter and Lead Pastor at Elevation since its inception in 2008.

Chuckk spent the previous 24 years as a veteran Youth and Family Pastor in various California Churches. He is ordained by the Missionary Church of America. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Bible from Liberty University. Chuckk has a wacky past as a lead guitarist in many Southern California rock bands including some time playing for Christian artists Randy Stonehill, Brian Duncan, and David Edwards.

Chuckk loves to teach God’s Word in an applicable, humorous, scripture-centric, and multi-sensory barrage. He is passionate about Jesus and the Mission of God, as well as Stratocaster guitars, motorcycles, and other loud machines. He has a deep-seated motorcycle addiction, if he doesn’t answer his cellphone he’s probably cruising on his big, black Harley in the mountains of Santa Cruz, or is motorcycle touring cross-country.

Chuckk is in love with and married to the amazing Andrea Gerwig. He is Daddy to his two daughters, Jessi & Carly, and her husband, Matt, and a grand-dad to two identical twins, Ezra and Noah.

Chuckk also serves with Global Training Network Ministries part-time (https://globaltrainingnetwork.org). At times in the year, he can be found training pastors and key church leaders around the globe in the Majority world.