Exciting News: Meet the Newest Voice on our Teaching Team
Dear B4 Family,
I’m so excited to share some great news with you—Russell W. Joyce is joining our teaching team!
Russell is a gifted pastor, teacher, and leader who has spent his life helping people find their place in God’s story. He currently serves as the National Director of Church Planting for The Foursquare Church, and before that, he led Faith Center in Eugene, Oregon as Senior Pastor.
He’s also the author of His Face Like Mine (IVP, 2024), a beautiful and timely book that explores what it means to be formed into the image of Christ. And if you enjoy good conversation and deep theology, you’ll love his podcast, Same Jesus, which he co-hosts with Dr. A.J. Swoboda.
Russell grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, earned his Master of Divinity at Duke Divinity School, and remains a devoted Carolina Tar Heels fan (we shall love him anyway!) These days, he and his wife, Anna, are raising their two sons—George and Simon—here in Beaverton… and they’re eagerly awaiting the arrival of their third son, Jack, due later this month!
We’re so grateful for the voice Russell brings: thoughtful, grounded, and full of hope. He’ll be stepping into our teaching rotation in July, and I can’t wait for you to learn from him, laugh with him, and hear what the Spirit is saying through him.
Let’s welcome him with the warmth and kindness that defines this house.
Gratefully,
Pastor Bo