Eric Paul Goetsch

Eric Paul Goetsch was born in Watertown, a small midwest city in Wisconsin, as the youngest of four. In 1996, Eric’s father (John Goetsch Sr.) moved the family to Los Angeles County and became the vice president of a start up Bible college in California.

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Growing up in an evangelist home, Eric was always in church. It wasn’t really an option. Revival meetings, christian school chapels, youth conferences and more were all just part of the routine. But in 2007, as a hypocritical, self-righteous teenager, Eric attended a youth conference his dad was preaching at and was restlessly pursued by the love of God. That weekend Eric put his trust in Jesus.

 

After pursuing acting for the majority of his high school years, Eric began to sense a strong calling into the ministry his freshman year in college. That summer he read several books about God’s work of evangelism and revival and surrendered to the Lord’s prodding. He studied at West Coast Baptist College and received a Bachelors of Religious Education in Biblical Studies and Evangelism.

 

Eric married his college sweetheart, Lexa, and they began traveling the country forty-six weeks out of the year presenting WCBC in churches, schools, conferences, and conventions. After three years of traveling and teaching, Eric moved his family to Yuma, AZ where he served as an assistant pastor. 

 

It was here that Eric began wrestling with the fact that the church at large seemed stagnate and confused and the emphasis in the pulpit and the pew often seemed like a far cry from the themes stressed over and over again in Scripture.

 

Through the encouragement of his Pastor, and mentors, he started to learn how to ask better questions about the Bible and it lead him to discover a new world of pursuing Scripture through its proper cultural context. Suddenly the words and ways of Jesus became a source of revival as they took on deeper meanings for today. 

 

Eric currently lives in Camas, WA where he works alongside his church-planting Pastor, Aaron Sikele. Eric travels with his family (Lexa, Mason, Logan, and Jude) as a Bible teacher and the founder of Onward Ministry.

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In short, He preaches the life-changing message of Jesus, inviting you to love God, love others, and become people of the Word.