Bart Hodgson

Previous Ministry

I began serving in ministry during college as a youth intern in Northwest Arkansas. I have had the pleasure of serving in a variety of pastoral roles, as youth pastor for 7 years in Austin, TX, a worship pastor for 11 years near Salem, OR. My most recent ministry assignment has been the Lead Pastor at Seed Church in Lynnwood WA. We have been in the Seattle area for 2 years working hard to re-plant Seed Church and have successfully led the body to merge with Crossway Fellowship. We are overjoyed that a church will remain on Cypress Way for years to come and we leave this body in a place of stability and strength. The work here was hard but the fruit is honoring to God and furthers His kingdom mission. We are now planting Covenant Baptist Church in Springdale Arkansas.

Family

I have been married for 29 years to my wonderful wife, Kristen. We have three children, Hannah (26), Carmen (24) and Isaac (22). We also have one son-in-law, Nathan, and have two grandsons, Emmett (7mons.) & Beau (4).

Ministry Style

You will find my ministry experience makes me a well suited as a leader and a utility player - meaning I can be supportive in several areas of church leadership. In person, I am a persuasive, enthusiastic, project-oriented person with a broad range of skills and abilities. I love working with people and ideas in a team environment. I am a creative problem solver, an auditory learner, and a verbal processor.  Therefore, you will find me to be conversationally dynamic, inviting strong ideas to challenge and hone my thoughts and opinions.  Naturally people oriented, I am driven to be productive with tasks, especially those that directly minister to people. I consistently operate with a strong sense of values. Some of these values include authentic excellence, submission to biblical authority, prayer in all things, thoughtful decisiveness, the essential nature of the gospel, relational intentionality, and the primary role of pastoral shepherding.

Theology

Currently, I serve in a small North American Baptist church that values expositional preaching and holds to a conservative interpretation of scripture. Accordingly, I adhere to the: 1689 London Baptist Confession, as well as other historic confessions. I am Reformed and Complementarian. I agree with the Doctrines of Grace and the Five Solas of the Reformation, as well as the Dallas Statement on Social Justice.