The Gethsemane Church Pastors

GETHSEMANE CHURCH

1 Peter 5:2-4 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

The Gethsemane Church Pastors
1601 Frederick @ Hillview Dr.
Pekin, IL. 61554

Pastor Frank Noyes is the founding pastor of Gethsemane Non-denomination Church in Pekin, IL. Pastor Noyes is a graduate of Oakland City University, in Oakland City, Indiana.

As a young man, Pastor Noyes was raised on a family farm in Essex, Missouri. After high school, he worked as a "sheet-metal man" on several projects, including the Gemini space shuttle. Upon accepting the call to the ministry, Pastor Noyes pursued a degree in history at Oakland City and took graduate courses at Bob Jones University.

After serving for several years as a pastor in a denomination, Pastor Noyes founded Gethsemane Church in Feb. 1977 out of his desire to bring an independent, Bible-believing church to the Pekin area.

Pastor Noyes and his wife, Judie, have three children and two grandchildren. The pastor and his wife make their home in Pekin.

Jack Dickens has been the Associate Pastor at Gethsemane Church since July 2005. Dickens, 53, is a native of Ocilla, Georgia.

After high school Brother Jack attended Bob Jones University, graduating in 1979 with a degree in Practical Christian Training. He spent several years in Georgia operating his own plumbing business and was ordained as a minister in 1976.

On December 31, 1988, he married Pekin resident Debbie in a ceremony at Gethsemane Church. The couple spent several years in Georgia before relocating to the central Illinois area. Pastor Dickens and his wife currently live in Pekin and have three children, Mark, Judith, and Joseph.