Staff of CBC
Dr. Eric Sipe
Senior Pastor
Eric began his ministry at Calvary in July of 2010. He and his wife, Cindy, have been involved in church planting, missions, music ministry, evangelism, and pastoral work. His greatest love is to make disciples by following the pattern that Christ Himself gave in the Gospels. He seeks to preach God's Word from a heart that loves God, loves people, and desires to see them grow in grace and knowledge of Christ. He graduated in May 2023 with a Doctorate in Expository Preaching from The Master’s Seminary. Eric and Cindy have three married children and eleven grandchildren. Carissa is the wife of Todd Davis and mother to their five children. After planting a church and faithfully shepherding there for 9 years, they are pursuing a church planting ministry in Marseille, France. Quentin is married to Brittany. He enjoys a job as a systems manager for a large corporation. Their family is part of a church plant of CBC where he serves as the Worship Leader. Hunter is married to Nikki, and he pastors the church plant called Good Shepherd Bible Church in Blacklick, Ohio.
Chazz Anderson
Associate Pastor
Chazz joined staff at Calvary Bible Church as Associate Pastor in 2022. A native of Central Ohio, he especially enjoys ministering to our college students and singles at CBC. Chazz champions Christ in all things; he came to Christ in college and since then has had a passion for ministry. After finishing a B.A. in Communications at University of Cincinnati, He went on to complete an M.Div. at The Master’s Seminary in 2015 along with a Th.M. in Old Testament a few years later. He and his high school sweetheart, Chelsea, were married in 2012 and have three children: Charlea, Charity, and Chayden.
Jeff Peterson
Executive Director
Jeff has been a member of CBC since 1995 and has served as an elder, Family Bible Class teacher, and participant in the music ministry. Jeff studied Mathematics in college and grad school. After completing 25 years in the corporate world, he has recently taken on the role of Executive Director for Calvary Bible Church and Northside Christian School. Jeff also helps lead operations for Lifewise Academy, a ministry that provides religious instruction to public school kids. Jeff is married to Jane and has 3 children.
Jerome C. Maxwell
Music Director
Mr. Maxwell has served as the minister of music at Calvary Bible Church since 1957. He received his Bachelor of Science in Music Education from The Ohio State University in 1959 and later his Master of Arts in Vocal Pedagogy from OSU. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Bob Jones University in 2007. In addition to his ministry at Calvary Bible Church, Jerry served as the principal of Northside Christian School for twenty-four years and as choral music director from 1984 until his retirement in 2023. He is a frequent lecturer at numerous vocal and church music seminars throughout the United States.
Hannah musser
ministry assistant
Hannah has been a member of CBC since moving to the Columbus area in 2014 for college. After finishing her bachelor’s degree, she completed a ministry internship at CBC in the summer of 2018, followed by a year of service & exploring mission work in the Middle East and East Asia. After a season of job searching upon returning to Ohio, Hannah accepted this full-time Ministry Assistant position in 2020, eager to return to her church family at Calvary in a role where she gets to wear multiple hats, utilizing administration, communication, coordinating, discipleship, and relationship-building skills in service of Christ’s local church!
gALE KAUFMAN
Property Maintenance Manager
Gale & his wife Sheree have been members of CBC since 2015. Upon retiring from a career in truck driving with Forward Air Freight, Gale came on staff as Property Maintenance Manager in December 2021, eager to utilize his skills & abilities to help manage our facilities at CBC.