Our Pastor
Pastor Rob Burns
Rev. Rob Burns has been the Lead Pastor of The Gathering Place at NSBC since September 2020. He came to our church after working for the past 20 years in Philadelphia, PA.
In Philadelphia, he was the Lead Pastor of Realife Church in the Bridesburg neighborhood. Realife was planted in 2005 in response to needs in the local community. For the next 15 years, Pastor Rob and Realife did ministry in many different ways, including a coffee shop, a charter school, sports programs and more. During this time, The Gathering Place supported Rob and Val as missionaries.
Pastor Rob graduated from Cairn University and completed a master’s degree through Western Seminary. He’s been involved in church planting and consultation, counseling, mentoring emerging preachers and developing and leading discipleship systems.
Pastor Rob has been married to Val for 20 years, and they have 4 children. In his spare time, Pastor Rob loves to watch sports, coach and play basketball, ride motorcycles and eat good food.
Our Staff
Pastor Larry Taylor | l.taylor@tgponline.org
Pastor Ben Tinsch | b.tinsch@tgponline.org
Executive Pastor Mike Peschka | m.peschka@tgponline.org
Dr. George Miller III | Pastor Emeritus | g.miller@tgponline.org
Nicole O’Donnell | Little Lamb Preschool & Kindergarten Director | n.odonnell@tgponline.org
Gail Taylor | Director of Women's Ministry | g.taylor@tgponline.org
Spencer Wright | Media & Technology Director | s.wright@tgponline.org
Becky Piazza |TGP Kids Director - Interim | r.piazza@tgponling.org
Oversight Council of Elders
Larry Taylor
Jim Weigner
Roger Burdick
Pastor Rob Burns
Jim Burns
Aaron Rank
Mark Bingham
Chris Close
Deacons
Greg Woods | Lead Deacon | deacons@tgponline.org