Our Staff

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Lead Pastor

Pastor Ken Krueger

Pastor Ken became the Lead Pastor in 2018, after faithfully serving The Mountain as the Senior Associate Pastor since 2005. His wife, Christine, joined the team after marrying him in January of 2009. They are passionate and dedicated to serving the Body of Christ and being used to facilitate true relationships and functionality within our members. Pastor Ken was raised in Salt Lake City, but left the state to earn degrees from the Brownsville Revival School of Ministry in Pensacola, Florida; as well as Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. It was in Lakeland that Ken and Christine met, while attending school together. Christine is an avid worshiper and serves the Lord in many different capacities, but most centrally in song. Pastor Ken is devoted to studying and teaching, and loves pastoring the body at The Mountain. They both burn with a zeal to see the Holy Spirit touch the church of America.

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Worship Pastor

Pastor Seth Krinke

Seth, with his wife Sydnee, lead worship at The Mountain. Seth and Sydnee were both born and raised here in Utah, both in Christian homes, and actually attended The Mountain for the earlier parts of their lives. Both Seth and Sydnee are passionate about their God and obsessed with worshiping Him. They have both served on worship teams, at various churches, since their teens. One of their dreams and passions is to write and produce original worship music. While both of them are gifted individual worship leaders, they love leading worship together. They are committed to seeing the people around them and those that they serve fall madly in love with their Savior and to find their own songs of worship and praise to Him. Seth came on staff at The Mountain in September, 2020. He is committed to serving God in this role, serving his leader, Pastor Ken Krueger, and serving this church.

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Operations Director

Dave McKay

Dave McKay manages the operations of The Mountain Church. With the support of his wife Kate and 6 children, he applies the gifts God has given him to do his part in serving God's kingdom. Dave spent his last 20 years in the corporate world honing the skills necessary for this undertaking. Born and raised in Portland, OR, Dave moved to Utah in 1998 and attended a few churches around the valley until finding a home at The Mountain. Dave is currently studying to become a certified minister while playing on the Worship Team and serving on the Tech Arts team.

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Kids Director

Blair Harris

Blair is the director for Mountain Kids. She was born and raised in Utah and grew up in Christian churches. Blair started attending The Mountain Church in July of 2019, and recently took on the role of Kids Church director in the summer of 2023. Blair has always loved kids and has helped in kids church in some form for many years. She has volunteered in church nurseries and has also taught preschool in kid’s church. Blair loves Jesus with all her heart and believes that a firm foundation found in Jesus is the most important thing for our children, and in raising the next generation. She loves to teach kids about Jesus! When Blair was a little girl, she remembers her mom teaching her how to pray, and believes that prayer is the most powerful weapon for our kids! She loves to pray with her two boys each day! Blair, her husband Josh and two boys currently reside in Sandy UT, and are passionate about The Mountain Church, it’s vision and purpose!

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Youth Directors

Gleiser Escarate and Betsy Lopez

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