Leadership

Erik is an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America with a passion for preaching, pastoring, and organizing the church body. He studied Church Music and Mathematics at Wheaton College (IL) and received a Master of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary in Atlanta.

Before leading the effort to plant Tucker Presbyterian Church in 2020, Erik served on the pastoral staff at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia, as Executive Pastor.

Amy serves alongside Erik through her gifts of teaching and hospitality. They have four children: Meg, Nate, Kate, and Caleb. As a family, they enjoy travelling around the country visiting national parks and share a common commitment to the Scriptures, the Gospel, and the Church.

Coleman Erkens is an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America. He received his Master of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) in Atlanta. Before attending RTS, he studied commercial music at Anderson University in his home state of South Carolina. He and his wife Melissa met in SC and have been married since 2018. They have one son (Henry) and a daughter (Haddon).

 

David Hancock is Lead Musician at Tucker Presbyterian Church and began that appointment at the launch of the church in June 2020.  He is a graduate of Indiana University with honors in cello performance, then received the M.M. degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with an emphasis in choral conducting. He also currently plays in the Atlanta Opera Orchestra since 1995. His hobbies are camping, hiking, gardening, and fishing.

Martha was born and raised in Mexico City where she graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico with a degree in Industrial Design.  She has lived in Atlanta since 1996 when she married her husband, Oscar.  She has held many different jobs since then, but for the last 10 years, she worked as a freelance translator, which allowed her to homeschool her two children, Kevin (22) and Laura (20).  Ever since she was a teenager, she has enjoyed working in various children’s ministries in different capacities like organizing VBS, teaching Sunday School, and leading a preschool children’s choir.  She is now thrilled to have the opportunity to serve the TPC children and their families, with God’s help.

 Mary has been TPC’s part-time church administrator since August 2021. She handles church-wide email communication, weekly bulletin printing, membership and donor management, and assists with finances, facility management, and scheduling. Mary was born and raised in Toronto and studied English literature at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. Prior to joining Tucker Pres’s launch team, Mary and her husband, David, were members of two City of Atlanta PCA church plants. She and David have four kids: Anna (a recent college grad), Ian and Aden (both in college), and Abby, a high school senior. In her spare time, Mary loves watching EPL football, acquiring books, going out for coffee, and walking (or running, when her joints allow it).

Elders
Jeff Chinery, Patrick Coppock, Coleman Erkens,
Gary Finnell, David Fraser, Erik Veerman

Deacons
Greg Cowan, Scott Elder, David Harvey, Bo Lee, Jake Raymond,
Burt Temples, Jeff Thomas, Jonathan Warkentine