• Tim Hookham, Elder

    Tim has been serving as an elder since January 2019 and has previously held the position of deacon in the church. He also serves on the audio-visual team, has served as financial secretary, teaches in Children’s church, and facilitates the 2:42 group.

    Tim has been married to Amanda since 2012, and has three children. He works as a mechanical engineer manager and his hobbies include woodworking and projects around the homestead.

  • Edward Niedfeldt, Elder

    Edward began serving as an elder in January 2023 and serves as a Children’s church teacher, substitute teacher for the adult Sunday School, and enjoys preaching when given the opportunity.

    He accepted Christ as his savior as a boy and was baptized in his hometown church, Grace Baptist in Owatonna, MN. After graduating from Owatonna Christian School in 1992, he went on to earn a bachelor's degree in business and computer science, as well as a master's in distributed computing from Marquette University.

    In 2022 he began taking seminary classes part-time, working on a master's degree in Bible at Maranatha Baptist University.

    Edward has been married to his wife Julie since 2000 and together they raise their teenage son Luke on a nearby hobby farm with their horses, chickens, dogs and cats.

  • Ken Ryer, Elder

    Ken has served as an Elder since January 2019. He is a 5th generation family member of Brick Church. He accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior in Aug. 1948 at the age of 8 and was baptized. He is a graduate of Walworth High School in 1956 and attended Platteville College for 2 years before working in the construction field. He started his own home building company in 1984, and retired in 2008.

    Ken was married to Theo Ryer, a 5th generation family member of Brick Church, on August 15, 1959, and they have 2 daughters, a son, and 5 grandchildren. Ken has served on many church committee's, sang in the choir and has been a member of The Gideons International for 40+ years.

  • Pastor Bill Lincoln

    Pastor Bill Lincoln was born and raised in Illinois and likes to say he came to Wisconsin from Illinois by way of Texas. The call to pastoral ministry came late in life for Pastor Bill as he began a 30-year career in manufacturing right after graduating high school. Pastor Bill is a journeyman toolmaker having served a formal four-year apprenticeship at Caterpillar in the Peoria, IL area from which he graduated in 1983 and most of his manufacturing career was spent in the Tool & Die trade as a die maker and die designer. It was his manufacturing career that took him from Illinois to Texas and, ultimately, to Wisconsin. Then, having received God’s call, Pastor Bill left manufacturing to return to school in preparation for a second career in ministry and in 2013 he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biblical Studies from Moody Bible Institute.

    Pastor Bill was called to be the Senior Pastor of Brick Church after the church membership voted to affirm the recommendation of the Elders on February 25, 2018. Prior to becoming the Senior Pastor, Bill served as the Assistant Pastor of Brick Church from December, 2013 until he took on the role of Interim Senior Pastor in June, 2017.

    Bill and his wife, Kathy, have been married since November, 1979 and they have two adult daughters and two grandchildren. Kathy has worked at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf since 2001; first as a Teacher’s Aide and currently as Secretary to the Director of Deaf Services. Bill and Kathy live in Delavan, WI with their spoiled dog, Tope.

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  • Amanda Hookham, Secretary

    Amanda has been serving as church secretary since August 2020. She was previously a medical laboratory technologist until 2018 when she had her first child, and decided to work as a stay-at-home mom. Amanda has been married since 2012 to Tim. They have three children.

    Amanda enjoys serving in the nursery, audio-visual team, and helping co-lead women’s events at the church. In her spare time, Amanda works on her garden and enjoys reading.