• 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, and facilitates the 2:42 group.

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

  • Edward Niedfeldt, Senior Pastor

    Edward began his role as our Senior Pastor in June 2025. He began serving as an elder in January 2023 and serves as a substitute teacher for the adult Sunday School.

    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 leads the Wednesday evening prayer group, and has served on many church committee's, sang in the choir and has been a member of The Gideons International for 40+ years.

  • Jim Van Dreser, Lay Pastor and Elder

    Jim Began serving as Lay Pastor and Elder in June, 2025. He has served previously as an elder and is currently serving as Financial Secretary. He also teaches the adult Sunday School class.

    Jim is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and graduated from Milwaukee School of Engineering. He serves as a citizen member of the Walworth County Zoning Agency. He retired from fulltime employment in 2019, but still operates a small antiques business.

    Jim is married to Roxanne, has three children and four grandchildren. He likes to fish, read, and spend time with family and friends.

  • 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 four 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.