Ross Hendrickson

I grew up in a wonderful Christian home and received Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior at the early age of 6 years old. Although my family life was filled with Christian values and guidelines, my world outside of the home growing up was surrounded by unbelieving friends and influences. God protected my heart and mind though throughout my childhood and helped me shape a strong Biblical foundation where I chose early on to follow Him no matter what the negative influences around me tried to do to sway my faith. Through daily study of the Word and prayer, even as a child, God helped me know that He had a plan for me to be an example for the world around me.

This is my testimony. Some have testimonies of God bringing them through tough times and difficult situations. My testimony is how God has protected me and strengthened me, even as a child in the faith. All of this has shaped the present-day ministry that He has allowed for me to be able to teach, reach and disciple children. Because of my past experiences, I have a strong passion for not only reaching the lost, but also reaching the “casual Christian” that we tend to see in the modern-day churches. I have seen many children go to church because they have to or because it is the right thing to do. My passion is to teach them and their families that they can do so much more for Jesus and impact the Kingdom in a great and powerful way! These little ones are not just the church of tomorrow... they are the church of today! They are not too young to receive salvation. They are not too young to read their Bibles, pray and serve in the church. They are not too young to reach their unsaved friends at school or their unbelieving family members in their own households. I know and have experienced personally how God can use children to do amazing things for Him! If they have truly received Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior, they too have the Holy Spirit in them!

I have had the incredible opportunity of being in children’s ministries for the past 25 years; 17 years as a Children’s Pastor and 8 years as a Children’s Evangelist. I have been able to travel around the country ministering to children from all different types of spiritual, social and economic environments. I have had the opportunity of discipling and building relationships with children from the local church as they develop and grow as young Christ-followers. And throughout all of my years and experiences God has brought me through, I know this one thing: God can speak to and through children in amazing ways! God has continued to show me these new and exciting things throughout the years as He takes me through this journey of impacting children and families for His Kingdom. I am now so incredibly excited to begin this new season at Currey Creek and to see what He has in store for the future.


Ross | Children’s Pastor
"And throughout all of my years and experiences God has brought me through, I know this one thing: God can speak to and through children in amazing ways!"

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John's March Article:

We are very excited to welcome Ross Hendrickson and his family to the staff and family of Currey Creek! Ross has extensive experience in children’s ministry, and we believe he will be a great asset to the ministry here. We have had such incredible people work in and with our children’s ministry over the years to bring us to the point that we need full time pastoral leadership. Because of all his experience, Ross understands and appreciates all the hard work that has gone into laying the strong foundation he will be building on. Having the luxury of being able to staff to specific needs was only a dream here at Currey Creek just a few years ago. Sharing the responsibility, delegating tasks, and being a blessing to the people is not new to God’s plan for his people.

In Exodus 18 we read of an account in which Moses’ father-in-law Jethro is observing Moses adjudicating civil cases brought to him by the people. Jethro speaks to Moses at the end of a long day and asks him, “Why are you working alone all day?” He then goes on to comment that how Moses is working all day by himself to accomplish a task is not good for Moses or the people. Jethro then goes on to propose a plan in which responsibilities are divided among capable leaders to ease the burden on Moses as well as the people who were waiting all day to be heard.

For years Currey Creek languished because I thought that as pastor of a small church, I should shoulder all the responsibility for ministry since I was the leader. As a result, nothing in the area of ministry flourished. Not only that, I was exhausted and frustrated. I’m sure the church was the latter! I finally surrendered my pride and admitted to myself that I didn’t have an “S” on my chest. I set out to hire called, competent, and committed people. I have no doubt that God has used our staff to help Currey Creek grow. As a result, I’m not as tired, our staff is serving faithfully above and beyond simple duty, we have amazing volunteers, and Currey Creek is the better for it. I believe Ross is another great addition that will be a blessing to our families. So, the next time you see Ross and his family say hello and welcome him to Currey Creek. Above all, thank God for his plan and abundant provision!

-John Free