Tierra has been serving as one of our three pastors at Fellowship since 2022. She grew up in Buena Vista Township (Saginaw, MI) and has lived in Kalamazoo, MI, Providence, RI, Grand Rapids, MI, and now Holland, MI. She is an only child from a family of pastors but was as surprised as they were when she discerned a call to ministry. She attended Western Michigan University (B.S. + M.A.), Western Theological Seminary, and (is currently attending) Calvin Theological Seminary (Ph.D). Having spent several years in higher education prior to discerning a call to vocational ministry, Tierra works to help people discover Christ, become more like Christ, and share their faith in Christ with others in both word and deed. In her free time, you can find her reading really old theology books that make her sneeze, sampling a great bourbon, enjoying a meal with friends, making meals with her parents during visits, spending time on her porch with neighbors, frantically finishing sermons in coffee shops, running, recovering from the last or planning the next hiking adventure, or arguing for the recognition of Die Hard as a Christmas movie!!