Our Team

Jon Enright, Senior Pastor

Cedarville College – BA, Psychology
Ashland Theological Seminary – MA, Christian Theology
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School – Graduate studies, Christian Thought and Philosophy

Pastor Jon and his wife Sharon have called TCC home since 1988. Pastor Jon has been on staff since 1994, serving first as the Associate Pastor, and as the Senior Pastor since 2015. Their son, Lyle, and his wife, Jenna, live in the Chicago area.

The early years of Jon’s childhood were spent on a farm in Armada, MI, and his teen years were spent in Hong Kong where his family served as missionaries. He graduated from King George V School, Hong Kong, in 1982; received a BA in Psychology from Cedarville College in 1986; did graduate studies in Christian Thought at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; and earned an MA in Theology in 2003 from Ashland Theological Seminary.

Jon is a retired soccer and rugby player who now enjoys tennis, swimming and long walks in the woods. He also enjoys woodworking, reading and good British television.

Email: jonenright@troychapel.com

Jake Stirnemann, Associate Pastor

Apostolic Bible Institute – Graduate

Associate Pastor Jake Stirnemann was raised in Clawson, Michigan, the fourth of six boys. His family attended a church in Detroit and when Jake turned 12, his parents allowed him, along with his older brothers, to attend a nearby church by themselves.

They began going Oak Park Chapel. Jake was baptized there and attended prayer meetings with other youth on weekends.He was working with the youth at Oak Park Chapel, when he felt God’s call upon his life.

His pastor and mentor encouraged the calling Jake felt in his heart for ministry. As a result, he attended the Apostolic Bible Institute in St. Paul, Minnesota, and earned a degree in theology. He also met his wife Judy there. She has been a faithful servant’s wife for 51 years. They have two daughters, Jennifer and Janel, and four grandchildren: Meagan, Tyler, Emily, and Jake.

He started his ministry at Oak Park Chapel, which became Troy Christian Chapel, 66 years ago.

Pastor Jake has worked as a youth pastor, an evangelist, an interim pastor, a church planter, and has been an associate pastor at TCC for the last 25 years. He has pastored churches in Ontario, Minnesota and Indiana and has always had a secular job as well as a minister’s job. He is a machinist by trade; and he has been an estimator for GM.

Jake enjoys golf, bowling and loves to write. Jake has traveled extensively in the U.S., and would love to explore Germany, Switzerland and Poland.

Psalm 133:1 is Pastor Jake’s favorite verse: “Behold how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity.”

Brian Torres, Assistant Pastor

Houghton College – BA, Biblical Studies and Educational Ministries

Assistant Pastor Brian Torres is from Rochester, New York. As a youth he was headed down a wrong road when a friend invited him to attend a Christian camp. Brian gave his heart to Christ on the second day of camp and has never looked back and still keeps in touch with his friend from camp.

Brian felt called to the ministry and attended Houghton College in New York, and Bethany Bible College in New Brunswick, Canada. He has earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in educational ministries and in biblical studies, and also has a minor in psychology. While in Canada, he met his future bride, Dawn. They’ve been married for twenty-two years and have a son, Isaac.

As well as New York, and Canada, Brian has lived in Pennsylvania, where he pastored a church for five years as the director of youth. He has travelled to Mexico, South Dakota and New York on mission trips. He has also traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where Dawn’s family resides.

They moved to Michigan nine years ago, despite our cold winters, joining TCC as Assistant Pastor.

Brian loves the outdoors. He is an avid vegetable gardener, and he loves fishing. He would love to go to Alaska one day during the salmon run. He is also well practiced in several of the martial arts.

Galatians 2:20 is Pastor Brian’s “life verse: “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

Email: briantorres@troychapel.org