Malcolm R. Schoener - Senior Pastor
One of the two Senior Pastor’s of the Hilliard Church of the Nazarene. How Long At Hilliard? I served the Hilliard-Mill Run Church of the Nazarene since February 1998. At that time, I served as the sole Senior Pastor and held this position until our church merged with the Hilliard Community Church of The Nazarene in January of 2007. Now I am privileged to serve as one of the two Senior Co-Pastor’s of the Hilliard Church of the Nazarene.
Education
(1984) Graduated with Bachelors of Arts in Religion & Christian Ministry from the Ohio Christian University
Past Ministry employment
*January 2007 – Present Senior Co-Pastor…Hilliard Church of the Nazarene
*February 1998 – January 2007 Senior Pastor… Hilliard-Mill Run Church of the Nazarene Hilliard, Ohio
*September 1995 – February 1998 Full Time Evangelist for the Church of the Nazarene Based Out of Johnstown, Ohio
*December 1992 – September 1995 Senior Pastor…Church of the Nazarene Millinocket, Maine
*February 1987 – December 1992 Senior Pastor…Warren Avenue Church of the Nazarene Columbus, Ohio
*July 1983 – February 1987 Senior Pastor… Church of the Nazarene Lithopolis, Ohio
*September 1981 – June 1983 Associate Pastor…First Church of Christ in Christian Union Circleville, Ohio
Background
Birth Place – Cortland, New York.
I accepted Christ as my Savior in July 1976. I was an only child.
I will have been married to my wife Debra for 27 years in July of 2010. Deb is the youngest child of thirteen siblings. She was born and raised in Wheelersburg, Ohio
I have two sons’… Nathan who is in Columbus and Nicholas who is in college in Florida.
Favorite Quotes
I love to learn, but I don’t always like to be taught – Winston Churchill
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as you can – John Wesley
To be like Christ is to be a Christian – William Penn
Wish not so much to live long as to live well – Benjamin Franklin
Favorite Scripture Verses
Old Testament - `Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.' Jeremiah 33:3
New Testament - 25.The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26.Whoever serves me must follow me and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. John 12:25-26
Hobbies
Playing board games and Bowling
Watching old Abbott & Costello movies