PASTORS
REV. BILL GOLDERER
bgolderer@gmail.com
Bill feels a powerful call to the ASPC congregation. He is confident that God has great things in store for the its future; he is convinced that through our worship and work, ASPC is to become a blessing to the neighborhood, the city and the larger world.
In addition to serving as Arch Street’s Pastor, Bill is the founding pastor and convener of the Broad Street Ministry in Philadelphia. BSM is an innovative ministry that emphasizes hospitable outreach, civic involvement, and creative expression (see Faith in Action section for more on BSM).
Earlier, Bill served as the founding Director of the Center for Church Life at Auburn Theological Seminary in New York City, where he was also a lecturer in Reformed theology at Union Theological Seminary. Prior to his work in New York, Bill served as Associate Pastor for Youth, Young Adult and Public Church Ministry at the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago. His time there was spent integrating the Gospel with the demands of everyday life through fellowship, advocacy/outreach programs, public forums, and discernment exercises. While serving in Chicago, Bill helped to found a national network of Presbyterian clergy under the age of 40, called The 7 Percent. The group takes its name from the statistic that only 7 percent of clergy currently serving the Presbyterian Church U.S.A are under the age of 40. To learn more about the ministry of Fourth Church, visit www.fourthchurch.org. To learn more about The 7 Percent, visit www.bmbweb.com/sevenpercent/. Bill was also the Founding Director for Religious Outreach for The Interfaith Alliance in Washington D.C. This membership organization that has grown to over 150,000 members to promote interfaith cooperation around shared American values of civic participation, freedom of religion, diversity, and civility in public discourse and to encourage the active involvement of people of faith in the nation’s political life. www.theinterfaithalliance.org.
Bill’s energies away from ministry are devoted to home renovation with his wife, Julie, maniacally listening to sports radio, marveling at the wonder that are his sons, Sebastian and Deacon.
REV. BECKY WHITE NEWGREN
Minister for Families and Children
becky@archstreetpres.org
Becky White Newgren was raised in Bloomington, Illinois and attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. She spent four years doing youth ministry mostly in Michigan before pursuing a theological education at Princeton Seminary. Ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), she served for two years at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, PA. Though initially drawn to the church at a young age because the games were fun and the boys cute, Becky remains committed to ministry because she believes God enlivens our lives and spurs us to live deeply in community with all people.
As the Minister for Families at ASPC, Becky looks to foster an open environment for families to support one another as we learn to live as faithful citizens of this world. She is also the co-director with her partner, Andy, of the Seminarian Immersion Program for ASPC and Broad Street Ministry. Becky lives in the city with Andy, one-year old daughter Anneke, and three seminary students.
REV. MIKE PULSIFER
Pastor for Executive Leadership
mikepulsifer@yahoo.com
Mike Pulsifer is in his 4th decade of service as a pastor. He grew up in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and attended Westminster College, in Fulton, Missouri and Princeton Theological Seminary. Mike has served churches in a rural county seat town in Oklahoma, in a college community in Iowa, in an urban setting in southern California, in a suburban community in northern New Jersey, and another suburban Presbyterian Church in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Mike and his wife, Marion, live in Center City. They have two married sons and four grandchildren also living in the Philadelphia area.
J. DONALD DUMPSON
Minister of Music and The Arts
jddumpson@aol.com
J. Donald Dumpson was raised in Philadelphia, PA and is working on his Ph.D. in Music Education at Temple University. He has been involved in music ministry for over 40 years. His most recent post was 25 years at the Bright Hope Baptist Church. He is the founding director of the Westminster Choir College Jubilee Singers in Princeton, NJ. Donald presents sacred music presentations around the world and is also known for the special events he produces via his company J. Donald Dumpson Productions. He has collaborated with the Philadelphia Orchestra; New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, served as musical director for several television specials and have worked with artists from Patti LaBelle to Denyce Graves. At ASPC, he serves as Minister for Music and Arts.
LINDSEY DUNN
Children’s Ministry Director
Intrigued by religion and driven by the passion to teach youth, Lindsey moved to the Philadelphia area from Pompton Plains, NJ, where she attended Eastern University to study Youth Ministry. She moved to Mexico where she served as a missionary in an orphanage for one year, teaching the children English and Sunday School, and serving as a house mother for the young girls.
Lindsey connected with Broad Street Ministry and became a summer intern for their Youth Initiative program. Through being involved with Broad Street Ministry, she connected with ASPC. Immediately she felt a connection to the church’s mission and desired to help out using her gifts and interests. She became the Children’s Ministry Director in February of 2011.
Having seen great poverty and encountered many children and youth in desperate circumstances, she has learned how crucial it is to give steady support to children and their families right from the start. Lindsey considers it her call to both teach children and provide that support for families. She is now also attending Saint Joseph’s University, working towards her M.S. in Education and an Elementary Teaching Certification.
ANNEMARIE MILLIGAN
Administrative Assistant
annemarie@archstreetpres.org
AnneMarie Milligan was born in London, England and spent most of her childhood and teenage years in Northern Ireland. She attended Rowan University in New Jersey majoring in Social Work. She began working with the Youth Advocate Office in Camden, N.J. in 1984, a non-profit agency working with at risk youth and families, and in 1990 she became the Director. AnneMarie joined the administrative staff at ASPC in 2004 and serves as the office manager. She is an avid gardener and enjoys spending time with her partner, Greg, and their bassett hound, Molly, in Pennsauken, New Jersey.