2016 Speaker Profile...Jim Mascow

What’s your wife’s name, how long have you been married, and how many children do you have?

• I am married to my wife Sandy since 1978. We have three children (Marjorie, Danielle and Josiah) with our first grandchild on the way. Dani and her husband Alex live in the Boston area. They attend a conservative Anglican church. Josiah lives in Dallas, Texas and is in the mortgage business.  He attends The Village Church, pastored by Matt Chandler. We have a heart for ministry to special needs children and their families since we have been blessed with our daughter Margie. 
  
  
  Sandy is an avid reader, a full time care giver, she teaches a woman’s Bible Study, she is the current President of Fenton Right to Life, and she enjoys acting with the Fenton Village Players. (Obviously Sandy is the more versatile one in our marriage.)

Share a little about your educational background.

• I did my undergraduate work at Central Michigan University where I came to faith through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes ministry. I was a youth director at Tyrone Presbyterian Church in Fenton, Michigan for two years before attending Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis from 1980-1984. 

How long have you been in your current pastorate?

• After pastoring churches in Wisconsin for 13 years we returned to Fenton succeeding Dr. Robert L. Berkey as senior pastor of Tyrone Covenant Presbyterian Church. 

What have been some of the best lessons you’ve learned in your role as a pastor and who are some of your greatest spiritual influences?

• Pastoring a congregation for almost two decades allows us to know some families generationally. The gospel remains fresh as we marvel at God’s amazing grace in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. I am inspired by the great leaders of the Reformation and have many of their theological books on my shelves (someday I may actually read them).  

If you could spend an entire day with one person of your choosing from the Bible (not including Jesus), who would you choose and why?

• The Biblical character that I would spend a day with would be Balaam’s donkey. He made more sense than many of our leading presidential candidates of today and would get my vote if he were running. 

What are some of your hobbies/interests apart from the Bible/theology?

• Speaking of running, that is what I enjoy doing for recreation because it takes no talent or brains to put one foot in front of the other. I was able to run in the Boston Marathon this past April taking first in my division (PCA pastors from Fenton, Michigan over 60 years old). 

Is there anything else we should know about you?

• I enjoy these Reformation conferences at Calvary and spending time with Pastor Pete Scribner (who owes me a lunch because the Detroit Tigers beat his beloved Cardinals last year in two of three games in St. Louis).