Pastor Don

Greetings, and thank you for spending a few minutes on our website. We hope you find what we've posted on our site to be a helpful way to  learn about our church. If you want to know even more, please stop in and worship with us any Sunday.

We are excited about what God is doing here in Atlantic, Iowa and the greater Cass county area where most of our people live. If you share our passion to "know Christ and make Him known" -- or if you want to know more about what it means to leave "religion" behind and instead live as a follower of Jesus Christ -- we would love to have you join with us.  If you have any questions about faith in Christ or about our church, please drop us a line through the contact page of this website.  

Again, thanks for visiting and may the Lord draw you closer to Himself in the days ahead.

Donald McLean was called as our Senior Pastor in the fall of 2008. Prior to coming to Atlantic, Don served for ten years as the pastor of the Glastonbury Community Church (EFCA) in central Connecticut. Don earned his Bachelor of Arts in history at Amherst College in Massachusetts and a Masters of Divinity at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. Don is passionate about preaching and teaching the Word of God and helping people grow as followers of Jesus Christ. Don and his wife, Laura, met in college and have been married for 16 years. They have three school-aged children, Hannah, Joshua and Nathaniel. When he's not working, Don enjoys reading, gardening, following baseball and football and playing games with his family.

A Few Random Bits of Background

• Hometown where I grew up = Fonda, New York
• States where I've lived = New Jersey (4 months), New York (18 years), Massachusetts (6 years), Illinois (3 years), Connecticut (10 years), Iowa (since 2008 and counting)
• Married to my magnificent wife, Laura = May 15, 1993
• Children = 1 girl and 2 boys, ages 12, 9 and 6. 
• My alma maters = Amherst College ('93) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (‘98)
• Favorite Books of the Bible = Isaiah, Luke, and Philippians
• Favorite Book (other than the Bible) = J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy
• Favorite Movie = J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy
• Favorite Authors = C. S. Lewis, John Piper and Agatha Christie
• Favorite subject in college = history
• Favorite Team = Boston Red Sox
• Favorite Dessert = chocolate chip cookies

What I'm Reading These Days

Biblical Eldership, by Alexander Strauch

Heaven, by Randy Alcorn

Epicenter, by Joel Rosenberg

The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), by J. R. R. Tolkien (out loud, as a family)

One Church, Many Tribes, by Richard Twiss

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by William Shirer