Rev. Eric Kraihanzel | Program Coordinator
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Pastor Eric has been serving in the ACTS program as an instructor and as the Program Coordinator. His role is to provide strategic planning, content development, staff coordination along with the evaluation of goals, programs and resources.
Pastor Eric is the Senior Pastor at the First Baptist Church of Lansdale where he preaches and teaches weekly. He served as a faculty member at Eastern University where he taught Youth Ministry, Bible and Theology courses. He served as the Program Director for the Online Youth Ministry Program for 5 years. He has served as a youth pastor, camp director and regional staff for ABCOPAD. He lives in Souderton, PA with his wife Heather. He has three sons and a daughter-in-law. Benjamin and his wife Jessica, Nathan and Jacob. Pastor Eric is a graduate from Eastern University, '93 and Biblical Theological Seminary '03. |
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Rev. Eleanor Siegrist | Dean of Academics
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Pastor Eleanor loves Christ, His church and teaching. She is a graduate of Westminster college with a BA in History/secondary education, Penn state with a MS in Curriculum and Instruction (science education) and of CLI (now ACTS). She taught Chemistry at Hollidaysburg Area Senior High for 39 years. While doing that she was active in the Hollidaysburg Baptist church. Over the years teaching at every level from nursery to adults and of course VBS. She is currently the pastor of the Central Baptist church in Williamsport, PA. She lives in Altoona, PA with her husband and four cats.
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Rev. Ruth Moore | Dean of Advancement
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Rev. Ruth Moore graduated from the Academy of Christian Training & Service (ACTS) 2014, where she is now the Dean of Student Advancement. She was licensed to preach in 2014 and ordained in 2016. She also serves as the Director of Business Development & Admissions and Diversity at the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute.
In 1990, Pastor Ruth became one of the Duke of Edinburgh’s facilitators whose aim was to create a world where young people could reach their full potential whatever their circumstances, regardless of any barriers, including the lack of previous education. In 1998, selected by the Lord Chancellor, on behalf of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II to become one of the youngest individuals in the country to become a Justice of the Peace. She is the 2012 recipient of the Pennsylvania Baptist State Convention Women’s Ministry “Women of Distinction” Award and she is a 1984 past graduate of Thames Valley University in Marketing Management. Rev. Moore is the Mental Health Trainer for PA State Police Academy and Dauphin Co. Law Enforcement in their Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) program. |
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