OUR TEAM

PASTORAL TEAM

  • AARON & CYNDI BOUNDS

    LEAD PASTOR

  • CODY & LAUREN UPDEGRAVE

    ASSISTANT & YOUTH PASTOR

  • Joshua & Rebekah Chrisman

    CAMBRIDGE CAMPUS PASTOR

  • TONY & ANGEL RICHARD

    CROOKSVILLE & NEW LEXINGTON CAMPUS PASTOR

  • GIOVANNI & RACHEL MYERS

    MCCONNELSVILLE CAMPUS PASTOR

  • BENNY & TRACEY NUTTER

    COSHOCTON CAMPUS PASTOR

  • JOHN & KIMBERLY CASTLE

    WOODSFIELD CAMPUS PASTOR

STAFF & DEPARTMENT LEADS

  • PAMELA HYDEN

    OFFICE ADMIN

  • EMILY HYDEN

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

  • SHERIDAN HOBSON

    CREATIVE DIRECTOR

  • DANNY WELLS

    FACILITIES MANAGER

  • LUKE & ALLISON VANDERHOFF

    FIRST STEPS & NEXT STEPS LEAD

ABOUT OUR PASTOR

Pastor Aaron Bounds and First Lady Cynthia Bounds were born and raised in the beautiful hills of West Virginia. Pastor Bounds graduated from West Virginia University Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. He evangelized for 7 years before moving to Zanesville in 2004 to become Youth Pastor.

Sister Bounds holds a Bachelors in Dental Hygiene from West Virginia University. They evangelized for 7 years before moving to Zanesville in 2004 to become Youth Pastor.

God elevated them to the role of Senior Pastor in 2007. The church continues to thrive, not only in Zanesville, but under the Bounds’ leadership The Anchor Church has seven daughter work campuses around Southeastern Ohio and works in Central America and Southeast Asia.

Along with their four children: Laken, Sawyer, Jillian and Finn, the Bounds family reside on a small farm in rural Muskingum County.

Connect group leaders

  • Cody & Lauren Updegrave

    Youth Pastor

  • GIOVANNI & RACHEL MYERS

    Young Adult Leader

  • Mark & Pam Hyden

    Kid’s Pastor

  • Michael & Kate Croston

    Young Marrieds Leader

  • Brad & Meghan Mchenry

    Young Families Leader

  • Joe & Rose Updegrave

    Adult Leader

  • Tom & Sarah Mealick

    Senior Leader