Pastor Hans Pfadt

Lead Pastor

Contact: hanspfadt@praisede.org

Pastor Hans Pfadt serves as the Lead Pastor of Praise Assembly, following the faithful leadership of Pastor Michael Petrucci. He is the third pastor to lead the church since its founding.

He first joined the Praise Assembly team in the summer of 2019 as the Student Ministries Pastor. Pastor Hans began his ministry journey in 1995 at Church of Abundant Life in Braintree, Massachusetts, later serving at Clinton Parkway Assembly of God in Lawrence, Kansas. He also spent nearly five years at Teen Challenge in Rehrersburg, PA, serving as a drug and alcohol counselor and teacher. From 2005 to 2019, he served as the Pastor of Real Life Church in Middletown, Delaware.

He and his wife Jodi (who is a Licensed Minister and originally from the state of Kansas) have been married since August 1994 and have four children. Hannah and her husband Blake (Romus & Florence) Hans, Heidi and Hope. As a family they enjoy music, sports (Kansas Basketball & The New England Patriots), great food and doing ministry and life together.

Pastor Hans has always believed that Middle & High School are pivotal times in a person’s life. He has a passion to see a new generation of young men and women change their world! When he is not serving the congregation of Praise Assembly you will find he and Jodi attending a high school volleyball or basketball game or with their dog Xander, who is a Rhodesian Ridgeback.