Our TEAM

Jon Teague

Lead Pastor

Jon Teague is the Lead Pastor at Two Rivers Church. Before joining the team at 2RC Chattanooga, Jon was on staff at Two Rivers Church Knoxville for ten years. During those ten years, Jon served in many roles including middle school pastor, worship/creative pastor, high school pastor, and family pastor.

Jon is a native of Chattanooga with degrees from Middle Tennessee State University and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He’s been married to Katie since 2002 and they have three daughters: Annie, Hope, and Norah.

Tim Tullis

Family + Impact Pastor

Tim Tullis is the Family and Impact Pastor at Two Rivers Church. Before joining 2RC Chattanooga, Tim was on staff at Two Rivers Church Knoxville for 8 years. During his time there he served first as Middle School and Young Adult Pastor and, most recently, Global Student Pastor.

Tim grew up in California, Texas and Tennessee but considers Tennessee home. He is a graduate of Liberty University. He has been married to Jill since 2010 and they have three daughters: Emerson, Piper and Kinsley.

Jesse Disney

Worship Director

Jesse Disney is the Worship Director at Two Rivers Church. Before coming to 2RC, Jesse led worship and served in leadership for multiple church bodies around the Hamilton, Bradley, and Polk County area for 15 years.
 
Jesse was born in Polk County, grew up in Cleveland, and graduated from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He married his wife, Jordan, in 2015 and moved to Chattanooga where Jesse worked at Unum for 6 years. They now live in Harrison with their daughters Thea, Margot, and Evie.

Caleb Jones

Elementary + Student Director

Caleb Jones is the Elementary/Student Director at Two Rivers Church.  Before coming to 2RC Chattanooga, Caleb spent time volunteering with the student ministry by helping lead the middle school guys small group. He graduated from UTC with a degree in Health and Human Performance. A few years after graduating, Caleb felt strongly that God was directing him towards ministry. This call combined with his love for students, and led him to pursue a role in which he could be equipped for ministry. Caleb married his wife, Bailey, in October of 2020 and she serves a long with him! Outside of serving within Student Ministry, he loves spending time with family and friends and especially getting outdoors to play disc golf and tennis.

Courtney Gamble

Early Childhood Director

Courtney Gamble is the Early Childhood Director at Two Rivers Church. Courtney has many years of experience in church and parachurch children’s ministry settings. In 2012, Courtney completed an internship at Precept Ministries International with a focus on child/youth discipleship and leading inductive Bible studies. Since then, Courtney has led multiple Discover 4 Yourself inductive Bible study classes with elementary-age children and has held a training at Precept for young adults, teaching them how to empower children through Bible study.
Courtney lives in Harrison with her husband, Richard, their two sons, Benaiah and Ezra! Outside of 2RC, you can find Courtney hiking, exploring creative outlets, and sipping tea out of a cozy mug.

Erin Busby

Office Administrator + Communications Director 

Erin Busby is the Office Administrator and Communications Director at Two Rivers Church.  She is from Rainbow City, Alabama and graduated from Jacksonville State University. Erin and her husband, Brooks, got married in June of 2019 and have one son named Baker. In her free time, Erin loves to be outside, listen to music, read books, and go to Braves games. 

Maggie Calella 

Discipleship Director 

Maggie is the Discipleship Director at Two Rivers Church. Before coming on staff Maggie served in several different ministries of the church. Maggie is from Gainesville, GA but she has lived in Tennessee for nearly 10 years. She and her husband, Jake, have two daughters, Ellis and Evelyn! In her free time, Maggie enjoys spending time with family, being outside, and a good cup of coffee.

Brooklin Hunley

Finance Assistant

Brooklin Hunley is the Finance Assistant at Two Rivers Church. She grew up in South Florida, and moved to Tennessee in 2014. Brooklin has a bachelors degree in Psychology from Florida Atlantic University and a masters degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University.  Brooklin has been married to Travis since 2016, and has a son named Liam and a daughter named Mackenzie.  In her free time, Brooklin loves drinking coffee, hiking, kayaking, reading, eating breakfast foods, and binge watching Netflix.

Our elders

Glenn Church 

Glenn has been married to his wife, Lori, since 1983.  They retired, moved to this area, and began attending 2RC in 2021.  Their adult son, Chris, lives in Denver, Colorado. Glenn made a childhood decision to follow Jesus as a five-year-old.  He grew up in the church and really began to understand what it meant to be a disciple of Jesus in his mid to late college years.  Discipleship, especially in small groups of men through mutual accountability, has been a recurring theme in his walk with Christ.  He and Lori were drawn to the loving, welcoming environment at 2RC.  They felt pretty convinced that God was calling them here from their first visit.  Glenn has served in many roles in prior church locations, including on set-up and greeter teams like he has had the privilege of doing at 2RC.  He is humbled to serve as an elder and he and Lori look forward to many years of ministering and being ministered to by their brothers and sisters here.  Glenn is a retired engineer who is managing to stay quite busy in retirement and is enjoying the greater margin he has to serve and spend time with people.

Ron Panktratz 

Ron is married to his wife, Shelly. They have three children - Luke, and identical twins, Kennedy and Morgan. His walk with the Lord began around age 5-6 when his mother led him to know Jesus. However, it was not until January 1, 1996 that he gave it all to God. His involvement with 2RC stretches back to the very first informational meeting about the plant. His family heard about the vision and have been “in” since that moment.

Kyle Casey

Kyle is married to his wife, Emily, and they have three children Ellison, Judah, and Luke. Kyle is an Oncology Nurse Practitioner. He came to Christ in college when his mother had a near death open-heart surgery. Soon after, he began attending Two Rivers Knoxville and started serving in the High School Ministry where he met Chris Jessen. After several years of serving, Chris approached him about moving to Chattanooga to help plant the church. With prayer, the Lord confirmed He was also leading Kyle and he served as Operations Director from 2013-2016. God continues to use this church in the Casey’s lives. They love Two Rivers and look forward to continuing to serve God here.

Tyler Merchant

Tyler and Brittany have three children Neelyn, Calloway, and Sutton. In Tyler's freshman year of high school, he attended a Young Life camp where he heard the Gospel in a way he never had before. It was that week that Tyler gave his life to the Lord. He attended East Tennessee State University and then felt God’s calling to go into full-time ministry with Young Life. He served on Young Life staff for 6 years before bringing him and his wife back to his hometown Ooltewah where God eventually led them to Two Rivers Chattanooga. Tyler works as the Sales and Marketing Director for their family business. They feels extremely blessed to be a part of such a wonderful Christ-centered community at Two Rivers Church.

David Dees

David became a Christian at an early age but he didn’t truly begin to know, love, and follow the Lord, until 2010 while attending Two Rivers Knoxville. He began serving in the high school ministry under Pastor Chris. Fast forward to 2013 and David decided to move to Ooltewah to help plant 2RC Chattanooga.
 
David and his beautiful wife, Katie, live in Ooltewah with their four children Tavian, CJ, Collins, and Moses. David is a full time Real Estate agent, part time TSSAA basketball referee and softball umpire, as well as, an avid fan of the Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Pistons and Tennessee Vols.

Jon Teague

Jon Teague is the Lead Pastor at Two Rivers Chattanooga. Before joining the team at 2RC Chattanooga, Jon was on staff at Two Rivers Church Knoxville for ten years. During those ten years, Jon served in many roles including middle school pastor, worship/creative pastor, high school pastor, and family pastor.
Jon is a native of Chattanooga with degrees from Middle Tennessee State University and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He’s been married to Katie since 2002 and they have three daughters: Annie, Hope, and Norah.