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our leaders & staffOur Leadership
SSBC is an elder led congregational church. The congregation meets quarterly to discuss and make decisions regarding significant church issues like appointing leadership, establishing doctrine, and major financial decisions. The elders and pastors, supported by the church staff, provide spiritual leadership to the congregation. We have a number of committees and ministries that carry out the work of the church.
Our Elders
The New Testament churches were shepherded by a plurality of elders. The elders (also called pastors or overseers in the Bible) have responsibility for the spiritual care and leadership of the church. Elders must be men of exemplary Christian character who demonstrate leadership, an aptitude to teach sound doctrine, and a pastor’s heart for the congregation. Our current elders are:
- Eldon Abbott (Chairman)
- Eric Mello (Vice Chairman)
- Daniel Bass
- Gerry Bennett
- Paul Casey
- Bob Ells
- Kent Forkner
- Clay Graham
- Bill Haeck
- Kevin Jameson
- Mark Jennings
Committee Chairs
- Diaconate | Sue Bush
- Fellowship | Joseph Pinkham
- Missions | Tom Sage
- Stewardship | Bruce Wood
- Worship | Jeramie Rinne
- Christian Ed | Sandie Spataro
Click Here for a copy of our Constitution and Doctrinal Statement
Senior Pastor Jeramie Rinne
 Senior Pastor Jeramie Rinne was born and grew up in Las Vegas, graduated from Wheaton College (Illinois) in 1993 with a B.A. Bible and Ancient Languages. It was there he met his wife, Jennifer. He received his Master's of Divinity from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in 1996. Jeramie became the Senior Pastor of SSBC in 1997. He enjoys spending time with his wife and four children, reading, board games, and outdoor activities.
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Associate Pastor Seth Rogers
 Seth grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and studied agriculture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He and his wife Cindy met the first week of school freshman year. They married four years later and headed off to East Africa with Campus Crusade for Christ. They served twelve years, mostly in Kenya, and returned to the United States in 1996 with three children. Seth received the M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois, in 1998 and began serving at SSBC the following year. Seth likes reading, the outdoors, playing French horn, and tinkering with cars and old motorcycles. Seth can be reached at 781-749-2592 x103 or email
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Associate Pastor Godwin Sathianathan
 Godwin Sathianathan, whose family originally came from Sri Lanka, was born in England and raised in Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 2003 with a B.S. in Industrial Operations Engineering. After graduation he joined the staff of South Church in Michigan where he served for 7 years and met his wonderful wife Jeni. In 2010 he earned a Master of Divinity from Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. He and Jeni moved to the South Shore in June 2011 to oversee SSBC Small Groups, Local Missions, Membership and Welcoming ministries. Godwin enjoys spending time with Jeni and Bella (Alaskan Malamute), traveling, reading, University of Michigan sports, and board games. Godwin can be reached at 781-749-2592 x123 or email
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Director of Worship - Jennifer Boel
 Jennifer grew up in Pembroke, Massachusetts, graduated from Eastern Nazarene College (Massachusetts) in 1994 with a B.S. in Music Education and later pursued a Master's Degree in Special Education. Her experience and training in worship planning and leading prior to and throughout her college years helped pave the way for becoming the part-time Director of Worship at South Shore Baptist in 1999. In 2005, she gave up her full-time teaching position to dedicate herself to being the full-time Worship Director at SSBC. Jennifer enjoys reading, gardening, exploring new cooking recipes and working together with her husband Chris on home improvement projects. Jennifer can be reached at 781-749-2592 x105 or email
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Interim Director of Youth - Pete DeAngelis
 Pete was born and raised in Fairfield, CT. He grew up in the church and trusted in Christ at a young age. In high school and college Pete played football. At the start of his junior year God called him away from football. This brought him the opportunity to work at ESPN during his final year in college. Concurrently he began serving at his home church, Trinity Baptist, in Fairfield, CT. The past two years Pete has been trained and mentored here and has had many opportunities at SSBC to develop his gifts in preaching/teaching and discipleship. Pete just completed his M.A. in Religion concentrating on Biblical Studies. Pete enjoys sports, athletic endeavors, reading, and barbeques. Pete can be reached at 781-749-2592 x107 or email
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Director of Children's Ministry - Sandie Spataro
 Sandie Spataro has been a member of SSBC since 1971 with a short time away while living in Whitinsville, Massachusetts. She has two grown sons and two granddaughters. She loves children of all ages and volunteers who have a heart for kids. Sandie graduated from Barrington College, now Gordon College, as an Education and Psychology major, and taught full and part time. She loves to spend time with her granddaughters and family, entertain friends, read, write, swim, and walk at the beach. Sandie is supported on staff by Kristen Marsico and Ruth Rothman. Sandie can be reached at 781-749-2592 x121 or email. Kristen can be reached at 781-749-2592 x122 or email. Ruth can be reached at email.
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