Meet our pastors.
Ben Nelson
Lead Pastor
Ben, along with his wife Katie, felt the call to plant a church in the heart of Midtown Mobile for several years. Before being sent out to plant Christ Redeemer in 2018, Ben served on the staff of Grace Community Church (PCA) in West Mobile as the Assistant Pastor since 2014.
Ben graduated from the University of South Alabama where he played four years of college baseball. Ben’s greatest college achievement however was meeting Katie, whom he convinced to marry him in 2003. Ben and Katie served together in college ministry before moving to St. Louis for seminary. Upon graduation in 2014, Ben (MDiv) and Katie (MA in Counseling) moved back to Mobile to serve at Grace Community. Ben and Katie have three kids, Aiden, Abigail and Josiah
The Nelsons love spending time with friends, exploring new places in Mobile, and traveling together. Ben enjoys coaching his kids in youth sports, while Katie enjoys cheering the loudest for her kids’ sporting events! Ben continues to follow baseball and also enjoys college football, though he will leave his favorite team unnamed.
Ryan Alford
Ryan Alford is from a small town in Northwest Florida. He went to Troy University where his involvement in a college ministry, Campus Outreach, significantly impacted his spiritual journey by helping root and establish him in the essentials of the Christian faith. He developed a heart for ministry and joined Campus Outreach staff in 2000. He was on staff with CO for 10 years at which time he served at the University of South Alabama as well as helping pioneer the ministries on the campuses of University of Louisiana Lafayette and Louisiana State University. After a small stint in law enforcement, the Lord used a church plant in Crestview, Florida to call him back into full time ministry. He was ordained in the Gulf Coast Presbytery of the PCA in 2016. He married his wife, Leanne in 2008. They have 5 children. Noah (10), Jaxon (8), Addie (5), Rebekah (3, and Jude (1).
