Neal grew up in Little Rock and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a degree in accounting. He knew even before graduating that God was calling him into ministry leadership and began taking classes at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary satellite campus in Little Rock to prepare.
Neal entered vocational ministry as campus minister at a community college in south Arkansas while finishing his master's degree in seminary. After seminary, he served fifteen years at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, AR as a campus minister before coming to Northstar. Neal also co-pastored at Fellowship Church for ten of the fifteen years. During that time he completed a doctorate in ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
Neal and his wife Teresa have six children; Emma, Elijah, Ethan, Nora, Eva and Everett. Teresa works from home teaching the kids everything from math to how to defend themselves from one another.
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Saturday, April 8, was the opening morning of the spring turkey season in Virginia. If you know me, you know that is an important date, one that I put on my calendar and plan around. But this year I didn’t get up at 5:00 a.m. to traipse through the George Washington National Forest trying to interrupt the mating rituals of …
GOOD FRIDAY DEVOTIONAL: Even Death On A Cross Read Philippians 2:1-11 Paul wrote to the believers in Philippi that God had highly exalted Jesus and given him a name above every name. (Phil. 2:8 ESV) How high was Jesus exalted? How amazing was his name? So high and so amazing that “every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and …
Men At Work is a gathering for the purpose of encouragement, fellowship, and fun for Northstar men and their friends and co-workers happening Friday, March 3. To find out more click here. The Men At Work Series is a way to promote the event and get to know each other at the same time. The first few spotlights will feature …
Men At Work is a gathering for the purpose of encouragement, fellowship, and fun for Northstar men and their friends and co-workers happening Friday, March 3. To find out more click here. The Men At Work Series is a way to promote the event and get to know each other at the same time. The first few spotlights will feature …
Men At Work is a gathering for the purpose of encouragement, fellowship, and fun for Northstar men and their friends and co-workers happening Friday, March 3. To find out more click here. The Men At Work Series is a way to promote the event and get to know each other at the same time. The first few spotlights will feature …
Men At Work is a gathering for the purpose of encouragement, fellowship, and fun for Northstar men and their friends and co-workers happening Friday, March 3. To find out more click here. The Men At Work Series is a way to promote the event and get to know each other at the same time. The first few spotlights will feature members of …
Northstar’s own Steve Bodtke (2nd from the left on the back row) served recently on his first disaster relief experience in Conway, South Carolina. Hurricane Matthew wreaked havoc from the Caribbean all the way to Coastal Carolina. There was a lot of death and destruction, and many Christians were able to respond with help and the message of the good …
“Best day of my life,” I heard my nine-year-old say for the tenth time as the armada of canoes and kayaks floated down the New River on our three and half mile float. I have taken my boys camping and floating dozens of times but there was something about the fact that so many other boys and their dads came on this …
Are you excited? We really are excited about the upcoming fall ministry season at Northstar. The next few weeks will bring a lot of returning friends and new faces. Because we are BIG on small groups and discipleship you will be hearing a lot about the what, where, when, why, and how of small groups, D28, and ways to serve in …
