Co-Pastor | Day-to-Day Ministry & Congregational Life

Barb has served as part of the pastoral team at Community of the Savior since 2011. She has served the greater Rochester community as a professional social worker, disability rights activist, and educator in community and human services (Roberts Wesleyan and SUNY Empire State College), and she brings these passions to the local church ministries.

She and her husband, Warren, have been active members of Community of the Savior since its inception in 2007, and are delighted to see the way God is working in and through this growing, creative, and generous congregation. She and Warren have two adult daughters (Erin and Elyse), and a lively granddaughter named Olivia. For enjoyment Barb loves spending time with family, cooking and entertaining, camping, traveling, and reading.

Degrees & Ordination

Ordained in the Free Methodist Church USA since 2011

Northeastern Seminary (M.Div.)

Roberts Wesleyan College (M.S.W)

Houghton College (Psychology, B.S.)

Co-Pastor | Mission & Vision

Doug Cullum has been a part of the pastoral team at Community of the Savior since its birth in 2007. His ministry seeks to blend the practical and academic, with a focus on renewing the local church through a fresh recovery of biblical and historical faith.

Doug has been active in parish ministry since 1978 when he served a student appointment during seminary. After serving pastoral appointments in Tampa, FL, Chapel Hill, NC, and Greenville, NY, Doug became chaplain at Roberts Wesleyan College in 1994. Then, in 1998, Doug became one of the founding faculty members of Northeastern Seminary, where he serves as Professor of Historical and Pastoral Theology. At Community of the Savior, Doug’s ministry focuses on the areas of mission, vision, and preaching.

Doug and his wife, Joyce, have four grown children and five grandchildren, and a lovable micro mini goldendoodle named BoPeep.

Degrees & Ordination

• Ordained in the Free Methodist Church USA since 1978

• Drew University (Ph.D.)

• Duke Divinity School (Th.M.)

• Asbury Theological Seminary (M.Div.)

• Asbury College (B.A.)

Associate Pastor

Katie has served as Associate Pastor at Community of the Savior since July 2019. Katie’s ministry focus is broad, but some areas in which she gives regular oversight are communication, faith formation, and staff coordination. She also enjoys preaching and presiding on a regular basis.

Katie also serves on the steering team for Advocates for Women in Leadership (AWL), a network of the Free Methodist Church USA.

Katie is married to Andy, a native of Lancashire, United Kingdom. They have two young daughters and a golden retriever named Scout.

Degrees & Ordination

Ordained in the Free Methodist Church USA since 2015

Duke Divinity School (M.Div.)

Roberts Wesleyan College (Communication and English B.A.)

Pastoral Musician

Teressa has served as pastoral musician at CoS since 2009. She also accompanies in several local school districts, and provides vocal direction for local theater organizations. Worship formation and music ministry are the focus areas of Teressa’s ministry.

She worships at CoS with her husband, Rajiv. She enjoys traveling, especially when visiting her grown boys in DC and NYC.

Children’s Ministry Coordinator

Elizabeth Cullum has attended Community of the Savior for 16 years.  She has taught faith formation, directed and authored many of the nativity pageants, and created art and science curriculum for vacation bible school.  She has been an elementary educator for over twenty years, teaching nursery through sixth grade at a variety of educational settings. Elizabeth, and her husband Steve, have six children, including through fostering and adoption.  She is stepping away from a formal classroom this year to homeschool.  She is passionate about instilling a love of Jesus to children through relationships, storytelling, and sustainable living.

Office Manager

Dorcas and her husband Mark have attended CoS since 2024. They have lived in Churchville/Riga for almost 7 years, having come for him to take the head track and field coach position at Roberts Wesleyan University. Their 23 year-old daughter, Isabelle, lives in Rochester. Dorcas has served in many administrative roles for churches, mission ministries, and nonprofit organizations. She was also a hospital chaplain, prior to becoming a family support coordinator for organ donation. In her free time, Dorcas enjoys reading, travel, gardening, cooking, and dabbles in piano and watercolor painting.

Office Assistant

Naomi and her husband Ian have been attending CoS for the last three years. In August 2024, they welcomed their son into the family and the world has never been brighter! After growing up near Geneseo and in the Wesleyan church, Naomi chose to attend Houghton College for her Bachelor’s in Communication. From there, Naomi moved out of New York State for a few years, first to Massachusetts and then Arizona, then returned to NY in the summer of 2021. Naomi has worked in the nonprofit sector and Emergency Services throughout her adulthood and absolutely loves working with people. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, exploring new coffee shops, board games and shows with friends, and just about anything else that’s active and outdoors.