LEADERSHIP

OUR PASTORS

Senior Pastor
Nathan Creitz

Pastor Nathan Creitz was installed as the tenth pastor of Calvary Baptist Church on January 20, 2019. Nathan had previously served as a church planter in Queens and in Boston prior to moving to Bay Shore. Nathan is passionate about making disciples who make disciples and reaching the unreached from all languages and peoples with the gospel of Jesus Christ. His ministry focus is on expository preaching, service-oriented evangelism, and developing healthy ministry systems.

Nathan met his wife Kim in Boston, Massachusetts. Kim is originally from Queens, NY but she was finishing her undergraduate degree at Boston University. Though Kim had heard and responded to the gospel during her time at BU she had not yet been baptized. Nathan had the privilege of baptizing her in 2005. They began dating and got married July 21, 2007. Together they have 3 children: Zoe, Zachary, and Caleb. Kim received her Master’s Degree in Special Education from Lesley University in 2006. She currently serves in our CalvaryKIDS ministry and works as a Teaching Assistant at a local elementary school.

Nathan was saved at the age of 5 and was baptized at Duncanville Baptist Church in Duncanville, Alabama. Nathan graduated from the University of Mobile in 2002 with a Bachelor’s degree in Religion and received his Master of Divinity degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 2010. Nathan has been serving in vocational ministry since 1998 and has led dozens of short-term mission projects to 9 different countries.

Pastor Angel Matute

Pastor Angel Matute is the first ordained Hispanic pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in 2021.

Angel was saved and baptized in 2007. He started his theological studies at the Reformed College of Theology and is currently resuming theological studies at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Angel's passion is expository preaching, biblical teaching, and fulfilling the great commission to glorify God as a disciple who prepares disciples through biblical teaching.

Angel is of Ecuadorian descent and married to Silvia Arana, who left her profession and family to live with her husband. Angel and Silvia have two children, Angel Stefano, 20, and Brianna, 19. Much of Pastor Angel's ministry and life has been in Suffolk County, Long Island, where they currently reside.