Email: hollar76@yahoo.com

Rev. Eric Hollar began his ministry at Bethel on November 23, 2008, when he was called as Associate Pastor of Outreach. He was called in 2022 to become Bethel's Senior Pastor.

Pastor Hollar is passionate about life because he knows he has a God who is passionate about him.

A lifelong member of Bethel, Pastor Hollar grew up in Catawba County and graduated from Bunker Hill High School in 1995. He went on to Valparaiso University (Hail Crusaders!), where he studied Theology and minored in Classics. During his time at Valpo, the Lord made it clear through many experiences—including the loss of his best friend, Kyle Carson—that he was being called into full-time ministry.

In the fall of 1999, Pastor Hollar entered Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. While studying there, a seminary friend introduced him to Corinna Malenke. Despite the miles between them—St. Louis to North Carolina, then Warner Robins, GA to NC—they dated long-distance for 19 months. On August 10, 2002, at the conclusion of his vicarage (internship), Eric and Corinna were married at Bethel.

In May 2003, Pastor Hollar received his first call to Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Biloxi, MS, where he served until 2008. His ministry there was full of unique opportunities: serving as chaplain for the Biloxi High School football team, walking alongside his congregation, and engaging in extensive disaster response following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Returning home to Bethel in 2008, Pastor Hollar has served in preaching and teaching, while also leading outreach and missions. He has coached football and basketball at Bunker Hill High School, coordinated the school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and continues to lead Bethel’s disaster response efforts—known as “Bethel’s Chainsaw Ministry”—as well as mission work in Haiti.

Through all of these ministries, Pastor Hollar's passion is simple: to encourage people to live love(d)—to live in the truth that they are loved by Jesus (because they are!) and to share that love with everyone they meet. He strives to model this calling first and foremost as a husband to Corinna and as a father to their three children: Moriah, Christiana, and Carson.

To God be the glory!

Pastor Lane began serving at Bethel on March 16, 2015, when he was called as Director of Worship Arts. He later completed the Specific Ministry Pastor (SMP) program through Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, and accepted a call to serve as Bethel’s Associate Pastor. He was ordained and installed on August 14, 2022.

A native of Hickory, NC, Pastor Lane grew up in Catawba County. He graduated from Newton-Conover High School and went on to Lenoir-Rhyne University, where he earned a degree in Sacred Music with a concentration in Organ. His teachers included Florence Jowers, Robert Smith, and Frances Whitener.

In 2011, Morgan met his wife, Sara, and the two were married in December 2012. They are blessed with two children: their daughter, Eleanor, and their son, Nathaniel.