A Plurality of Elders

Reformation Church Clarksburg is lead by a plurality of Elders. We believe the Elders/Pastors of a Church are charged with the weighty task of leading the sheep as under-shepherds to the Great Shepherd. A plurality of Elders/Pastors is an example we see throughout the New Testament, and we believe this model is most beneficial to the men who are called to the pastorate, and for the congreation. We take very serious the office of Elder/Pastor, and adhere to the requirements given in scripture in order for a man to hold this position. (1 Tim. 3: 1-7, Titus 1: 5-9)

James Watkins

James serves at RCC as an Interim Pastor. A graduate from Grimké Seminary, James is passionate about verse by verse exposition, and making Christ connections from the Old to the New Testament. He graduated with a Masters of Applied Theology and desires to make the study of theology as practical and applicable as possible.

James is married to his high school sweetheart Teala. They have two sons, Solomon and Caspian. They currently are laboring to plant King’s Church in Grafton, Wv. where he will serve as the Lead Pastor.

Interests: Reading. Music, usually Jazz or Classical when he is taking a break from his Christian metal band Context. Comics. LARP. D&D. Pipes and Cigars.

Interim Pastor

Josiah Batten

Josiah serves at RCC as an elder focused on Liturgy, Spiritual Formation, and boring business stuff. A PhD student, he writes about integrative theology in relation to the clarity of general revelation and classical Christian education. He is passionate about applying Christ's covenantal Lordship in all of life. He graduated from Forge Theological Seminary (Master of Theology), Luther Rice (MA in Apologetics), Liberty (MAR in Biblical Studies) and Fairmont State University (BS in Business Admin).

Josiah batted way out of his league, and is married to Jessica. They have two beautiful girls, Nyssa and Cora. He podcasts as the self-proclaimed World's Worst Baptist (Substack).

Interests: H. P. Lovecraft, tools and power tools, knives, fantasy football, and making the world feel just a bit more Medieval.

Pastor of Spiritual Formation
Lead Pastor

Eric Madia

Eric serves as the Lead Pastor at Reformation Church, casting vision, overseeing finance, and taking on the primary teaching and preaching for RCC. Eric took his theological courses at Dallas Theological Seminary with emphasis on New Testament Studies.

n 2015 he completed a five year apprenticeship at Life Builders Fellowship with focus on Greek and Hebrew languages, pastoral counseling, preaching and teaching. He spent seven years in street ministry and traveled all over the United States open air preaching. Eric has been married to his beautiful wife, Lauren, for 17 years. They have three children and five grandchildren.

Interests: Eric and Lauren enjoy working on their small sheep farm together as well as hunting, fishing, and playing music.

Pastor of Evangelism

Brendan Marble

Brendan serves as the Pastor of Evangelism at RCC. He founded an evangelism ministry in 2017 called Oilfield Evangelist Ministry. Working to support his family in the oilfield while proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He is married to his beautiful wife of 18 years, Jamie Marble. Together they have 2 beautiful daughters, Madison (16) and Adalynn (12).