Our Staff


Jeremy Mulder
Pastor

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Jeremy Mulder is the pastor of Restore Church. Prior to joining Restore, Jeremy was working on a church plant in Schenectady, New York. He was invited to preach at Restore in January of 2010, and it became clear that he should continue his church planting work in New Jersey. He officially became the pastor in May of 2010.

Jeremy graduated from Gordon College in Wenham, MA in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies. He immediately went into youth ministry and has served as the youth pastor at Old Cutler Presbyterian Church in Miami, Florida, and at Grace Fellowship Church in Latham, New York. He also served as the interim worship leader for Christ's Church of the Capital District in Albany, New York.

In 2000, Jeremy married his wife, Christi. Jeremy and Christi have three adopted children, Michael, Anthony, and Jada, and are expecting twin girls in May of 2012. 

Tara Ten Kate

Tara Ten Kate
Children's Director

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Tara Ten Kate is the co-director of Restore's Children's Ministry with Kelly Chua.  In 2008, Tara graduated from William Paterson University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a NJ Elementary Education Certification.  Since then, Tara has been a teacher in the public school system.  Currently, Tara is teaching 3rd grade at McKenzie School in East Rutherford, NJ.  In August 2011, Tara married David Ten Kate.  They have been attending Restore together since 2009.

Kelly

Kelly Chua
Children's Director

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Kelly Chua is the Co-Director of Restore's Children's Ministry with Tara Ten Kate. Kelly was married to Rj Chua in April 2011. They both have been attending Restore since 2010. Kelly has been working in the public school education system for 9 years. She was a Special Education Teacher for 7 years. For the past 2 years she has been a Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant for Lyndhurst High School. Kelly has a Bachelors of Arts in Special Education from Calvin College, and a Masters in Special Education from William Paterson University.  

Benny

Benny Spoelstra
Worship Leader

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Benny Spoelstra is a worship leader at Restore Church. He was one of the original members of the group that would later form Restore. He has been a part of the Worship team since its first service and began sharing worship leading responsibilities with Tim in late 2011.

Benny graduated from William Paterson University with a degree in History in 2012. He works for Apple as a Genius Admin in the Garden State Plaza store. He married his wife Sara in 2011 and they reside in Hawthorne, NJ.