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Michael Clary
Lead Pastor
Michael grew up dreaming of one day being a professional recording artist and songwriter. But God had other plans. He and his wife, Laura, worked as missionaries to college students before Michael sensed a call to urban church planting. This sense of calling grew while Michael was attending the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. The Clary’s made it official by moving to Cincinnati in 2008 to plant Christ the King Church. They live in Uptown with their four kids and dog.
Michael is also the Ohio River Region director for the Acts 29 network. If you are interested in being trained in pastoral ministry or church planting, send Michael an email and he will get back to you with next steps.
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Eric Tuffendsam
Lay Elder
Eric became a lay elder in 2018 after graduating from CTK’s Pastor School and residency. Eric loves to share the gospel with people through his music production and house flipping businesses. He has been married to Suzanne since 2003 and they have four school-aged children. Besides spending time with family and friends, he enjoys playing golf, frisbee golf and basketball as well as watching NFL football and imagining he didn’t quit football when he was 13 because he likely would have gone pro. (Staff edit: that’s not true).
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Wade Thomas
Director of Community Life
Wade has served in Christian ministry as a church planter, associate pastor, and in teaching and discipleship roles since 2012, shortly after graduating from Temple Baptist College with a Bachelor of Arts in Education. Professionally, he has worked as a middle school teacher and in business management, and is also a published novelist. In 2022, Wade joined the Christ the King staff full-time, where he currently supports the small groups and discipleship ministries of the church, as well as her day-to-day operations. Wade and his wife Sarah were married in 2009, and God has blessed them with six children that they home educate.
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