Steve is the founding and senior pastor of Redeemer. Steve moved to Denver along with his wife, Julie, in 1995 from Jacksonville, Florida. They have three children, Lizzie, Kat, and Chris. Steve graduated from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO with his M.Div and more recently he completed his Doctor of Ministry in 2014 from Covenant. Before planting Redeemer, Steve served as a youth pastor for 11 years in churches in South Carolina, Kansas, and Florida. Steve is a devoted Cardinals baseball fan, attending a number of Rockies games on days off during the summer. Steve enjoys studying jazz guitar while seeking to “expand” his family’s musical vocabulary.
Our Staff
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Steven Reese
Senior pastor
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ChrisTOPHER Dean
Worship Director
Chris has been a part of leading music at churches and college ministries for over 20 years, and has been at Redeemer since 2008. He met his wife Rebecca through a campus ministry at the University of Utah where they both graduated before moving to Colorado in 2005. He is also a singer/songwriter and works in association management.
As Worship Director at Redeemer, Chris and the music team focus on leading gospel-oriented music as a means to worship each week.
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Cindy Zimmermann
children's Ministry director
Cindy Kay Zimmermann is a passionate follower of Jesus Christ, a loving wife and mother, a retired teacher, and author. She has been married to her husband, Steve, for 28 years. They have one son, Patrick, who is in heaven. Cindy has worked with children on short-term mission trips to Haiti (twice) and Ethiopia.
Cindy earned her teaching credentials at the University of Denver and her Master’s in Education from CU Boulder. She taught in public schools for 24 years and loves teaching the children at Redeemer about Jesus.
Cindy is co-author of Home Runs for Heaven, A Story of God’s Faithfulness.
