Faculty & Staff

Meet out Faculty & Staff

  • Pastor Pat Higgins - Chancellor

    Harbor Baptist Church - Hainesport, NJ

    Pastor Pat was saved at the age of 8 and was raised in a Christian home. He surrendered to God’s plan for his life at a young age, and graduated from Bible college in 2008. He accepted the call to pastor the Harbor Baptist Church in 2019. He and his wife, Christina, have been married since 2010, and have 6 children.

  • Shariff Elmeaze - Academic Dean & Teacher

    Harbor Baptist Church - Hainesport, NJ

    Pastor Shariff is an East Gate Graduate. He came on staff at Harbor Baptist Church in 2005 and has served in several ministries, including but not limited to choir director, bus captain, and Sunday School teacher. He has been Dean of East Gate since 2017.

  • Pastor Jeff Eaton - Assistant Dean & Teacher

    Cornerstone Baptist Church - Browns Mills, NJ

  • Pastor Dominick Cuozzo - Teacher

    Bible Baptist Church - New Egypt, NJ

    Born in Tom’s River, NJ and raised in Florida, Pastor Cuozzo got saved as a child and surrendered to God’s calling of being a Pastor. Pastor Cuozzo met his wife, Nicole, while taking graduate seminary classes in Tennessee. He is now the pastor of Bible Baptist Church in New Egypt, NJ.

  • Pastor John Nemo - Teacher

    New Durham Baptist Church - N. Bergen, NJ

  • Pastor Chuck Shorter - Teacher

    New Testament Baptist Church - Columbus, NJ

    Having been born into a traditional Catholic family, Pastor Shorter got saved in May 1980 along with his wife, Joyce, in Deleware. He is now the Pastor of New Testament Baptist Church in Columbus, NJ.

  • Pastor George Yurick - Teacher

    Calvary Baptist Church - W. Collingswood Heights, NJ

    Pastor George Yurick was blessed to have been born into a Christian home. After serving 4 years in the United State Marine Corps, at the age of 25, he accepted Christ. He is currently the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in West Collingswood Heights, NJ.