The Well Community Church

Generations: Genesis to Revelations

All Campuses

Brad Bell

Brad Bell Directional Leader

Brad lived the stereotypical college life as a star athlete at CSU Fresno until he gave his life to Christ in 1993. The former defensive lineman has a Master’s degree in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. After marrying his bride, Jen, in Denton, Texas, they moved back to his hometown of Fresno. He was crazy enough to quit his job in 2002 to start a church with no financial support, no staff, and no building.

Brad and Jen have two daughters, Peyton and Kendall. One of his proudest moments as a pastor and father was baptizing his daughter, Peyton, at age seven.

North Campus Maple & Nees

Brad Bell

Brad Bell North Campus Pastor

Brad lived the stereotypical college life as a star athlete at CSU Fresno until he gave his life to Christ in 1993. The former defensive lineman has a Master’s degree in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. After marrying his bride, Jen, in Denton, Texas, they moved back to his hometown of Fresno. He was crazy enough to quit his job in 2002 to start a church with no financial support, no staff, and no building.

Brad and Jen have two daughters, Peyton and Kendall. One of his proudest moments as a pastor and father was baptizing his daughter, Peyton, at age seven.

Sam Freshwater

Sam Freshwater North Campus Midweek Pastor

Sam graduated Denver Seminary in 1983 with a Master’s of Divinity and has served in pastoral ministry ever since. He has been married to his bride Liz since 1970 and their favorite things to do are walk along the beach together and spend time with their four children and eleven grandchildren. Sam is also a dog lover and a huge baseball fan, especially when it comes to the San Francisco Giants.

Fig Garden Campus Palm & Gettysburg

Dave Obwald

Dave Obwald Fig Garden Campus Pastor

Born and raised in Fresno, Dave is a Fresno High graduate who was once a math teacher and water polo coach. He has held many positions at The Well since 2008, including Campus Pastor at multiple Campuses. He has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree, both from Fresno Pacific University (FPU), and was the Residence Director at FPU for five years before coming on staff at The Well.

He loves sports, reading, hanging out with his family, and seeing people live out the Gospel where they live. He met his wife, Erin, in junior high and they have been married since 1999. They have three kids.

Clovis Campus Shaw & Peach

Jerrod Rumley

Jerrod Rumley Clovis Campus Pastor

A 2001 graduate of Oklahoma State, Jerrod traveled 1,500 miles with his wife, Jen, to move to Fresno in 2006. Since then, he has held many roles at The Well, including Teaching Pastor and Campus Pastor. He has a degree in Family Relations and Child Development, and a Master’s degree from Western Seminary.

He loves people, laughing, movies and sports, and his greatest joy – proclaiming the glory of Christ. He has been married to Jen since 2002 and they have four boys: Cooper, Tyler, who is with the Lord, Sawyer and Beckham.

Church Plants

The Well Community Church is rooted in sound biblical teaching and guided by a mission of helping people connect to God and to each other in every neighborhood. To that end, we believe in finding innovative and intentional ways of equipping the saints where we live, work and play.

As an equipping, multisite church, we have launched three local campuses, four successful non-profits, and continue to plant churches through Edah, a network of church planters and churches.