Leadership Team

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Meet our leadership

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Pastor Justin & Liz Hansen - Lead Pastor

Justin grew up as a Pastor’s Kid in the beautiful state of Washington. He grew up with a passion for Jesus Christ and felt a call to full-time ministry when he was just a child. He graduated from Central Bible College, in Springfield, MO, with a BA in Pastoral Ministries. He completed his Master’s degree in Intercultural Studies, from Asia Pacific Theological Seminary. Following the call of God, Pastor Justin has served as a Youth Pastor, Young Adults Pastor, Missionary, Church Planter, and Lead Pastor. Pastor Justin has a call to raise up mature disciples, from infancy to maturity, through preaching and teaching the Word.


Justin & Liz met at Central Bible College where they fell in love and got married in August 2008, in Springfield, MO.


Liz grew up as an MK (Missionary Kid) in El Salvador. Growing up she was very involved in King’s Castle Ministries, with her parents, Don & Terri Triplett. Liz remembers being burdened for lost people at a young age. Liz is also a Central Bible College graduate and has a Master’s degree in Education from Southwestern Assemblies of God University. Liz enjoys serving alongside her husband in ministry and loves being a mom to three beautiful children; Allie, Asher, and Liam. She has served as Children’s Pastor, Family Pastor, Missionary, and Church Planter. Liz has a call on her life to serve God by ministering to the hurting and bringing the lost into a personal relationship with Jesus. Liz oversees Kingdom Builders at New Heights and is our site director for Northpoint Bible College.

Enos Marshall - Executive Pastor

Enos grew up in Washington state. He and his wife Lisa met at Northwest University and were married in August of 2003. They have four incredible kids, Kennedy, Isaac, Lincoln, and Allie. Their family moved to Ohio in August of 2021 where Pastor Enos serves as Executive Pastor. They love God, their family, and the Seahawks!

Stew Carpenter - Connections Pastor

Stew serves as the Connections Pastor at New Heights Church, a role he began in August 2020. In this ministry, Stew helps people “connect” to the church by overseeing all aspects of the church’s guest and membership process. This includes everything from Guest Care Teams on Sunday mornings to Small Groups throughout the week.  

He has been in full-time ministry since 2005.


He is married to his lovely wife Mary, and they have 3 children: Graham, Nolan, and Aubrey. They love to travel together and are heavily involved in their kids' activities throughout the year.

Mary Carpenter - Director of Family Life

Mary has worked with children in the arena of Social Work for 20 years. She and her husband were also youth pastors at Tri-County Assembly for 10 years. She is the mother of 3 and is passionate about leading children to Jesus through knowing and applying God’s Word.

Cory Adamson - Director of Media & Production

After 20+ years of playing music, including 5 years in a touring band, God has given Cory a natural ear and eye for all things production. God has placed it on Cory’s heart to build a community of believers who use audio, video, and lighting technology to enhance the worship experience that helps lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus. God speaks through production elements, just as he does through music or preaching. Cory is married to his beautiful and talented wife Tiffany and has 2 amazing kids. 

Stevyn McCaw - Worship Pastor

Stevyn serves as the Worship Pastor at New Heights Church. He is passionate about God’s house and encouraging God’s people to turn to God with their voices and their whole being in Spirit and Truth.


Stevyn met his bride Abigail in Florida where they led worship together in schools and churches before moving to Cincinnati in 2021. They have two precious boys, David and John. Stevyn and his family enjoy nature walks, reading, and worshiping the Lord together around their piano. 

Elizabeth Ealy - Early Childhood Director

Elizabeth was born and raised in Ohio. When she started attending New Heights Church as a teenager it very quickly felt like home to her. This church family and community has always had a special place in her heart, and in her life. She served under the youth pastors here as a student intern and then as a leader. She has felt a calling to ministry and working with children since a young age.


Elizabeth loves working with children and for nearly 5 years she worked in a Christian pre-school center. While working there she gained valuable experience working with children from infants to 3rd grade. Children quickly make their way into your heart. It makes her so happy to be working with children again and see their smiling faces every Sunday!  


She is passionate about teaching little ones about God, how much Jesus loves them, and having a lot of fun along the way! 

Tiffany Adamson - Young Adults Director

Tiffany is a wife to Cory and a mom to Isaac and Avery. She graduated from Cincinnati Christian University in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in Biblical Studies and a minor in Communication Arts. Tiffany has a passion for the Word of God and a love for all things creative. She especially enjoys any opportunity to combine the two. Tiffany has a heart for equipping this generation of young people to be who God has called them to be, and she is eager to see what God has in store for New Heights Young Adults.

Jonah Stalsberg - Youth Pastor

Jonah is a Minnesotan born and raised. Jonah felt a call to ministry when he was in 8th grade after a close friend invited him to their youth group. His heart for ministry grew as he spent a majority of his time volunteering at church, interning under his youth pastors, and running Bible Studies. Jonah met his wife Jenna while they were youth interns together. They moved to Cincinnati in the Spring of 2024 with their Basset Hound Ms. Marie. Jonah is passionate about teaching Gods word to students verse by verse and helping them understand and love the word of God.