Board Members
Mark Halfacre
Chairman and COO
Mark’s areas of focus include ministry vision, organizational structure, government compliance, and media strategy. He retired from Texas Instruments in 2012 after a 33-year career in the semiconductor industry, where he held a number of management roles in research and operations management. Mark and his wife Jana live in Maine and are members of Galilee Baptist Church, where he also serves as an elder. They have two adult daughters and three grandchildren and enjoy cruising the Maine coast on their boat Pegasus. Mark has a passion for outreach and worldwide missions and exploring how new technologies can be used to spread God’s Word.
Timothy Woodward
Chief Financial Officer
Tim is in the corporate world still, sniffing at retirement. He has spent his career overseeing manufacturing, in IT support, and for the last 15+ years in various financial roles. He is an active member of the Free Grace PCA, Lewiston, Maine. Tim also spent time on the board of the Greater Portland Christian School, again in financial roles. He, and his wife Connie, have four adult children, two who have families locally with fun grandchildren. They also enjoy spending time in Arizona, where a third daughter lives, and their son is active military, currently serving overseas in intelligence roles. Tim’s passions concern finance and Christian stewardship.
Steve Tinsley
Clerk
Steve grew up in the military, traveling around the world. He followed in his father’s footsteps in serving our country through a long and distinguished career in the United States Navy. After retiring from the military, he entered the private sector for a few years before starting his second career as a missionary. During those years, he was active in the Officers’ Christian Fellowship, a parachurch organization whose mission is to engage military leaders in biblical fellowship and growth to equip them for Christlike service. Joan used her musical gifts to serve the Lord in local churches and pursued a personal desire to study Russian, little realizing how God would use both her singing and her Russian in later years. Steve and Joan joined Kontakt Mission, where they served for many years as missionaries in Orenburg, Russia. Steve used his gifts in teaching, and Joan used her voice to impact many young people for Christ and to help plant a church deep in the heart of Russia. After leaving Russia, they continue to serve in member care for Kontakt Mission, traveling to visit missionaries around the world to encourage them in the work of the Lord. Steve and Joan live in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and are active members of Galilee Baptist Church. They enjoy spending time with their four children and numerous grandchildren.
Adrian Wells
Internet Technology Manager
Adrian provides information technology services and also serves as a member of the Board of Directors. He has worked in Information Technology for over 20 years. Adrian and his wife live in Maine along with their two active sons and are members of Galilee Baptist Church. He enjoys working with technology and looks forward to how God will use The Rephidim Project to His glory.
Dan Christensen
Dan has had a 42-year career in the forestry and natural resources field after graduating in the first class of the new Forest Engineering program at the University of Maine. In 2018, Dan was awarded the University of Maine School of Forest Resources Distinguished Alumnus Award. He joined the Hancock Timber Resource Group in 1992 as the Manager of Forestry Operations. He was promoted to the position of President of HTRG, where he was responsible for the asset management of 6.3 million acres of timberland in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, and Chile. Dan was promoted to the position of CEO and President of the Hancock Natural Resource Group in 2004, where he served for 12 years until he retired in 2015. Under Dan’s management, HNRG grew from $3 to $14 billion in assets under management, with over $9 billion of timberland and farmland acquisitions. HNRG manages, with 900 employees, over 6 million acres of timberland and 300,000 acres of farmland in six countries with annual product sales of $1.4 billion. After retiring in 2015, Dan became the Chairman of the Board of HNRG for two years and continued as a Director for an additional three years. He has served on many corporate boards and as a director of 15 private equity companies. Dan and his wife, Cynthia, grew up in Old Town, Maine. They have been married for 47 years and have four married children and 11 grandchildren. They now spend their time between their family compound in Londonderry, New Hampshire, and homes on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire and Amelia Island in Florida. They enjoy spending time with their family and traveling to different parts of the world and are active in their local Presbyterian church.
John Marsella
John was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After graduation from LaSalle University, he served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps and is a Vietnam veteran. He co-founded the Summerwood Corporation and is the Chief Operating Partner. The corporation owns and operates 185 Quick Service Restaurants in five Mid-Atlantic States. He has served on many corporate boards throughout his professional career. John recognized Jesus as his Lord and Savior at the age of 52 and subsequently enrolled in Calvary Baptist Seminary, graduating with a Master’s degree in theological studies. John has served as an Associate Pastor focusing on biblical counseling and taught biblical counseling on six mission trips to Ukraine. He retired from vocational Christian ministry in 2018 but maintained an active Bible teaching ministry in his local church. He works with local churches to facilitate strategic planning and has served as Vice Chairperson of the Board of Trustees for Calvary Baptist Seminary. John is married to Janet, a “completed Jew” because she was born as a descendant of Abraham and accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. They have three adult children and one grandchild.
Mark Rockwood
Mark started his ministry at Berean Baptist Church, Brunswick, Maine, on January 2, 2003, as the Associate Pastor. On July 13, 2006, he was elected as the church’s Senior Pastor, where he continues to serve. He graduated from New Brunswick Bible Institute, New Brunswick, Canada in 2002 with a Certificate of Advanced Biblical & Theological Studies. Prior to Bible College, he worked for 13 years as a Letter Carrier with the United States Postal Service. He also served as an elder of the First Baptist Church in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He ministered on many boards and committees while there and led four mission trips to Ukraine. He is Chaplain for Brunswick/Topsham Police & Fire Depts., Freeport Police, and the Maine State Police. He was recently sworn in as the Assistant Area Rep. for Maine with the International Conference of Police Chaplains. He and his wife, Paula, have three children, Mark Jr., Erica (married to Cory Iles), and Meagan, and three grandchildren, Oliver “Ollie,” Norah, and Elowen Iles.
