Chris DeMorell grew up in northern New Jersey in a non-practicing Catholic household. He attended Ohio State University after high school and was immediately involved in the fraternity party scene. It was between his sophomore and junior years that God began to work in his heart. Having very little Bible understanding he began reading a Gideon NT. One night he read the plan of salvation in the back of it and, being convicted of his sin and need to be right with God, placed his full faith and trust in Jesus Christ as his Savior. It was not long after that he got involved with a nearby Bible church. Upon graduating from Ohio State, he returned to New Jersey and joined a fundamental Baptist church where God placed upon His heart a desire to pursue full-time ministry training. He began his M.Div. at Bob Jones Seminary before transferring to Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary in Lansdale, PA.  During this time, he served as an assistant pastor for two years at a small church in Pennsylvania.  While participating in several trips to Utah during that time as well, God placed a burden on his heart for ministry to the dear people of that state. Chris and his wife, Rachel, were married in 2010 and moved to Utah in 2011. He served as the assistant pastor and then senior pastor of Santaquin Baptist Church in Santaquin, Utah.

Rachel grew up in a Christian home in Pennsylvania and was saved at the age of four. She graduated from Pensacola Christian College in Florida in 2007. God opened up her first job at Teva Pharmaceuticals in Hatfield, PA. After moving to Utah, she worked for several companies before landing at NuSkin in Provo, UT. God has blessed Rachel there and she is now a manager of quality control. She is truly industrious like the Proverbs 31 woman and is grateful for the opportunity to be a witness to her co-workers. They were blessed with the joyful additions to their family of Benjamin Christopher in 2018 and Nathan Alexander in 2020.

Chris & Rachel serve as Western Field Directors for BEM.

Contact:

Chris & Rachel DeMorell
813 S 30 E
Santaquin, UT 84655
(801) 754-3442

email: chris.demorell@gmail.com