Pittsburgh Christian Fellowship

Pastor chris demark, senior pastor

Pastor Chris DeMark was born again on July 3, 1976, at the age of 17. In 1977, Chris DeMark attended California State College, where he majored in Biology. In the fall of 1979, Chris attended Penn State University. On October 30, 1979, Chris was filled with the Holy Spirit on the Penn State University Campus at a Catholic Charismatic Prayer group called Bread of Life. On January 13, 1980, Chris was water baptized and received the call to preach. 

Upon completing college at Penn State with a B.S. in Rehabilitation Education, he moved to West Philadelphia with a team of Christians to pioneer a church.  In the summer of 1984, Chris became a Teen Camp Counselor for the Salvation Army. That Fall, he began his studies at Rhema Bible Training Center in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and studied under Kenneth E. Hagin. 

In 1986, God then called Pastor DeMark to the inner city of Pittsburgh. Chris took a position as youth minister at Pittsburgh Christian Fellowship where he met and married Belinda Eger.

In 1991, Chris, Belinda, and their children Joyous and Faith, moved to East Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, to pastor Kiski Full Gospel Fellowship. After three years, he returned to Pittsburgh Christian Fellowship and became senior pastor. Pastor Chris is a member of Rhema Ministerial Association International.