Reverend Todd Creason is the father of two daughters, and lives with his wife Valerie on the same farm where he grew up. He was trained and worked primarily in management, finance, and accounting over his 38 year professional career--the last 27 years of that career at the University of Illinois.
Todd and Valerie are small town people, and love living the small town life--neither of them ever got too far from where they grew up. They live on a corner of Todd's family's farm on land they bought from Todd's grandfather after they were married. Faith is something that they both share. Todd was baptized at the age of 16, and Valerie was baptized at the age of 13, and their faith in God, and strong Christian values have been at the center of their marriage for more than 25 years.
In 2019, Todd felt a strong call to ministry, and started seminary at the Urbana Theological Seminary (near the University of Illinois campus). Shortly after he started classes, COVID hit and he was able to rapidly accelerate his seminary education completing the requirements of the American Baptist Church Ministerial Program in 2023. He was called soon after to the pulpit as the part-time bi-vocational pastor of Muncie Baptist Church (IL).
In early 2024 he was ordained, and felt strongly that God was calling him to be more than a part-time pastor. He retired early from the University of Illinois, and now serves as the full-time Senior Pastor of Muncie Baptist Church. That just happened . . . he's still figuring all that out.