Chris Drombetta

Chris Drombetta is the Executive Pastor at Old North Church in Canfield, Ohio. He is responsible for overseeing the church’s staff, finances and facilities. Outside of his work in the local church, Chris serves on the Moody Bible Institute Alumni Board, as well as the Advisory Board of the C.S. Lewis Institute, Northeast Ohio Chapter.

Chris and his wife Sarah have two children, Emma and Topher. In his leisure time, Chris enjoys cooking with Sarah, playing with his kids, fitness, and a good theology book over coffee.

Profile of a vine worker: Chris Drombetta

  • Marty Sweeney
  • 1 January 2018

Commit to infuse vine work into your regular responsibilities, whether this means in your committee meetings, family car rides, one-to-one meetings, setting up chairs or counselling.

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Spiritual conflict

  • Chris Drombetta
  • 22 June 2016

Throughout Jesus’ ministry, he faced much spiritual conflict—not just from demons and unclean spirits, but also in the hearts of his listeners. But how does any of it apply to us? Chris Drombetta investigates.

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Teach the tension

  • Chris Drombetta
  • 1 September 2015

I don’t typically think of tension as a good thing. The stress of life, throbbing headaches, tight shoulders, difficult meetings, and arguments at home are not my favorite experiences. However, I was recently reminded again that tension is quite important as we teach our people the Bible.

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Families that break

  • Chris Drombetta
  • 3 August 2015

One of the bedrock families in our congregation just lost their matriarch. I’m thinking about ways that I could have been, and hope to be, more helpful to this family. So with minimal personal editing and the vulnerability of the moment, here are some things for us to remember as we walk with families that break.

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I now pronounce you more mature in Christ

  • Chris Drombetta
  • 8 June 2015

I want to let you in on a little secret that exists among Christian pastors. We don’t like premarital counselling.

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Disciple-making go juice

  • Chris Drombetta
  • 24 April 2014

Making disciples is hard work. It’s supposed to be. Nudging people forward toward maturity in Christ is a battle of the heart, mind, schedule, and growing list of priorities in the lives of our people. Paul affirms this for us in his letter to the Colossians. "Him we proclaim, warning

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Prayer meetings... sort of

  • Chris Drombetta
  • 22 November 2013

One of the first things I do on Monday mornings (or most mornings for that matter) is check my iPhone calendar. A few weeks ago, the glowing brick told me that I had more than twenty meetings on the schedule for the week in question. I suppose that number could

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Disciple-making through singing

  • Chris Drombetta
  • 6 November 2013

Sunday is coming. Again. This is the joyful and often stressful reality for the music minister. When is the band rehearsing this week? Did I remember to send out those schedules and pieces of music? Who is doing the special music? Are there enough creative elements to support the sermon?

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