Our Leadership Team
Leadership Team Job Description
Kevin Harney serves as the lead pastor at Shoreline Community Church and is responsible for preaching, visionary leadership, and the development of our church’s focus on outreach. Kevin is a native Californian who grew up in Orange County. Through writing and speaking, he and his wife Sherry love to serve the local church as well as churches around the nation and the world. They have published numerous books, small group guides, and curriculum resources. Kevin’s most recent books are The U-Turn Church, Organic Outreach for Ordinary People, and Leadership from the Inside Out. Kevin and Sherry have been married for 26 years. Their three adult sons, Zach, Josh, and Nate. Kevin is a graduate of Azusa Pacific University (B.A.), Fuller Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity), and Western Theological Seminary (Doctor of Ministry). In warm weather he loves to unwind by walking a golf course with friends. When he can get near snow and a decent hill, Kevin loves to snowboard.
Pastor Howie knows what it is like on both sides of the pulpit, and brings a unique blend of business and ministry experience to Shoreline. Prior to Shoreline, for 14 years, he had maintained a dual career both speaking at churches and Christian conferences, and building a successful real estate brokerage and development business. Before real estate, Howie served on several pastoral staffs and directed the largest Campus Life ministry in the nation. He is a California native, earned a B.A. degree at Santa Clara University, and has also attended both Western Conservative Baptist and Talbot Seminaries. He was ordained in 1979. Howie and his wife Linda have been married for over 28 years and have seven children and one grandchild: Jenny and Kenny Hogan, Thomas and Shannon Hugo, Monica and Mike Schweene, Heather and Tyler Ruddock with baby Ryland, Katie, Jonathan and David.
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