Staff
Rev. Paul Darminio
Senior Pastor
Pastor Paul has been blessed with a wonderful wife, Jill, and two amazing children, Annika and Josiah. Paul and Jill met while attending Messiah College, where Paul graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry in 2003. After receiving a Local Minister's license in 2008, Paul began studying at Nazarene Bible College. Pastor Paul then began his studies at Northwest Nazarene University, where he graduated in 2016 with an M.Div. degree, focusing on Spiritual Formation. Pastor Paul was ordained as an Elder in the Church of the Nazarene in 2016 and after serving as Associate Pastor at the Millville Church of the Nazarene, was called to join the team at Pitman Church of the Nazarene in March of 2017. Pastor Paul was blessed to be called to the Pennsville Church of the Nazarene in 2019.
Rev. Karen Onesti
Associate Pastor
Karen was raised in Sharon Hill Pennsylvania. In her early years of College, in September of 1976, she was saved and felt the call into Pastoral Ministry. Four years later, in 1980, she became a locally licensed minister while serving in the local Church of the Nazarene in Philadelphia. About that same time, she received an undergraduate degree and then a graduate degree from Villanova University in Classical Studies. As she felt the call Of Christ on her life, she then went on to Palmer Theological Seminary where she received her Master of Divinity. She also studied at Temple University, where she furthered her education in Religious Studies. Since that time she has served as an adjunct professor Of Biblical Greek, Latin, and Exegesis. She was ordained as an Elder in the United Methodist Church and has served there from 1993 until 2018. She has felt led to join the Church of the Nazarene and has served as Pastor to Senior Adults at the Pitman Church of the Nazarene. She has been appointed to Pennsville Church of the Nazarene as Associate Pastor since Fathers' Day 2023.
Pastor Karen is available for meetings after Sunday’s worship or other times by appointment.
Phone: 609-847-6483
Email: k.onesti@comcast.net