Newly Elected District Superintendent

We are excited to announce Rev. Shawn Siegfreid as the newly elected District Superintendent for the Southern California District Church of the Nazarene.

Family

Shawn's wife is named Sherri, and they have three children. Their daughter Shawna, is a graduate of Trevecca and NNU and is married to Dalton Diehl. They live in Montrose, California, where Shawna serves the Montrose Nazarene Church. Shawna and Dalton have a three-year-old son named Siggy, named after his Pops.

Their second daughter, Shayli, is a speech therapist and a graduate of NNU. She is married to Coltin Brink, the youth and young adult pastor at Montrose Nazarene Church in Montrose, California. Shayli and Coltin have a baby girl named Collins.

Their son, Shaden, graduated from MNU in 2023, where he played football and majored in ministry. He currently serves as a youth pastor at Kansas City First Church of the Nazarene.

Testimony

As a child, Shawn Siegfreid would not have predicted the direction his life would take

and how he would one day answer the call to ministry. Although love was present in his childhood family, their home was filled with turmoil and strife, and God was not a part of the equation. When Shawn was a sophomore in high school, his parents split up, and a pastor named Dr. Paul Cunningham reached out to his father. Due to this encounter, his dad began attending Olathe College Church, where he found the saving grace of Jesus thus changing the trajectory of his life and others.

Shawn attended MidAmerica Nazarene University on a football scholarship. The summer before his freshman year, he gave his heart to the Lord, largely due to the great transformation he witnessed in his father. Shawn planned to go into law enforcement after he graduated, but the first summer of his married life to Sherri, he felt the call into ministry. His first assignment was as a youth pastor for his father-in-law in Topeka, KS.

Pastoral Heart

Shawn has never forgotten what it’s like to be lost and a part of a lost family and has a passion for reaching other families like his. He credits College Church’s mission and Pastor Paul’s outreach to his father for saving the lives of his entire family. For years now, Shawn and his staff and leaders spend time each week in a process called “Chasing Sheep” where they identify those in their church family who are struggling physically or spiritually or who are seeking. It is important to Shawn that people are encouraged and discipled by their church family.

Heart for Pastors

After pastoring these many years, Shawn knows the challenges of ministry and has a heart for pastors and churches. He believes our pastors and churches need encouragement during these days. He believes strongly that the church is still the hope of the world and in equipping churches and pastors to serve in their communities to fulfill this important task.

Education

B.A. in Psychology, Mid America Nazarene University on a football scholarship; All conference three years, team captain

M.A. in Ministries, Point Loma Nazarene University

30 hours at the Nazarene Seminary (1988-90)

Pastoral Experience

• 2018 - 2024 Kansas City First Church

• 2009-2018 Denver First Church in CO

• 2001-2009 Visalia First Church in Central CAL

• 1997-2001 Council Bluffs First Church in IA

• 1994-1997 Blythe First Church in SoCal

• 1992-1994 Hooker First Church in OK

• 1988-1992 Fairlawn, Topeka KS, Youth Pastor

• 1,186 baptized

• 1,412 new members

• Served on NNU, MNU, NBC, DAB, Ministerial Studies boards

• Built vibrant sports ministry in Visalia

Experience with Diverse Congregations

• Started Lahu and Spanish congregations in Visalia, as well as a Saturday night Celebrate Recovery service.

• Started an urban ministry in Denver (Movement 5280 currently has a large impact in downtown Denver in serving homeless young adults) and continued the leadership of a Spanish congregation.

• Leads an urban PAC church, Total Life Church, in Kansas City pastored by their Discipleship and Evangelisms pastor, Pastor Jenee Noriega Yarbrough; financially and physically supporting Victory Church, that ministers to the addicted in North KC; started a Spanish congregation at KC First that is growing and fruitful.