John “Cleve” Stafford
Cleve was born in South Africa and came to the United States in 2001. After attending Southwestern Christian College, where he obtained his undergraduate degree in Bible, he went on to complete a master’s degree in Christian counseling. In 2006 he started working at the White Rock Church of Christ in Dallas, Texas as a youth minister. In 2014 he was offered the position of Associate Minister at that church, a position he held until 2021, at which time he accepted the challenge of becoming the pulpit minister of a new church in Pittsfield, MA. He is married to Melinda Stafford, the love of his life, and has three children and two grandchildren.