Our Pastoral Staff

JanElle Hoffman

Lead pastor

JanElle Hoffman and her husband Todd and family moved to the Cortez area in 2017 and quickly found the Cortez Church of the Nazarene to be family. Todd and JanElle are graduates of Eastern Nazarene College and have served as short term missionaries and in camp ministry.

Being a wife and mother, ministry has looked different in the various seasons of JanElle's life - children’s ministry, Christian education, and pulpit supply, to name a few. She served Cortez Church of the Nazarene as a volunteer associate minister to children and families 2019-2022. Her background is education, teaching for 15 years in-person or online.

After Pastor Ian resigned to accept the call to ministry at Montezuma County Hospice, JanElle accepted the call as pastor at Cortez Church of the Nazarene. Though “senior pastor” was not originally part of her plan, she is embracing the process (including pursuing a course of study toward ordination) and is grateful to serve her church family and community in this new capacity.