Ilya Chashchin – Network Administrator & Production Engineer
Kelly Chashchin – Director of Communications
Ilya and Kelly Chashchin are both Salmon natives and childhood best friends who were married in the Fall of 2023. Ilya joined staff in 2022 and has an extensive technology and network administration background. He serves a rather unseen role in maintaining technology for the church. He also enjoys filming and editing video content for the church as a production engineer. Kelly joined the staff in 2019 and began building SVBC’s media from the ground up. She holds two degrees in journalism + public relations and marketing + strategic communication. Her favorite thing in her role is brainstorming new ways to reach people for Jesus where they are. Ilya and Kelly deeply desire for their hometown to know Jesus and love serving their church family as staff. They also really, really love their cat, Oliver.
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Nathan & Amber Harden – Resident Missionaries
Nathan Harden has served as a carpenter missionary to Utah and Idaho for over 20 years. His wife, Amber, and daughter Faith travel the Intermountain West helping churches and pastors with construction projects at no cost as a ministry to serve, love, and encourage those who are faithfully answering the call of the Lord in their communities. Nathan is a part of the staff at Salmon Valley Baptist and lives life on the road as a missionary full-time with his family, which means they are rarely home, but are an immense blessing to the staff and church family when they are. To read more about the Harden Family and their ministry, please visit their ministry page.
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Faith Durham – Ministry Apprentice
Faith Durham joined SVBC as an apprentice in the fall of 2023 as a year-long apprentice, not long after she first came to Salmon with a traveling ministry. During her time here, she has been a faithful part of many ministries and serves the church and community well. Faith is originally from Arkansas, has traveled to 40 states, and has ministered to over 60 churches in the last few years. She has served tremendously in a variety of capacities for SVBC and has a heart for youth ministry. She works as a barista and loves meeting new people and hearing their stories, always with a warm and welcoming smile.