The Reverend Jeffrey Stonesifer was born in Hanover, PA. His theological educational progam took him to Yale University, Andover Newton Divinity School, and Boston University, from which he received a Master of Theology degree. He received clinical pastoral education from Lancaster General Hospital, The Hospital of St. Raefael in New Haven, CT, and Hartford General Hospital in Hartford, CT. He was ordained to the ministry in 1971 by the United Church of Christ.
He has served churches in North Carolina, the Andover Congregational United Church of Christ, Meridian United Church of Christ, and the Bethany United Church of Christ. He has served as pastor of the Congregational Free Church of Christ since 1992.
Pastor Jeff is married and lives with his wife, Karen, in Schuylkill Haven, PA. They have four children: Heidi, Jonathan, Shannon and Jared.