ChrisTeien.com is a growing collection of Bible-centered encouragement, practical insights, sermon audio, videos, and ministry resources to help you follow Jesus and live out your faith in everyday life.
This website brings together more than a decade of articles, teaching, ministry tools, and lessons from life and leadership. Its purpose is simple: to strengthen your walk with Christ and equip you to live and lead faithfully in the real world.
About Pastor Chris Teien
I started this personal website in 2012 to connect with people and make it easier to find the messages, resources, and encouragement I share. Here you will find biblical teaching, ministry tools, leadership insights, and practical guidance for everyday life. I also share personal experiences and lessons from my own journey that I hope will strengthen your faith and help you walk with Christ.
I have been married since my wife and I were 19. Together we have raised a family that includes adoption, and we now enjoy being grandparents to children and teenagers. Our family has also shared life with some smart and energetic dogs.
My background also includes experience in corporate sales and marketing. I enjoy working on cars and trucks, riding my bike, good coffee, fun times with friends, life in northern Minnesota, faith-filled movies, and inspiring Christian music. I am a husband, father, grandfather, pastor, and lifelong learner.
Ministry Experience
I grew up in Baptist churches and served as a member and volunteer at Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and Cross of Glory Baptist Church in Hopkins, Minnesota. I later served as a youth and family pastor in Forest City, Iowa, and as an outreach and discipleship pastor in Chisholm, Minnesota.
In 2001, I became a church planter with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and served as lead pastor in Belle Plaine, Minnesota. I was ordained in 2008. In 2021, my family and I returned to the Minnesota Iron Range exactly 20 years after leaving Chisholm. I now serve as lead pastor of Rockwell Church in Virginia, Minnesota.
Throughout my years in ministry, I have preached more than a thousand sermons. God’s Word is timeless, and many of those messages continue to encourage listeners today. Recent sermons and selected messages from the archives are available through the Well Faith podcast.
Education and Ministry Training
My ministry training includes a degree in biblical studies from Moody Bible Institute, a degree in Christian ministry from Crown College in Minnesota, and a master’s degree in ministry and leadership from Liberty Theological Seminary.
Much of what I have learned has also come through experience, relationships, and walking with people through the joys and difficulties of real life. I have developed and maintained church and ministry websites for nearly three decades and continue creating content that helps people live and lead faithfully.
Connect Through Video
Sermon videos, Bible teaching, edited message clips, and short encouragement are shared through my YouTube and TikTok channels. Complete services, recent sermons, and additional clips are also available through the Rockwell Church YouTube channel.
What Is WELL Faith?
WELL Faith is a simple framework for following Jesus in everyday life: Worshiping God, Encouraging others, Learning God’s Word, and Loving people. These four priorities help describe the kind of balanced, practical, and growing faith I want to pursue and encourage in others.
About Rockwell Church
Rockwell Church is a Christ-centered, Bible-teaching church in northern Minnesota where people of all ages are learning to follow Jesus and live WELL lives together. Many of the sermons featured on this website were originally shared during Rockwell Church services.
Rockwell Church meets Sundays at 10:15 AM in Virginia, Minnesota. Nursery and Kids Church are available.
The Purpose of This Website
I am always learning, listening, and trying to pass along what has been helpful to me. If something here encourages you, helps you understand God’s Word, or strengthens your walk with Jesus, then this website is fulfilling its purpose.
A Note About Shared Resources
When I share a song, video, article, message, book, or other resource, it does not necessarily mean that I endorse everything connected with its creator or organization. I encourage readers to use biblical discernment, extend grace where Christians disagree, and test every teaching according to God’s Word.