Church Staff

Adjunct Pastor Terry Shanahan

Rev. Shanahan was born in Niles, MI and graduated from high school in Pompano Beach, FL. He attended undergraduate studies at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, CO, and completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of NH. In 1995 he graduated from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, So. Hamilton, MA. In 1998, he was ordained in the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference (CCCC) and from 2002-2007, served as the Conference Area Representative for the State of NH.

In July 2007, Rev. Shanahan was appointed and affirmed by the CCCC Board of Directors to the position of Northeast Reginal Minister. He is also currently an Adjunct Pastor at the Rye Congregational Church.

Rev. Shanahan and his wife, Karlotta Perkins Shanahan, are founders of the Family Restoration Center, a Christian counseling ministry to Rye families. They have spoken at marriage retreats and worked with couples in crisis as well as doing premarital evaluations, consultations and counseling for area churches.

The Shanahan family has lived in Rye since 1971 and have two children, Sarah of Portsmouth, NH and James of Edgewater, FL, and a granddaughter, Molly.