Micheal Loosa | Lead Pastor
Mike grew up near Chicago, graduated from Cedarville University with an engineering degree, and moved to New London in 2011 to work at Electric Boat (EB), with no thought of entering full-time pastoral ministry. Mike and Brittany met in 2013 at the wedding of Andrew and Keren Biehl, Brittany living and teaching in Honduras at the time. One year later they were married, and Brittany found herself back in Connecticut, where she had grown up. During this time and in the years to come, the Lord was increasingly growing in Mike’s heart a desire for full-time ministry, but seemed to keep telling him to stay at EB and invest there and to continue serving the church as a lay elder. Between 2018 and 2023 the Lord blessed Mike and Brittany with the births of their four children: Adelyn, Jacob, Elliott, and Haddon. And then, throughout 2023 God moved in such a way as to clearly call Mike into the pastorate at Shoreline. By His Word and Spirit, God is unmistakably advancing the gospel of Jesus Christ and building His church in New England and around the world, and Mike and Brittany are thrilled to be a part of this work in a full-time capacity.