Pastor Carl Chapman grew up in eastern New York. While attending Houghton College, he felt God leading him into the ministry and he graduated from United Wesleyan Bible College in Allentown, PA in 1986. He joined CWC as Youth Pastor/CE Director in 1987. He became Senior Pastor in 1999. He is married to Cindy and they have two children — Michelle and Daniel. The Chapman's reside in Baldwinsville.