Jeff Trude

 Jeff and Diane have been married since February of 1975. Jeff and Diane have either served under or have been leaders in various ministries from children to adult partnering with the leadership of the church as well as participating in missions trips for the majority of their married life to together. Both Jeff and Diane are active in the Discipleship ministry of HBF and Diane is a member of the Praise Team.  

Jeff and Diane joined Heartland Baptist Fellowship in August 2008. Jeff is a graduate of Shepherd School of Ministry and is a licensed minister in the state of Missouri. 

Jeff was asked by the leadership of Heartland Baptist Fellowship to become the Pastor of the Light Walkers Adult Bible hour class and has been serving in this capacity since the fall of 2013.  

Currently Jeff is one of the instructors of the Heartland Bible Institute and has substituted for the Pastor in Sunday Evening Prayer service as well as Wednesday night Bible study and has assisted in Discipleship 2 as well as serving in the Audio Visual ministry.  

Jeff and Diane have 5 adult children and 15 grandchildren.