About New Song

Kurt was born in Crookston, MN is 1968 and enjoys sports, hunting and fishing but most of all his family including the church family. In 1989, after running from his calling for several years, God finally broke through in a series of dreams, visions and a visit from the Man in White, Jesus! Kurt submitted to Jesus' call to enter into ministry and has served children, youth, young adults, adults, senior adults, missions, prisons, preaching, entreprenural ventures, people with handicaps, wherever the Lord leads, evangelizing and discipling others as part of his life. Kurt has been pastoring at New Song Church since December 1st 1994. He started as the youth pastor, then the associate pastor and now the Senior pastor, with a couple stints as the children's pastor. Kurt has been a Chaplain for the Bismarck Bobcats NAHL hockey team for the last 25 years, chaplain for the Bismarck Larks Northwood league baseball team for the last 10 years, as well as other sports teams over the years. He is also a Chaplain for Crisis Care Chaplaincy and the jail and penitentiary over the last 32+ years. Kurt is married to Lisa, celebrating 30 years this Oct 2026! They have five awesome children Karlee (Michael) Epperson, son William and baby number two coming in October. Naomi (Wade) Chaffee Bromke, daughter Willimina. Also son Evan, daughter Emilie and son Eli. They are so very proud of them! Kurt loves to see churches work together as well as other para church organizations, businesses and anyone willing to build the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven!

Michael was raised in Washington State, has followed Jesus for most of his life, and has served in ministry for over 15 years. At 19, he moved to Los Angeles to earn a Bachelor's degree in Transformational Ministry before eventually settling in Bismarck, North Dakota. He has served as an Assisting Pastor at New Song Church for more than a decade, overseeing various ministries.

Michael is passionate about helping people become biblically grounded and deeply rooted in Jesus through podcasting, teaching, and writing Bible curriculum. He and his wife, Karlee, have two children.

Krista Erickson serves as the Children's Pastor and Child Care Center Director. She has been on staff at New Song Church since 2010. Her and her husband Mike have three boys. She enjoys seeing children encounter Jesus and discover new things as well as equipping others to disciple the next generation. Her passion for working with children started at a young age when she would ask to get out of her own Sunday School class to help her mom with the younger children.

Pastor Travis Kadrmas has served in ministry for over 27 years. Originally from Dickinson, North Dakota, he gave his life to Christ in 1993 and joined New Song Church in Bismarck in 1998. Now, as Connections Pastor, he helps others discover their God-given gifts and purpose.

His favorite verse, James 4:10, reflects his heart for humility and growth. Travis enjoys worship through music, cheering on the Las Vegas Raiders, and spending time with his golden retriever, Barnabas.

Michael Erickson was saved back in 2004. Since then he has gotten married to a wonderful lady and they both received their pastor’s licenses. They both love to work in ministry together. They have three amazing boys with lots of energy. At New Song Church Michael oversees Club Radio ministry and is the station manager. Michael also does some cleaning for the church and volunteers with his wife in the kids ministry. Michael is always looking to empower people to be part of Club radio to make a difference in the community through our radio station. So if you are interested in radio and making a difference contact mike Via email.

Chantelle serves as the Worship Leader at New Song Church and is passionate about creating spaces where people can encounter God's presence through authentic, Spirit-led worship. She loves equipping and discipling worship and tech teams, believing that ministry is about both character and calling. Outside of church, Chantelle is a wife, a mom of three, and enjoys using creativity through design, music, and media to share the hope of Christ. Her heart is to see people grow deeper in their faith and relationship with Jesus.

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Shelly has over 34 years of experience in ministry. She started and pastored a local church for 23 years. She traveled internationally doing leadership conferences and led multiple mission’s teams to several nations. She was able to build ministry centers, orphanages, drill water wells, and feed and educate hundreds of kids for several years in India. She has owned and operated several businesses with a desire to renovate facilities and organize operations to function at an optimum level for the Kingdom of God She has been married to Chuck for over 43 years and has 2 children, a son-in-law, and daughter-in-law. They are blessed with 8 grandchildren and love to have overnights, cook, and bake their favorite foods. Being grandparents is one of the greatest joy’s in their lives!