Martin Hodge has served the Bluffton First Church of the Nazarene since October 2008.  Pastor Martin grew up in Muncie, Indiana.  He received his education at Olivet Nazarene University.  It was while he was at Olivet that he ran into Mandy Gray who would later become his wife.  Pastor Martin and Mandy have been married since 1996 and have two children (Victoria and Gabriel).

Pastor Martin spent 12 years in Michigan where he served as a youth pastor in Adrian and Howell.  He was the senior pastor of the Silver Lake Church of the Nazarene for 6 years.