Our Staff
Lead Pastor
Jordan is a midwest kid at heart and feels at home in college towns. He finished undergrad in 2012 with a degree in Child, Adult, and Family Services, and earned his masters in arts and theological studies in 2015. He has been a staff member with Salt Network churches since 2012. He met his wife Jessamy at Salt Company his freshman year of college and they got married in 2011. They now have two kids Graham (5) and Joy (2). In 2017, Jordan helped plant Redemption Church in Minneapolis, MN. He started as the Salt Company Director (college pastor) and moved to the teaching pastor position in 2020 until he felt God leading him to plant a church in Lafayette. Jordan loves hot takes, road trips, volleyball, and spending unnecessary amounts of time and money preparing feasts for his friends. His favorite part of the day is his kids yelling "daddy!" when he gets home.
Jordan Adams
Formation Pastor
Josh grew up in a suburb of Minneapolis and moved to Ames, Iowa to attend Iowa State University. After graduating he joined the Salt Company Staff in 2017 where he would eventually meet his wife Tracee! In March of 2021 they got married and just two months later they moved to Atlanta, Georgia to start a Salt Company reaching students at Georgia Tech and Georgia State. Now he and Tracee have moved to Lafayette to help plant the Chapel in order to reach college students at Purdue and the people of the Greater Lafayette area with the gospel! Josh loves reading, nature, pizza, good coffee, game nights, and great friends.
Josh Wassenaar
City Ministries Coordinator
Ariana grew up in Marshall, Illinois. Her college years were spent at different universities, where she competed on the track and field teams as a hammer and weight thrower. In 2017, she graduated from Iowa State with a dual major degree in psychology and sociology. Her involvement with the Salt Company helped spark her heart for the nations. In 2019, she moved to East Asia with Campus2Campus. Upon returning to the states due to Covid-19, Ariana caught the vision for national church planting and moved to help plant Embassy Church in Bloomington, IN as an International Ministry Lead. Now Ariana is excited for this new role and opportunity to be a part of what God is doing both on Purdue’s campus and the greater Lafayette area. Ariana loves playing sports, game nights, nature walks, drinking coffee, eating buffalo chicken dip and spending time with family and friends.
Ariana Kuhn
Worship Leader
Anna grew up in small-ish Waverly, Iowa and went to college at the University of Northern Iowa for Elementary and Middle-level Education. She became involved with Salt Company while in school and eventually joined the worship staff as an intern and part-time leader. After she graduated in 2023, she joined on Salt Co. staff to lead worship full-time. After a few years of learning a LOT from her friends and coworkers in Cedar Falls, she decided to move to the Greater Lafayette area to join in the work God was doing in the community and on Purdue's campus! She loves all different kinds of music, coffee, reading, making her house feel cozy, and cooking for friends.
Anna Hoins
Salt Company Director
Brandon was born and raised in Lakeville, Minnesota before moving to Ames, Iowa in 2015 to attend Iowa State University. At ISU, he studied Supply Chain Management & Entrepreneurship and met some of his lifelong friends through The Salt Company. After graduation he married his wife Anna and began working for Salt Company in Ames where he was on staff the last 4 years. Brandon loves traveling, watching documentaries, eating BBQ, listening to podcasts & hanging with family and friends.
Brandon Johnson
Salt Company Resident
Emma was born and raised in Savage, Minnesota. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2022 with a degree in Elementary Education. Emma subbed & taught 6th grade for a year before relocating to Lafayette. She is so excited for what the Lord is doing at Purdue and can’t wait to pour into the students. She can’t believe it’s her job to help start the ministry that the Lord used to change her life. Emma loves musicals, DIYs, and hanging out with friends!
Emma Adamson
Salt Company Resident
Ana grew up in Marshall, Minnesota and went to college at Bethel University in St. Paul, where she competed on the golf team, studied education, and met some of her lifelong friends. After graduating, Ana taught middle school math (awesome, right?!) for a year before following God’s call to move to Greater Lafayette and work for Salt Company. She loves seeing students at Purdue meet Jesus and live in community with each other. On an average day, you can find Ana organizing a calendar, playing pickleball, looking at a map, journaling, or getting way too excited about anything & everything.