Church Staff
Senior Pastor
Associate Pastor
Associate Pastor
John Nett
John has served as Pastor at Grace since 2020 and loves preaching and teaching, a good meal with friends and time with family. He has served as a Pastor for more than 20 years and received his training for ministry at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
Associate Pastor
Associate Pastor
Associate Pastor
Brandon Thiel
Brandon has a passion for discipling teens in the faith and has 7 years of experience in youth ministry. He loves a good game of chess and is an Eagle Scout. Brandon received his training for ministry at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Children's Ministry Director
Children's Ministry Director
Children's Ministry Director
Laura Santiamagro
Laura has served as Director of Children's Ministry since 2022. She loves what she does and has a special place in her heart for students with special needs. She received her training for ministry at Moody Bible Institute earning her BA in Children's Ministry.
Ministry Assistant
Children's Ministry Director
Children's Ministry Director
Holly Paulsen
Holly has served as the Ministry Assistant since July 2023 and is a longtime member of Grace. She manages the office, is passionate about supporting the ministries at Grace, and is excited when people discover and use their God-given gifts.
Core Values
Biblical Truth
We want every part of our ministry to strengthen the penetration of God’s Word into our lives. We believe the Bible to be the revealed, inspired, and inerrant Word of God and the final authority for all Christian faith and life.
24/7 Faith
We want every part of our ministry to strengthen a faith that allows our relationship with Christ to impact every thought, every deed, every action, every part of us, every day of our lives.
Transforming Growth
We want every part of our ministry to strengthen a lifelong process of becoming more like Jesus that begins when a person becomes a Christian and is empowered by His Spirit.
Healthy Families
We want every part of our ministry to strengthen Christ-honoring relationships in and Christ-honoring purposes for every family, no matter what it looks like – traditional, single parent, blended, kids, or no kids. Healthy families are a powerful testimony to the gospel of Christ.
Beliefs
Grace is a member of the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA), a denomination in the Protestant Tradition. The EFCA consists of over 1500 Evangelical Free Churches Stateside and Free Church ministries in 45 countries outside of the United States.
Within the EFCA, we are a member of the EFCA Central District.
Distinctives of the EFCA:
- The EFCA is a believers’ church—membership consists of those who have a personal faith in Jesus Christ.
- The EFCA is evangelical—we are committed to the inerrancy and authority of the Bible and the essentials of the Gospel.
- The EFCA embraces a humble orthodoxy in partnership with others of like faith.
- The EFCA believes in Christian freedom with responsibility and accountability.
- The EFCA believes in both the rational and relational, i.e. the head and the heart, dimensions of Christianity.
- The EFCA affirms the right of each local church to govern its own affairs with a spirit of interdependency with other churches.
Read our full STATEMENT OF FAITH.
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