Born and raised in Watonga, OK, Pastor John accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior at the age of 17. He answered the call to preach and was licensed a minister in 2001 just before joining the Marines, and ordained in 2008.  He and his wife Suzette moved to Abilene in 2012 and have 7 children.  John graduated with a Bachelors in Business Management from American Intercontinental University and is finishing a Masters in Pastoral Counseling from Liberty University.  He was installed as Associate Pastor of Grace Point Church on January 15th, 2017. John loves all things sports. 

Donna was born and raised in Pennsylvania, served in the USAF for 20 years, and is the wife of Pastor Rich.  It's no surprise to see that her priorities are the same as his: God, family and spiritual family.  They have been married for over 30 years and love each other deeply.  She accepted Christ at the age of 7 in Children's Ministry and understands the impact that training up our children has on their lives.  The mission of Grace Kids is to train up the next generation to be fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.  This is accomplished by helping kids have fun learning more about God and who they are in Christ using The Gospel Project curriculum.  Her daily scripture is Proverbs 3: 5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths."

Manny was raised in Abilene, Texas with short stints in Big Spring and San Antonio. After graduating from Abilene High he immediately left to serve as a US Marine, where he met his wife Becki. After 12 years being deployed all over the world, he and Becki, along with their 3 children, moved back to Abilene in 2014 and found GPC. Being a counselor at Every Nation Youth Camp, let Manny know he was supposed to serve with the Youth. Arise Youth is poised to make huge moves to further the Kingdom of God. Manny is a graduate of TSTC (Digital Art), and earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts at McMurry University.  Manny also serves on the GPC worship team. 

Leland was Pennsylvania born and Texas raised in a Christian homeschooled family of eleven. After graduating high school, he attended a two year bible school in San Antonio earning his ministers license from Charis Bible College. Leland started directing worship at GPC in July of 2017 and has continued to serve as a staff member and tech support. As a songwriter he worships with his voice and his instruments and has been in music ministry since 2011. He met his wife Janie Payne when they were 10 years old and got married in 2015. They enjoy playing piano and video games together.

Suzette was born and raised in New York. She always knew she wanted to travel the world proclaiming Jesus. Suzette believes her time as an Air Force member traveling to various countries fulfilled some of that calling. Suzette and John are proud parents of four sons and three daughters. They are excited to see the perfect plan of God as they steward the children entrusted to them by God. They know these children will be world changers for the Kingdom of God.

Christian grew up in Abilene and Brittney in small town East Texas, but they met their first semester of college at ACU. Christian earned a degree in Worship Ministry while Brittney's degree is in International Studies. They’ve been doing campus ministry full time since 2014 and got married in December 2017. In their free time, they enjoy waking up early to drink coffee together, pampering their elderly cat, and spending time in Colorado - or just traveling in general!  

Graduating from Abilene Christian University in 2015 with a degree in Political Science with an emphasis in International Relations, Britton Trotter serves as one of the Campus Ministers for GPC. From Fort Worth, Britton loves Europe and loves to go on short term missions there. He also believes that the future lies on the college campus, and in a world full of young people searching for the “ultimate truth”, the greatest truth they can know is the loving sacrifice Jesus made two thousand years ago.