 | Senior Pastor Robert Stephenson | | | .jpg) | | Pastor Stephenson joined the pastoral staff of Graceway Baptist Church in 1996 as associate pastor. He was called as senior pastor in May of 2000.
Pastor Bob began his ministry on the staff of Jack Van Impe Ministries International where he served as Assistant Media Director and Assistant Producer for the "Jack Van Impe Presents" radio and television programs. Following this, he served on the faculty of Macomb Christian School as high school Bible teacher and on the pastoral staff of Ryan Road Baptist Church in Warren, Michigan as youth pastor and later associate pastor.
Pastor Bob holds undergraduate degrees from Macomb College, Liberty University and Baptist Bible College; and received both his Master of Theological Studies and his Master of Divinity degrees from Louisiana Baptist Theological Seminary. He is certified in dispute resolution through The National Center for Dispute Settlement.
In addition to having served as vice chairman of the Missouri Baptist Bible Fellowship, he currently serves as a Missions Committeeman and Field Representative for the Baptist Bible Fellowship International;on the board of directors for National Church Planting Office of the Baptist Bible Fellowship International; and as a police chaplain with the Springfield, Missouri Police Department. Pastor Bob was born in Detroit, Michigan. He has been married to his high school sweetheart, Kim, for twenty five years. They have one daughter, Cassandra.  | | Associate Pastor & Worship Leader Stan Connolly | | | Pastor Stan joined the pastoral staff of Graceway Baptist Church in 2010 as associate pastor and worship leader. Stan received his ministry training at Baptist Bible College. He served on staff at the High Street Baptist Church in Springfield, Missouri as music ministry associate and at First Baptist Church in Willard, Missouri as associate pastor and music director. He and his wife Susan have started and led adult Sunday school classes and children’s Sunday school classes all throughout their years in ministry. Stan and Susan served as BBFI TEAM missionaries to Puerto Rico from September, 2007 to September, 2009. They have been married for twenty five years. They have three children; Jarrod, Hannah, and Lexi. Jarrod is currently in his 4th year of college at Missouri State and Hannah is finishing her first year of college at OTC. Lexi is in the 6th grade. All three of their children are faithful and active in the ministry at Graceway. | | Youth Pastor Kyle Gangel
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 Pastor Kyle joined the pastoral staff of Graceway in 2010. Kyle trusted Christ as Savior at an early age. As God worked in his life throughout those early years, Kyle felt led of the Lord to enter into full-time Christian ministry. He enrolled in Baptist Bible College and graduated with his bachelors degree in pastoral studies/Bible in 2008. He is currently working on his Master of Biblical Counseling and Master of Divinity degrees at Baptist Bible Graduate School.
During his undergraduate years, Kyle spent his summers working as the youth pastor at Canon Community Baptist Church in Canon City, Colorado. Kyle married his wife Elisabeth, who grew up on the mission field, in May of 2008. | | Visitation/Seniors Pastor James Sewell | | | James Sewell is a third generation Texan, born in Lubbock and graduated from John Tyler High School in Tyler. He and his wife, Linda, have been married for 43 years. They have three children and ten grandchildren (including twin boys and twin girls). Dr. Sewell is a graduate of Baptist Bible College, Garland Bible College, and Temple Baptist Theological Seminary; and has a Ph. D. from Bob Jones University. He is in his thirty eighth year of teaching at Baptist Bible College where he is also chairman of the Pastoral Studies Department. For eighteen years he was associate pastor of Park Crest Baptist Church. He was pastor of Noble Hill Baptist Church for over ten years. Pastor and Mrs. Sewell are excited about the Classics Bible Class at Graceway, a Sunday school class for “youngsters” over 60. | |
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