Deacons

Dave Bower is deacon serving over the areas of benevolence and church finances.

David Brittain has been a discple of Christ since November of 1986. Since moving to Tempe in 2013, David and his family have served in a variety of ministries at GBC and it is here in the ministry of Next Generation Ministries that his experience as a career teacher and coach is utilized as he labors alongside our fellow NGM servants. David enjoys serving others and growing as a disciple as well as helping to disciple others within the church body. He and his wife Erin both serve in our discipleship layer of ministries at GBC as smallgroup leaders and they are deeply involved and invested in their personal family life as well with 8 sons to shepherd by God’s grace.

Daniel and his wife, Liz, have been members of Grace Bible Church since 2017, and God has blessed them with six children.  The Lord brought Daniel to faith in Jesus and repentance from sin in 1977 and Liz in 1975.  They were married in 1986 and have lived in the Ahwatukee area since 1995.  Daniel counts himself richly blessed to be entrusted at GBC with serving the Lord Jesus by making the preaching of His Word and the corporate worship in music of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit heard and seen.

In 2006, Mike began attending Grace Bible Church and was quickly drawn into a smallgroup. In the years since, these smallgroups – and fellow believers in them – have played a prominent role in his own growth and maturity as a believer in Jesus Christ especially in providing numerous opportunities for him to grow in practice of the ‘one anothers’ of scripture. Now as a deacon, Mike serves in a leadership role within his smallgroup (as well as maintaining the Grace Bible Church website). Mike lives in Mesa with his wife, Adrienne, and their three children. For work, Mike owns and manages a brand consultancy – Resound.

Born and raised in California, Vincent attended UCLA and earned his bachelor’s degree in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics. Vincent was saved by God’s grace in high school, but truly experienced major spiritual growth while attending John Macarthur’s church, Grace Community Church while in college. Upon graduation he moved to Arizona to pursue a Doctorate of Pharmacy from Midwestern University. It was in Phoenix where he met his future wife Laura. He has been attending Grace Bible Church since 2014 and has been serving as a deacon in NGM since April 2019.

Nick was born in 1949 and raised in the Rochester, NY area. He moved to Mesa, AZ in 1975. In 1981 by God’s great love and mercy opened his heart to receive by faith the belief and trust in his savior Jesus Christ. He met his wife Vivien in 1983 and they were married in January of 1985. They have two sons, Shay and Casey. They came to Grace Bible Church in May of 2010 and have been members ever since. Nick has served on the worship team, since 2010, and has been a continued participate in Build and Trust discipleship ministries and studies serving the spiritual growth of men within the GBC church body. Since 2021, Nick directs the TES Tradition Golf Classic, a yearly fund-raising effort which supports The Expositors Seminary students as they prepare for the high calling of Pastoral ministry. He is the Deacon of the Barnabas Ministry. He directs a team of men and women to serve those within the church body who are widowed, single moms and others with special needs. The Barnabas Ministry function is to provide for practical everyday needs and handyman services these women may require.