Staff

Rod and Cindy moved to Bartlesville in 1995 with their four children to help plant Grace Community Church. He received his B.B.A. from Southern Methodist University and his Th.M. and D.Min. from Dallas Theological Seminary.

Before being involved in local church ministry, Rod served on the staff of Search Ministries, a parachurch organization dedicated to helping those who are far from Christ consider the claims of Christ in creative and non-threatening ways.

During his tenure with Search, he was instrumental in co-authoring publications on discipleship and apologetics.

Since 1998, Rod and the various mission teams at GCC have been active in planting churches in central Russia and in the Caribbean, and to date Grace has had the privilege of establishing over fifty churches internationally. In the process, Rod and elders founded Grace Missions International (GMI) which equips church planters to establish grace-oriented missional churches that share Christ in the context of meeting tangible needs.

Our serving experience, internationally, strongly influenced us to transition our church in a missional direction in 2006. Since then we’ve sought to serve our community with Christ-like love, as if we were a missionary organization serving overseas. (Check out our Missional Church Manifesto to learn more about what missional churches are and how they function.)

Rod is a Veritas Worldview Institute Fellow at Oklahoma Wesleyan University and a member of the faculty.

Since launching Celebrate Recovery in 2005, a definite recovery culture has come to permeate the various ministries of Grace Community Church. People often tell us that GCC has become more a hospital for the hurting than a hotel for satisfied people who think their lives are going well. This has had a transforming impact on Rod and Cindy, personally, as well as their four children.

Rod and Cindy enjoy sailing, backpacking, traveling in England and their big Weimaraner puppy named Sadie. But his number one passion is communicating God’s grace.

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Ed and Susan moved to Bartlesville in 1992 and have been members of GCC since 2000. Ed holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a MS in Engineering Management both from the Missouri School of Mines/Missouri Rolla. Prior to joining the church staff he spent three years in the Navy with the Seabees on the ground with Seabee Teams in Vietnam and Southeast Asia and thirty plus years in industry working in sales and marketing with instrumentation and analyzers for the chemical, petrochemical and refining segments. Ed became an elder at GCC in 2003 and began serving as the Executive Pastor in February 2006 responsible for planning, staff development and day to day supervision of the staff. He also serves as the President of Grace Missions International, Inc. Susan is a Counselor at Bartlesville High School and has been a Precept Leader since 1982. She has an abiding passion for God’s word and for teaching others to learn how to inductively study the word of God as well as for being a strong Christian influence for students at the high school. Ed and Susan have two daughters: Sarah is a Physician’s assistant in the Tulsa area and Laura is married and teaching first grade in St. Louis County, Mo.

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Mark Molder grew up in Shelbyville, Tennessee. He attended Middle Tennessee State University and is a graduate of Troy State University. He is married to his high school sweetheart Cindy. They have two grown sons Mark and Jake, a daughter in law Kandi, and twin grandsons, Cameron and Grant. Mark spent the past thirty years in the Recreational Vehicle (R.V.) industry. He was involved in all aspects of R.V. manufacturing, sales, and service. Mark and his wife have lived in several southern states but moved to Bartlesville in 2006 to be close to their children and grandchildren. He enjoys boating, watching University of Tennessee football and visiting new restaurants. Mark joined the staff as the Church Administrator in October 2009.

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After growing up in Indiana , I attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas where I met my husband. Rod and I were married in 1979. We both attended Dallas Theological Seminary and I graduated in 1985 with a MA in Biblical Studies. As a senior in high school, I came to Christ through the ministry of Young Life. I became actively involved in Bible studies, and attended youth camp as well as weekly club meetings. At SMU I grew in my faith through the friendships I developed in my sorority and through the college ministry of Highland Park Presbyterian Church. Throughout my ministry at Grace Community Church I have led Precept Bible studies for women, served as the Children's Ministry Director for three years and am currently the Director of Adult Ministries. I am the Ministry Leader for Celebrate Recovery and our Women's Ministry, as well as the Director of Join the Journey. My husband Rod and I have been married for 30 years. We've been blessed with four beautiful children. Our oldest daughter Sarah is married and lives in Bedford, England with her husband, Richard, and our grandson Sam. Kristin and her husband Brian are on staff at Mosaic Community Church in Seattle, Washington serving as college pastors. Our oldest son Caleb, is a senior at OSU in Stillwater, OK majoring in business and economics. Jared is currently in Costa Rica, working and serving alongside two ministries there.

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Jeff joined the GCC staff in August of 2003. Originally from Enid, Oklahoma (Go Plainsmen!!), he then went to Ottawa University on a football and choir scholarship (Go Braves!!), receiving his Bachelors in History/Political Science. A five-year veteran at Kanakuk Kamps in the summers (K-Kountry) allowed for the opportunity to be one of 31 students in the first class at The Kanakuk Institute (an accelerated seminary program for Youth Ministry, in Branson, Missouri). Jeff met his wife, Courtney, there and the two were married shortly after graduating the program. In the spring of 2007 Jeff finished his Master's in Youth and Family Ministries from John Brown University (Go Golden Eagles!!) and is loving working with the teens in Bartlesville (Go Bruins, Patriots, Bulldoggers, and Mustang's!!) through Nikao!! Jeff can often be found riding his bike with the 'doodle-bug' being pulled right behind with his son and daughter, Jackson and Creighton, inside telling him to go faster. In October, Jeff and Courtney added to their family once again, by adopting their newest daughter, Charleigh Tatum.

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Joined the staff of GCC in May of 2007. She is originally from Piedmont , Oklahoma where she graduated from high school in 2002. She went on to college at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater where she graduated in May of 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a minor in Religious Studies. While in college she enjoyed playing any intramural sport she could and took any chance to sing that came her way. She previously spent three summers working as a counselor at Kanakuk Klassic and a babysitter for the Unruh family before interning with GCC in the summer of 2006 for the Youth program. Between these experiences and 5 years serving the Overflow ministry at Oklahoma State she felt a call to return to Bartlesville and join the full-time staff at GCC as the Associate Youth Minister. "There is just something about this place and I am truly thrilled to be here. I thank the Lord for allowing me an opportunity of this magnitude! I can't wait to get to know more of the church body (especially the youth!)." After 2 plus years as our Associate Youth Director Brittany is our Program Director for Nikao, in charge of the Youth Praise Team and heading up Life Hurts, God Heals – a fairly new program that we are excited about! Life Hurts, God Heals is associated with the Celebrate Recovery Program and is intended to help students in grades 7-new graduates, roughly ages 12-22. For more information on any of these programs contact the church; for Brittany's voicemail enter 125.

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Sandy has lived in Bartlesville for 30 years and has attended Grace Community Church for 15 years. She has 3 daughters and 7 grandchildren. She has had a variety of occupations, but has always been involved with children ministry both in the church and in the community. She firmly believes that children are the most important group in any congregation, and feel blessed to be able to serve as the Director of Children’s Ministry.

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In 2006, Cindy and her husband Mark moved to Bartlesville from Knoxville, Tennessee. They have two grown sons, Mark and Jake, a daughter “in love,” Kandi, and twin grandsons, Cameron and Grant. Cindy is a graduate of Bible Study Fellowship. During her years as a leader in BSF, she discovered her passion for studying and teaching God’s Word. In her free time, Cindy enjoys boating, reading, and freelance writing. She joined the GCC staff in January, 2009.

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Jake joined the Grace staff as Worship Director in November of 2009, bringing with him 12 years of musical knowledge and experience, and a love for worship, both leading and participating. He is a current student at Oklahoma Wesleyan University pursuing a degree in communications, and enjoys reading and playing music in his spare time.

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Shelley began working at Grace in February of 2006, in the position of receptionist, having 18 years of church office experience. She moved the following year into her current position of Finance and Print Media. Married, with two grown children, Shelley and her husband, Lloyd, live in rural Bartlesville, where they enjoy living “the country life” with their two horses and a miniature schnauzer named Chester.

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Mary and her husband Ron moved back to Oklahoma in Dec 1999 after living in Colorado for thirty-six years to be available to her aging parents. Together, they have seven children and eleven grandchildren all who live in Colorado except for Mary’s daughter and her family that live in Phoenix, AZ. In Sept 2009, Ron went home to be with his Lord and Savior. She began working at GCC Feb 2004 as an Administrative Assistant; you can find her at the Welcome/Information Center each Sunday morning. She has been a student with the Precept Bible Study for the past seven years. She has several special ladies that she sees weekly who live in a nursing home. This has developed into a ministry that has enriched her life.

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