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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I've been married to my beautiful wife, Emily Miller for 5 years. I have a 1 year old son, Graham Miller. I have been working in full time youth ministry for 8 years (8 years with K-life of Bartlesville) and now I am currently serving as the youth pastor at Grace Community church. My passions in my life include my family, University of Oklahoma sports and playing anything!!

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Joined the staff of GCC in May of 2007. She is originally from Piedmont, Oklahoma where she graduated 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 minor in Religious Studies. Brittany is currently in the middle of pursuing her Master’s Degree in Counseling through OSU. Favorite activities include playing & watching sports, worship, reading, and being with people. Before coming to GCC she spent three summers working at Kanakuk Kamps as a camp counselor and babysitter for the Unruh family followed by interning with GCC in the summer of 2006 in the youth program. These experiences and serving five years with the Overflow student ministry at OSU prepared her to pursue a call to youth ministry in Bartlesville and join our staff as the Associate Youth Director. Four plus years later she still serves as GCC’s AYD and is the Programs Director for Nikao, in charge of the Youth Praise Team and helping train leaders for The Landing which is Celebrate Recovery’s ministry to at risk teens in Middle and High School. For more information on any of these programs contact the church; for Brittany’s voicemail enter 125.

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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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