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PASTORS
BIO
The Ross family, along with
a core group of saints from
Holland
, Grand Haven,
Muskegon, and Grand Rapids,
Michigan
founded
Grace Life
Bible
Church
in October 2007.
As the son of a Grace
Minister, Pastor Bryan had the fortunate experience of being
raised under Grace teaching.
Upon graduating from
Bader High School
in Lake Geneva
Wisconsin
in 1996, Bryan
began attending Grace
Bible
College
in
Grand Rapids
,
Michigan. After twice
changing his major,
Bryan
decided to pursue two Bachelor Degrees through a cooperative
program between
Grace
Bible
College
and Cornerstone University.
This decision was motivated by two primary factors.
First,
Bryan
possessed a burning desire to teach and preach the message of
Grace. Second, as
the son of a tent making Grace Preacher,
Bryan
possessed a firsthand knowledge of the financial struggle to
make ends meet. Consequently,
the decision was made to pursue a career teaching history at
the secondary level as well as a Religious Education degree.
In the end,
Bryan
was awarded a Bachelors of Religious Education Degree from
Grace
Bible
College
and a Bachelors of Arts in Secondary Education from
Cornerstone
University
.
While
in college,
Bryan
met and married his wonderful wife Rebekah.
Shortly after getting married,
Bryan
took a position filling the pulpit at West Side Grace Church
in
Muskegon, Michigan
. Upon completing
his undergraduate studies,
Bryan
officially became the pastor of West Side Grace Church, a
position he filled for five years.
In the meantime, Bryan and Becky moved to
Cedar Springs,
MI
where
Bryan
took his first job teaching high school Social Studies at
Creative Technologies Academy, where he taught until December
2007. During this
time the Ross Family doubled in size, Andrew Michael was born
in January 2005 with his brother Daniel Paul following in
December 2007.
In
2006,
in order to meet the continuing education requirement to
maintain his teaching certifiacation. Bryan
enrolled in graduate school at
Norwich
University
in
Vermont. In June
of 2008,
Bryan
was awarded his Masters Degree in Military History.
Currently, Bryan
is utilizing his degree by teaching in the Social Studies
Department at
Greenville
High School in
Greenville, Michigan.
In
addition to attending
Grace Bible
College,
Bryan
also enrolled in Grace
School of the Bible with Pastor Richard Jordan.
This unique experience provided Pastor Ross with two
different perspectives on Grace teaching.
Thus having attended both institutions, Bryan
is able to speak from an informed position on divergent
doctrinal matters, rather than resorting to the hearsay and
conjecture that has all too often dominated doctrinal
disagreements within the wider Grace movement.
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