Our Elders and Deacons

"Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood."

Acts 20:28

Elders

ELDER

Greg Johnson

Greg grew up in Rocky Mount, NC and was saved by the grace of God in 1984 at the age of 17 through the witness of a friend, reading the Bible, and attending a Bible study. He and his wife, Angela, met in college and were married in 1988. While pursuing the call to ministry and working on a Master of Divinity, God granted Greg and Angela their first child in 1990. She was born with Down’s Syndrome and a severe heart defect. After several surgeries and lengthy hospital stays, she died in 1991. Through this trial, the Lord grew Greg and Angela even more in their love for and trust in our sovereign and good God. It was also during that time that they became convinced of the sovereign grace of God in salvation and began to grow in their understanding of reformed theology. Greg earned his Master of Divinity in 1996 and was ordained by the church where he attended for several years during seminary. After serving as an associate pastor in a church in South Carolina, he and his family moved to the Charlotte, NC area to plant Grace Fellowship Church in 1997. The Lord has graciously blessed Greg and Angela with five other children and two grandchildren. The desire of Greg’s heart is to glorify God by being faithful to the Lord as a believer, a husband, a father, a grandfather, and a pastor.

ELDER

Shawn Hill

Shawn was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He graduated from Bryan College in Dayton, Tennessee, where he received a degree in education. Since that time he has taught in various classroom settings, including public and Christian schools. He and his wife, Shannon, were married in June 2000 and have two sons, Avery and Aaron, and a daughter, Addison. God graciously opened Shawn’s eyes and drew him to faith in Christ in 1992. Shawn was ordained as an elder at Grace Fellowship Church in December 2005. Shawn’s desire is to be a faithful shepherd of the flock of God and to see God glorified in His church.

ELDER

Devon Grannum

Devon was born in Guyana, South America, in 1985. After the death of his father in 1992, he moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 1995. He and his wife, Petriece, were married in August 2008 and have three children, Daniel, Paytin and David. God saved Devon in the summer of 2000 through a series of sermons by John MacArthur. Devon moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2010 where he joined Grace Fellowship Church. He was ordained as an elder at Grace in February 2022. Devon’s desire is to see the Kingdom of God built up and His glory declared to the next generation.

ELDER

Ernest Henderson

Ernest was born and grew up in Detroit, Michigan. His high school years were spent primarily in Arkansas and Louisiana, and he attended Bishop College in Dallas, Texas. He and his wife, Andrea, were married in 1976 and have two adult children, Stephen and Leah. In 1982, God graciously granted Ernest saving faith and repentance unto life while pastoring a church plant in the inner city of Detroit. In 1986, he was accepted into the Trinity Ministerial Academy in Montville, New Jersey. He and his wife became members of Grace Fellowship Church in 2005. After 46 years of gainful employment in the skilled trades and trucking industry, he retired in 2020 and was ordained as an elder at Grace Fellowship in February 2022. It is his desire to live godly in Christ Jesus, and to help shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood, for His glory alone.

Deacons

DEACON

Allen Osborne

Allen was born in Akron, Ohio, and has lived in numerous other places throughout his life, including New York, Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama, Iowa, Tennessee and North Carolina. Allen earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Economics from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and worked for more than 25 years in the financial services industry before retiring in 2017. He and his wife, Loa, were married in 1989 and have one adult daughter, Hannah. God graciously saved Allen in 1995, and he and Loa became members of Grace Fellowship Church in 2002. Allen was ordained as a deacon at Grace in 2007. In addition to serving as a deacon, he also serves as the church’s Administrator and Treasurer. Allen’s desire is to employ his gifts in faithfully serving the Lord and His church as a good steward of the manifold grace of God, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ (1 Peter 4:10-11).

DEACON

Gregory Geyer

Gregory was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington. The Lord was pleased to bring Gregory to Himself in 1981. He and his wife, Breanne, were married in 1997 and moved to the Carolinas in 2009. His adult son, Ian, still lives in Tacoma. Gregory has worked in various roles in the outdoor retail industry and currently owns his own service company. Gregory and Breanne began attending Grace Fellowship Church in the Spring of 2010, and became members that Fall. Gregory was ordained as a deacon at Grace in November 2013. Gregory enjoys good hymnody and treasures the sovereignty and holiness of God and their outworking in the Doctrines of Grace. He gives thanks to God for His sustaining grace and giving him the desire to serve the body at Grace. Gregory eagerly awaits the return of Christ.

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