OUR ELDERS

Dan was born in 1954 in Stockton California and raised in a rural farm setting. He graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 1976 with BS in Electrical Engineering. He was converted to Christ in his early twenties. He worked in the fields of electrical and software engineering for 24 years. He pastored Emmanuel Bible Church in Tempe/Mesa from 1987 to 1997. In August of 1998 he became the interim pastor of Sovereign Grace Bible Church, Phoenix, and in May of 2000 he accepted a call to be SGBC’s permanent pastor. He has been married to his wife, Carole, since 1977. He also enjoys the outdoors, books on physics, and losing to his wife when they play Scrabble.

Victor and his wife Sunny have been members of Sovereign Grace Bible Church for over twenty years. They have been married for forty years and have two sons, Lee and Jacob. Vic oversees church financial matters along with other shepherding matters. He and Sunny provide marital/financial counseling for families. Vic is retired military (U.S.A.F.) and a retired inspector for the City of Phoenix. He enjoys working out and playing golf. He has a B.S. in Management and Human Resources and is pursuing his master’s degree in Management.

Nathaniel was converted to Christ at a young age having grown up in a Christian home. After he graduated from high school, he served in the military. He attended Moody Bible Institute (MBI) in Chicago. At MBI he met his wife Mabel and they were married in 1994, the same year he earned his BA in Theology. In 1997, Nathaniel attended Westminster Theological Seminary in California and graduated with an MA in Theology in 2001. His wife is Filipina and their home church in California sent them to the Philippines as missionaries in September, 2001. They served in the Philippines for seventeen years. Nathaniel and Mabel have three children, Luke, James, and Chloe. Nathaniel pastored in Metro Manila and taught at FEBIAS College of Bible as well as at Ateneo de Manila University. He enjoys reading books on ethics, philosophy, and worldview.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Ray came to faith in Christ when he read the Bible while attending UCLA. He has a Ph.D. in economics, and has spent over forty years teaching, most recently at Phoenix College. He served as pastor at Northwest Baptist Church in Phoenix for 10 years before joining Sovereign Grace Bible Church in 2018.  He has a passion for teaching and a heart for gospel/discipleship ministry, especially to college students. He married his wife, Elizabeth, somewhat late in life, which gave him insight into the challenges of being a Christian single (as well as being a Biblical husband). He is fond of dogs, classical music, old movies, computers, and helping his wife with word games.