Staff & Leaders 2024
Lucas was born and raised in Greensboro. He accepted Christ at the age of 13, after attending a service with his Memaw. Lucas is currently enrolled at Guilford Technical Community College with plans to transfer to UNC-Greensboro studying information systems. After working in the restaurant industry, Lucas joined the Facilities team at Grace. In his…
Faith Journey: At the age of eleven I made my public profession of faith in Christ at FaithPresbyterian Church; confessing that I am a sinner in need of forgiveness, and that I trust in Jesus Christ and His work on the cross to cover me. I made known publicly that I desired that the Holy…
Hank Mangum is a native of Monroe, NC. He graduated from Monroe High School in 1974, earned an undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University in 1978, with a major in Accounting, and earned a law degree from Wake Forest in 1981. He was licensed in NC as an attorney in 1981, moved to Greensboro shortly…
Demetrius Ponder, a native from Atlanta, Ga, graduated from Clark-Atlanta University in Atlanta in 2000 with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance. He attended CAU on music scholarships in percussion and voice and travelled extensively performing throughout the US and abroad. He worked as an engineer briefly in Chicago prior to being relocated to Greensboro, NC…
Faith Journey: Growing up I would not say I was raised in the church. We attended sporadically throughout the year but did attend church on Easter Sunday and Christmas Eve. It was not until attending Young Life in high school that I fully heard and comprehended the Gospel. I gave my life to Christ summer…
Brent was born in Brooklyn, NY, but raised in Greensboro, NC. His spiritual foundation started at Hayes Memorial United Holiness Church, where he served on the Junior Usher Board and sang in the Male Chorus. Brent accepted Christ at the age of twelve in 1975. Brent attended primary, intermediate, and secondary school and college in Greensboro.…
Growing up I lived in Virginia, Canada, and mostly northeast Ohio (Akron). I was raised in a home where both of my parents became believers as adults, after my older siblings were born and therefore, my home life was shaped by figuring out what it meant to live out this faith in daily life. This…
Kyle grew up in Davidson, NC and went to a Christian school from fourth grade through high school graduation. While he knew all the right “surface stuff” of Christianity, it wasn’t until after he moved to Greensboro in 2013 that Kyle started to have a real relationship with Christ. Kyle and his wife, Meredith, have…