Vince Cuomo vincecuomo@gbcph.org

Born and raised in the Chicago area Vince came to know the saving grace of Jesus Christ in 1990 while serving in the U.S. Navy. He first sensed God's call to the ministry while serving in a single adult and Junior High ministry at a church in Hawaii. With his church leadership's full backing, Vince moved to southern California to complete his education. While in graduate school he served for six years as the college pastor at The Evangelical Free Church of the Canyons in Canyon Country, CA where he developed a passion for seeing the gospel transform people's lives. Vince and his wife Rainie met in college and were married during graduate school (1997) and have two daughters, Lydia (2002) and Evangeline (2005) as well as a son, John (2007). Vince is also an instructor at Grace School of Theology (GSTM).

Thomas Kruggel thomaskruggel@gbcph.org

Thomas Kruggel has attended Grace Bible Church since 1998 after transferring to the Bay Area with his company, Hines, from Southern California. Since then he’s been involved with teaching our Getting Acquainted with Grace and other Sunday School classes, assisted with the coordination and development of our worship center, served on the worship team, and ministered with counseling. Thomas still works full-time for Hines as a real estate portfolio manager, offices in the City, and is an elder at Grace Bible Church. He and his wife, Victoria, have five children (Austin, Annie, Barret, Poppy & Willow) and live in Lafayette.

Tim Menez timmenez@gbcph.org

Tim was appointed an elder at Grace Bible Church in August 2006, and he presently oversees the Adult Education and Home Fellowship Group Ministries. He and his wife, Therese, live in Clayton with their 3 sons, Brandon, Davis, and Dustin and their daughter, Andie. Tim is self-employed as a financial planner and enjoys competitive cycling in his free time.

Tony Sanelli tonysanelli@gbcph.org

Tony Sanelli is the founding Pastor-teacher of Grace Bible Church. Born in Central America, he arrived at the United States at an early age and came to know the saving grace of Jesus Christ in 1979. He first sensed the call to preach and teach when leading the bible study of a San Francisco Bay Area musical group. This desire soon led to an internship and church planting. Since his ordination to the ministry in 1990, Tony has served as a youth pastor, worship leader, church administrator and pastor-teacher. His ministry is driven by the desire to preach and exposit the Scriptures with biblical accuracy, a Christ-centered focus and pastoral concern.

Tony received a Bachelor of Theology from the Master's Seminary in Southern California. In conjunction with his ministry at Grace Bible Church, he also teaches at Grace School of Theology and Ministry, serves on the school board and speaks at various nearby conferences and camps. He and his wife, Sheri, live and minister in our community with their three children, Nicole, Michael and Jordan.

In order to promote the development of elders and encourage those who desire such a ministry (1 Tim. 3:11), the elders have assembled a "leadership team." This "team" consists of the current elders and all "elders-in-training."

The elders-in-training are those men who have sensed a desire to pursue the ministry of shepherding God's flock. They have received some level of training and ministry exposure and are on the team in order to further observe the nature of the calling and share to some degree in the load shouldered by the elders. These men may or may not be on paid-staff at the church for other ministerial responsibilities. After this period of exposure, they are required to take a written doctrinal exam, an oral doctrinal exam and then their names will be placed before the body for affirmation.

The following have been serving on the leadership team and are in the process of completing the oral doctrinal exam: