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About GBCAThe Grace Brethren Church of Aiken (GBCA) is part of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Read about Grace Brethren History here. FOUNDING OF GBCA_____________________________ In 1974, several families from the Mansfield, Ohio, area were sent to Aiken to build a new manufacturing facility (now known as ASCO). Having come from Grace Brethren churches in Ohio, the families banded together to begin a Grace Brethren Church here. In 1975, Steve Taylor, former associate pastor at the Rohrerstown GBC, Lancaster, PA, became pastor of the newly formed GBC of Aiken. Services were held in the old Aiken Community Playhouse at the corner of Price Avenue and Two Notch Road. In the fall of 1980, church services were held in our new building on Talatha Church Road. OUR PASTORS__________________________________ Pastor Steve grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and is a graduate of Grace College and Grace Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana, with a B.A. in Social Studies, a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry . His wife, Pat, is originally from Covington, Virginia, and is also a graduate of Grace College, with a B.A. in Elementary Education. In February of 1992, Don Soule joined the staff as Pastor of Youth and Families. Don is originally from Fremont, Ohio. He is a graduate of Washington Bible College, in Lanham, Maryland, with a B.A. in Pastoral Ministries. He is married to Cindy, who grew up in Sterling, Virginia. Cindy is also a graduate of Washington Bible College, with a B.A. in Religious Education. Ron Thompson joined GBCA in November of 2000, as Pastor of Senior Ministries, Music and Outreach. Ron is a native of Hopewell, Virginia. He is a graduate of Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia, where he earned a B.A. in Psychology and also Grace Seminary, where he received his Master of Divinity. He is married to Thelma, who also is from Hopewell, Virginia. TIME LINE______________________________________ The Church...
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