Dan Green
Pastor
I moved to Virginia with my family around 1988 where I finished up my high school years. I was working at a sign shop in Hampton and met a man who befriended me, his name was Bill. He was friendly, kind and sincere. I was going through some rough waters in my life, and he took a genuine concern for me. He shared how he had met Jesus, and that I could know Jesus too.
Bill knew something then that I did not, that though there are many problems in life, there is one solution, and that is Christ Jesus! We became buddies and I enjoyed our friendship. He possessed something in his life that I wanted in my life. I didn’t know it but the love of God was reeling me in!
One day Bill asked me if I had ever been “born again.” I had heard the phrase before, but it was not very familiar to me and I had never heard it in my religious upbringing. I pictured an old man on a street corner with a sign reading “The world’s ending tomorrow, be born again!” He showed me in the Bible where Jesus said you must be born again to enter the heaven and have eternal life with Him. I replied that I didn’t know what it meant to be born again, but if that’s what was required to have what he had…joy, peace, forgiveness, and really knowing God, I wanted to be born again. Not long after, I received Jesus as my Lord and Savior right at work. I called on Jesus to save me, forgive me, and make me new! The Heavenly Fisherman landed the catch! Praise God, thank you Jesus!”
John 8:31-32 “Jesus said to the people who believed in him, ‘You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.'”
Gwenn Green
Co-leader of Women’s and Children’s Ministries
Gwenn Green started coming to Grace Fellowship in 1993. She has worked beside her husband serving our church as a leader with the children and youth as well as the Ladies of Grace.
Isaiah 26:3 “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!”
Clay Hudson
Elder
Clay Hudson first came to Grace Fellowship in 1974 as interim pastor when the church was still Peninsula Rock Church. He was installed as lead pastor in 1977.
He changed the name of the church to Grace Fellowship. Pastor Hudson remained in this role until 1991. He stepped down as pastor to travel with a team doing crusades all over Europe.
In 1993, Pastor Hudson decided to stay behind in Romania to build churches for the converts from these crusades. In 1995, he started a church called River of Life that is still going today. In 2005, he returned to the US to take on the role of Pastor of Grace Fellowship. In 2009, he stepped down as pastor. Today he continues at Grace Fellowship as an elder.
John 3:16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.”
Bill Oden
Elder
Bill Oden started coming to Grace Fellowship in 1989. He became lead pastor in 1991. In 2005, he stepped down so he could travel to Thailand, Burma, and South East Asia sharing and teaching about Jesus. Bill still has a leadership role as an elder at Grace Fellowship and continues to go overseas sharing about Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:2 “You have heard me teach things that have been confirmed by many reliable witnesses. Now teach these truths to other trustworthy people who will be able to pass them on to others.”
Bobby Wallin
Elder
Bobby Wallin started coming to Grace Fellowship in 1972. He was installed as an elder in 1975 and continues in that role today. He plays the trumpet on our worship team. He also uses his talents and skills to fix things around the church.
Psalm 133:1 “How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!”
Ray Davis
Elder
Ray Davis started coming to Grace Fellowship in 1998. He was installed as an elder 2011 and continues as one today.
Phil 2: 9-10 Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.”
Whitney Lee
Co-Leader of Women’s and Children’s Ministries
Whitney Lee started coming to Grace Fellowship in 1997. Today, she is the co-leader for the Ladies of Grace, Girls of Grace, and other children’s ministry.
Ephesians 2:10 “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”