Leadership

Eddie Suttles serves as lead pastor of The Grove along with his wife Diane. After giving his life to Christ in 1980, Eddie was called into ministry five years later. He and Diane have served together at The Grove since 1995 at which time he served as a bivocational pastor before going into ministry fulltime in 1999. He has a bachelor's degree in Biblical Studies. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum faucibus accumsan nulla, non faucibus velit convallis et. Nulla tempus placerat massa.

John McPherson serves as the Associate Pastor of The Grove. He and his wife, Christina McPherson, are former leaders of Refuge, where they served as Youth Leaders for the past 21 years. John is also a member of the Council. He holds a bachelors degree in education and a master's degree in Administrative Leadership. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum faucibus accumsan nulla, non faucibus velit convallis et. Nulla tempus placerat massa.

Bev serves as the leader of Orchard at The Grove where they encourage kids to discover who they are in God's big story through an exciting environment through the Bible each week. 

Zac and Lori Beth both have a passion for serving in the Kingdom ever since their days in Youth Group. Currently, they serve as the Leaders of Student Ministries leading kids 6th-12th grade. 

The music team, along with sound and media, is under the direction of Psalmist and Minister of Music, Christina McPherson. She has been a part of the music ministry of The Grove since 1998 and head of ministry since 2015. She has always desired to live out her calling in music and ministry according to a personal word from the Holy Spirit based on Colossians 3:16-17 and Ephesians 5:19-20. Christina and her husband John were the former youth pastors of The Grove for 21 years. She holds a bachelor's degree in education. 

Stephanie serves as the secretary of The Grove.