Roy Graves was born in Snow Hill, NC, a small rural tobacco farming area
in the North Carolina coastal plain. He came to Jesus Christ after nine
years with United Utilities Telephone Co. and two years active duty in
VietNam as a US Naval SeeBee,
USNMCB 5. >His compelling drive to share the story of his own
transformed life and truths which God had made so clear to him was
undeniable. In 1972 he enrolled in Columbia Bible College, now Columbia
International University and Seminary, where he received both his
graduate and undergraduate degrees with additional studies at
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and His wife of 42 years,
Jerri, have three grown children and six grandchildren. After pastorates
in Georgia and North Carolina, God called Roy and his family to Grace
where they have been for 19 years. “I count it a privilege to be called
a pastor in God's church,” says Pastor Roy.
Tom Simpson serves as the Associate Pastor at
Grace Community Church and is a tennis professional at the Smith /
Stearns Tennis Academy at Sea Pines Plantation. He played tennis
all four years for Oakland University and received his masters in
Intercultural Studies from Columbia International University. Tom
has been a tennis pro for over 20 years and has served as a missionary
in South Africa. He has also spoken in over a dozen countries
sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. He and his wife, Felicia,
reside on Bluffton, SC.
