Our Staff

Church Staff & Volunteer Leaders

Dennis McGrane, Senior Pastor
Pastor Dennis joined this ministry full-time in 1979 as assistant pastor and became the senior pastor in 1983 after our founding pastor was called to India as a missionary. In addition to pastoral duties, Pastor Dennis and his wife are on the steering committee of the Minnesota Prophetic Conference.

Board of Elders:
Phillip Broer, Kent Begnaud, Steven West, Jerry Repinski.

Deacon Staff:
Gene Tvenge, Reuben Mausolf, Terry Esparza, Andy Oaks, Bill Merth, Ken Kuehl.

Brian Eckert, Worship Leader
Brian is a talented musician and singer who has been a vital part of our worship team for many years. Brian directs our worship team and has played an important role in developing younger musicians for our youth band.

Bob VanZee, Missions Director
Bob is responsible for overseeing our foreign missions department. This involves missionaries in Mexico, Costa Rica, France, Macedonia, Kosovo, Romania, Slovenia, Africa, India, Thailand, Cambodia and the Middle East.

Gene & Jane Tvenge, River Kids Church & Rapids Leaders
Gene and Jane bring a lot of fun, energy and creativity to our children's ministry. The Tvenges uses games, puppets and storytelling to teach the Gospel message to children ages 4 to 12.

Andrea Volsen, Student Ministry Leader
Andrea is very talented and gifted in the areas of leading worship and working with students. As the student ministry leader, she combines fun activities, teachings and worship to minister to middle school and high school students. Andrea is a graduate of North Central University.