Faron Tabor’s 28 years of volunteer service included youth ministry, board member, song leader, choir director as well as his vocal music ministry in The Tabor Family group and managing and singing baritone in the nationally recognized southern gospel group Sons of Grace.

Faron first came on staff at Grace Ministries in 1998 to serve as the church administrator. He has fulfilled such roles as Senior Director of Spiritual Formation, Director of Outreach and Assimilation and in January of 2005 took on the role of Lead Pastor. He also retains the role of the Senior Director of Outreach and Assimilation, which oversees the areas of Global Assimilation, Sports Ministry, Far Reach and Evangelism.

Faron is a Founding Member and Vice Chair for Organization Development of Community Partners of Southern Franklin County, which is a partnership of non-profit and for-profit organizations that come together to strengthen the community by maximizing resources.

Faron and his wife, Rhonda, lead a married couples small group out of their home in West Jefferson, Ohio. They have two adult children, Shannon and Faron II, daughter in-law Jennifer and two grandchildren Addyson and Ashlynn. Not to mention two horses, a pony, three cats and a dog.

Joyce DeMint has attended church her entire life and became actively involved in ministry work in the 1970’s. She has held various positions in the church including Sunday School teacher, youth department president, VBS teacher, piano player, choir member and board member. Currently, Joyce serves as a Senior Director of Spiritual Formation overseeing Care Ministries, Volunteers, Youth and Children’s Ministries and Small Groups.

Joyce has led in various business industries including banking, signage industry, marketing and presently is a project manager of a Marketing firm.

Joyce grew up in Kentucky, studied business at Eastern Kentucky University and received a degree in economics. She moved to Circleville, Ohio, in 1974. She has two adult children: Jeff and Jennifer. She has three grandchildren, Corbin (Jeff and Chasity), Addyson and Ashlynn (Jennifer and Faron Tabor II). In her “spare time”, Joyce enjoys sewing, reading, traveling and spending time with her children and grandchildren.

Terry Madden, Senior Director of Operations, has served in numerous positions at Grace since 1979. Some of which include song leader, finance committee, budget committee, Sunday school superintendent, small group leader, board member since 1980 and is part of the teaching team in the Sunday services. His responsibilities in operations include: oversight of church assets, finances, human resources and business administration.

Terry has 30 years of business experience including seven years in the financial industry and nine years as a business owner. Terry’s occupations have included sales management positions with Hartz Mountain, Rug Doctor, US Bank and National City Bank.

Terry grew up in southern Ohio and currently resides in Groveport, Ohio. He and wife, Darlene, have one adult son, Eric. Terry enjoys eating, vacationing, assembling model and remote controlled planes and cars and playing Monopoly.

Tim Tabor serves as the Teaching Pastor and Senior Director of Programming at Grace Ministries. The Programming Department includes all aspects of arts and communication in the church – Performing Arts, Live Production, Visual Arts and Communications. Tim also has served Grace as a youth pastor, school administrator and executive pastor.

He also has served outside the local church as district youth president and denominational youth president for the C.C.C.U. In 1993, Tim left Grace to plant a church in northwest Columbus, Sawmill Community Church. He returned in 1999 to help lead Grace through transition and relocation.

Tim grew up singing with his family and still enjoys leading worship and playing the bass. He is a graduate of Circleville Bible College (1984) B.A. and Trinity Lutheran Seminary (1990) Master of Divinity.

A lifetime reside of central Ohio, the joy of Tim’s life is his son, Austen. His personal interests include playing and coaching soccer, which he has done for over 25 years, and participates annually in local triathlons.