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Lead Pastor Dr. Brice Butler Brice was installed as the Lead Pastor on March 6, 2016. Prior to becoming the Lead Pastor, Brice first arrived at TBC in November 2008 and served as the Pastor to Families and Young Adults. His great joy is helping people deeply connect and live in a daily way with Jesus Christ. He deeply desires for people to find a place of belonging during their sojourn in Marin County. His other great joy is his family – he married Susan in 1998 and has two boys, Owen and Jake. Brice loves movies, history, and college football. Before coming to TBC, Brice served as Lead Pastor of Strawberry Community Church in Mill Valley for nearly 9 years. Brice ministered in several places before arriving in Marin. Among them was serving youth in Enid, OK, in the early 1990's and coaching football in France while helping launch a new church from 1994 to 1996. Most recently he has traveled with 2 ministry teams to Uganda. Brice was born in Alva, OK, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, MO. He received the Master of Divinity degree in 2000 and the Doctor of Ministry degree in 2016 from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Mill Valley, CA. |
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Music Pastor and Director of Lay Ministry Development Steve Howell
Steve began his ministry at TBC in November 2015. He has been serving in the music ministry since 1997, and has served as the Minister of Music in churches in California, Washington State, and Missouri. In addition to his church work, Steve also served as a Regional Worship Consultant with the Missouri Baptist Convention for 5 years, and he currently teaches a keyboarding class at the California Baptist Convention’s annual worship leader conferences. Steve has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from Truman State University in Kirksville, MO, and holds a Master of Arts degree in Worship Leadership and a Master of Divinity degree from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Mill Valley, CA. Steve married his best friend, Grace, in 1998 and they have two awesome sons, Nathan and Caleb. Steve’s greatest desire is to worship God with all his heart, soul, mind and strength, and to help others to do the same! |
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Executive Pastor Stephen Aoki Stephen began attending TBC in 2009 and has served at TBC in a number of capacities. Stephen graduated from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree. Stephen also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Hawai'i and has a background in banking and office management. He and his wife, Pauline, and their children live in Mill Valley and are excited to see God at work through this opportunity.
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Youth Pastor Chris Harrold
I am a home-grown Bay area resident who can be described as being introspective, cooperative, informative, compassionate, and empathetic. In 2009 I graduated from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English: Creative Writing and, in 2015, from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree with an emphasis in youth ministry. I have been able to do mission work in Hungary, the Philippines, and have co-led multiple trips of teenagers to Mexico. I have been ministering to young people for over 10 years. My passion is building mentoring relationships with students and seeing God work through them. I enjoy reading, writing, backpacking, board games, video games, comic books, and other nerdy endeavors. Secretly I am athletic but don’t tell anyone. |
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Children's Minister Monica Lipsky Monica finds great joy in connecting with children while sharing with them God's love for them! Monica aims to show God's children that they are loved by Jesus and that God desires to have a deep relationship with them. Monica enjoys bringing laughter, joy, compassion, and even fun into Children's Ministry. She also recognizes that God has given her the heart and passion to serve all of God people as well as families who seek to know more about Jesus and how to better equip their children to know and seek Jesus Christ as well. Monica's next greatest joy in her life is her family. She is married to her best friend, Joseph, of more than 20 years. And together they have two daughters, Marissa and Samantha. Monica is an avid photographer and scrapbooker but finds greater joy in being a wife and mother. She also enjoys time with fellow "sisters-in-Christ" for she is encouraged by other women who seek and follow Christ as well. Monica is a native of Southern California and moved to Northern California and has made the Bay Area her home since 1993 where she pursued a college education. She has been in ministry for over ten years and looks forward to many more years of serving Jesus. She always has a smile on her face for which she explains, "I'm always smiling because Jesus found and saved me and now lives in me!"
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Office Manager Joanne Bawden
Born and raised in Australia, Joanne first came to the U.S. in 1997 as an au-pair on a one-year cultural exchange program. This one year has now turned into almost two decades of living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Joanne graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. Joanne describes herself as a Jill of all Trades and has extensive and various experience with office management/administrative assistance, real estate sales/appraisals, childcare, event catering and even dog-walking and housesitting. In her spare time, Joanne loves to cook, write, hike, read, dine out and play computer games. She also loves music, gardening, trivia, travel, jigsaw puzzles and to be always continuing educating herself. Joanne is passionate about kids and has been a well-loved nanny to many children over the past 20 years. |
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