Pastor Mike Jones began his full-time vocational ministry 36 years ago as an Assistant Pastor in Youth and Music in Georgia. In 2001 he joined the staff here at Grace Baptist in the same capacity and was called to fill the Senior Pastor position in early 2009. Pastor Jones desires Grace Baptist to impact Panama City for Christ, while challenging the saints to a vibrant faith and obedience to God. He believes the church grow the body of Christ by serving in love. This is accomplished through a strong pulpit ministry by a man desperate to know the mind of God and through team leadership which teaches, trains, and utilizes believers and their gifts.
He and his wife, Susie, are graduates of Bob Jones University. Susie completed a degree in Piano Pedagogy and has taught piano for 40 years, and has used her keyboard ministry throughout their years of service in the local church. Mike and Susie have been blessed with three sons, Tyler, Trevor, and Troy and their families.
Assistant Pastor Darrell Bevis accepted the call to GBC in 2009. He leads the ministry of Worship and Music, and helps with preaching, teaching, visitation, and the Christian Education program. Prior to coming to Grace, he served as Minister of Music in several churches, taught music in Christian schools, and served as a Christian camp music director. For twenty-seven years he taught music at two Bible colleges. He has enjoyed the opportunity to preach and to lead choral workshops in many churches around the country. He has a passionate desire to reflect the character of God in biblical worship, and to teach and admonish God’s people through appropriate music.
Pastor Bevis holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Sacred Music from Bob Jones University, and has done further ministry preparation at Pillsbury Baptist Bible College and Faith Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Deb, have two married children, and three awesome grandchildren.
