Sundays @ 10am
Office Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon-Fri.
730 E. Main Street
Vacaville, CA, 95688
(PHONE: 707-451-7566)
Senior Pastor/Elder: Brian Chandler Brian felt the call of God into full-time Christian ministry when he was 18 years old while attending a summer camp at Camp Hiawatha in Piatt Lake, Michigan. Following that summer Brian attended William Tyndale College near Detroit, Michigan. While he was finishing his senior year, his home church, Grosse Ile Baptist called him to be their first youth pastor.
Following his ministry there Brian traveled to Southern California to attend Talbot Theological Seminary. Upon graduating with a Masters Degree in 1987, Brian became the Pastor to Students at Bethany Church in Redlands, California and served there from 1987-1991.
Feeling the call to do more in the area of evangelism with youth, Brian became the Director of Be The Light Ministries and worked with Evangelist/Pastor Brad Jurkovich. Brian travelled with Brad across America putting on assemblies for high school students, speaking at youth camps, and running city-wide outreach events.
In 1995, while living in Redlands, California Brian met and married his wife Michele. They have two girls named Courtney and Alexis.
Brian felt the call to leave Be The Light Ministries 1999 and move back into church ministry. He received a call to serve as Associate Pastor to Students at Trinity Baptist Church in Vacaville, California where he served for 8 years.
Then in the fall of 2006, Brian received a second call from the Lord to become a church planter. Brian along with a small group of other committed Christians planted The Discovery Church in April 2007. The story of Discovery Church is a special one that Brian prays will reach hundreds of people for Christ. EMAIL Brian <<
Biblical Counselor/Small Group Pastor/Elder: Dr. Gary Cragun Gary was born in Niagara Falls, NY and reared in Lewiston, NY. He moved to Southern California where he was drawn to receive Christ as Savior and Lord of his life. At Central Baptist Church, Burbank, he responded to the Holy Spirit’s call to the Gospel Ministry. He graduated from California Baptist (College) University. He earned the Masters of Theology from New Orleans Baptist Theology Seminary, a Masters of Arts from Sonoma State University, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Trinity Theological Seminary.
He and Kay were married in 1965. They have two daughters, Michele and Beth and two granddaughters, Courtney and Alexis.
Gary has served as Pastor of several churches, a Navy Chaplain for 20 years and a Chaplain in the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
Director of Student Ministries/Elder: Scott Robinson Scott was born again to new life in Christ Jesus in February of 1985, was baptized the following month and married one month after that to his beautiful wife Tammy.
He felt the call of God into full-time Christian ministry when he was serving as a ministry leader for youth as well as other areas of the church while attending Trinity Baptist Church in Vacaville, California.
Following his ministry there Scott joined the staff at The Discovery Church in September 2008 as the interim Director of Student Ministries. In the beginning of 2009 the “interim” was dropped.
He is currently enrolled in Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary’s Contextualized Learning Development (CLD) School and hopes to achieve a diploma in Christian Ministries.
In early 2009 Livin’66,The Discovery Church’s student ministries (middle school-college) was born. Livin’66 hosts a midweek service known as ONE and is also active in outreach and missions.
Scott and Tammy have five kids, Renee, Mike, Chantelle, Jesse and Joey all of whom are currently serving in Christian ministry (Praise God!).
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