Senior Pastors
Steve and Becky Riggle
Steve and Becky Riggle are the founders and Senior Pastors of Grace Community Church in Houston, Texas. Grace is a nondenominational, multi-ethnic congregation with more than fifteen thousand active members located on four campuses. Steve also serves as President of Grace International Churches and Ministries, Inc., overseeing more than twenty four hundred churches around the world. He serves on the executive committee of the Houston Area Pastors Council and as a trustee of The King’s University. He has a master’s degree from Oral Roberts University and a doctorate from The King’s University. Steve and Becky have two children and five grandchildren.
Campus Pastors
Shawn & Sonny Hennessy
Shawn Hennessy is a Pastor, a speaker, an author, a blogger, a proud proactive parent & a loving committed husband. After graduating from High School in Windsor Ontario, Shawn headed to the U.S. to play college football. He was fortunate enough to enjoy some success on the gridiron eventually receiving All-American honors and playing in 3 National All-Star games. When it became evident that he was not going to play for his beloved Detroit Lions, he & Sonny headed south to Memphis, TN to begin their journey into full-time ministry. In the last 14 years, Shawn has served as a Youth Pastor, a full-time Evangelist, a State Youth Director for the Assemblies of God and as a Lead Pastor. Shawn is a semi-active blogger & has a respectable following of his blog on Grief. He is an author having co-wrote Journey to The Next Level with Scott Wilson & recently finished his book – The Gravity of Grief.
Shawn really loves people and wants to see them realize the God given potential for their life. If you ask Shawn - the greatest accomplishment of his life is his loving, committed, growing, ever-evolving marriage to the love of his life Sonny Rose and the fact that Isaiah & Aubree love God, their daddy & mommy, and spending time together. Sonny also knows her greatest gift is her kids and husband and deeply loves people too. She has served as a Youth Pastor with Shawn and also as the sole Youth Pastor at a large church in FL. She has opened and established a food pantry and clothes closet for those in need that are still in existence today in Memphis, TN. She served in 2 Children’s Sidewalk Sunday School programs in 2 cities. Sonny also loved being an Executive Pastor, founded and directed an accredited College Internship Program and served as the Marketing Director at both IKEA Michigan and Grace Community Church in Houston, Texas.
Spanish Campus Pastors
Anggelo and Kathy Ramirez
Anggelo and Kathy were born in Colombia and have been residing in the United States for the last three years. Prior to their move to the US, they worked with Pastors Eduardo and Fulvia Canas (their parents and mentors) for over 12 years at Manantial Vida Eterna Church - the largest Assemblies of God Church in Bogota, Colombia. During these years, they were able to work in and develop various administrative and ministry functions.
In May of 2009, the Lord gave them the opportunity to be part of the Spanish ministry at the South Campus of Grace Community Church in Houston, TX. With this position, they were able to develop a small groups program, marriage program, and pastoral care program. Additionally, they developed a Bible school. In October of 2010, at the request of Pastors Steve Riggle (Senior Pastor of Grace) and Dario Parish (Principal Pastor of the Spanish Ministry at Grace), and sensing the tug of God's Spirit, they accepted the challenge of leading the Spanish ministry at Grace North County. Anggelo, Kathy and their 2 girls (Maria Paula and Ana Sofia) now reside in the beautiful San Diego County. Their dream is to see all of the Spanish community in California transformed by the power of God.