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The purpose of Grace Baptist Church is to honor Jesus Christ as Lord by obeying Him in all things, through worshipping God in spirit and truth (revering Christ), through building up believers in the faith (imitating Christ), through evangelizing the lost in the power of the Spirit (proclaiming Christ).

Thomas K. Ascol
Senior Pastor

Tom Ascol has served as Pastor of Grace Baptist Church since 1986. Prior to moving to Florida he served as pastor and associate pastor of churches in Texas. He has a BS degree in sociology from Texas A&M University (1979) and has also earned the MDiv and PhD degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas. His major field of study was Baptist Theology. He taught two years as an adjunct professor for New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in their SW FLorida extension.

Tom serves as the Executive Director of Founders Ministries, an organization committed to reformation and revival in local churches. He edits the Founders Journal, a quarterly theological publication of Founders Ministries, and has written numerous articles and contributed to several books. He regularly preaches and lectures at various conferences throughout the United States and other countries. He also authors the Founders Ministries Blog.

Tom and his wife, Donna, have six children.






Personal Biography
(In English or En Espanol)
Asael González
Pastor of Hispanic Ministries


Asael González is originally from Havana, Cuba. He came to the United States with his family in 1980 and was called to the ministry in 1998. He is a graduate of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary where he studied pastoral ministry.

Asael has served Grace Baptist Church as Pastor of our Hispanic Ministries since 2001. His personal testimony in English and Spanish is provided below.

Asael and his wife Martha have 2 children.




Ken Puls
Pastor of Music Ministries


Ken Puls is originally from Omaha, Nebraska, where he studied classical guitar and music theory at the Omaha Conservatory of Music (1973 to 1980). In 1980 he continued his study of music at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, receiving a BM degree in 1985. Ken is also a graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where he received the MM and PhD degrees in Church Music Ministry. He and his family moved to Cape Coral, Florida in January 2003.

Ken serves with Founders Ministries as Editorial Director of Founders Press and Director of the online Founders Study Center. He also teaches Fine Arts as an online instructor for Dallas Baptist University. He has composed over 50 hymns, including hymns in Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, the hymnal of the Southern Baptist Founders Conference.

Ken and his wife, Celest, have four children, two boys and two girls.

Grace Baptist Church Staff



Barb Reisinger
Administrative Assistant

Barb Reisinger has served in the church office since July 1994. She edits “Sisters of Grace,” a newsletter for the ladies of the church and serves on the Finance Committee. She also assists her husband Don with the church's Book table ministry and CD ministry.



Rachel Higham
Secretary


Rachel Ascol
Secretary

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