PASTORS & STAFF
Dr. Daniel Stevens
Senior Pastor
Daniel Stevens was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, relocating, with his mother, to Mississippi in his mid-teens. In 2002, Daniel graduated from Pensacola Christian College with a BA in Pastoral Studies and a minor in Biblical Languages. He received his Master of Divinity from Pensacola in 2006 and completed his Ph.D. in Biblical Studies in 2017 at Piedmont International University, and completed his dissertation in May of 2018.
Pastor Stevens has served as a youth pastor and a school administrator. He also ministered as a senior pastor for eight years before becoming college president of Virginia Baptist College. Pastor Daniel Stevens was unanimously elected as the senior pastor at Grace Baptist Church on February 12, 2017.
Douglas Stein
Associate Pastor
Pastor Stein grew up in Michigan, but is no stranger to Anderson, Indiana. He served as associate pastor at Grace Baptist Church from 1985-2000. Fourteen years later we are excited that God has called the Steins back to Grace.
Pastor Stein holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Maranatha Baptist University. Along with his previous work at Grace, Pastor Stein has served as a youth pastor in Illinois and as an associate pastor at Calvary Baptist Church of Watertown, Wisconsin and at Grace Baptist Church in Muncie, Indiana.
Pastor Stein was a heavyweight wrestling champion in high school and college in the late 70s. Pastor Stein has volunteered in the community as a wrestling coach, firefighter, EMT, and police chaplain.
Pastor Stein and his wife Karen have four grown children and six grandchildren.
Kevin Plew
ICA Administrator
Mr. Kevin Plew serves as administrator of Indiana Christian Academy. He is the first ICA grad to lead the school. Mr. Plew began his education at ICA in the 70s, won a basketball championship in the 80s, taught high school and coached a volleyball championship in the 90s, and served as elementary principal in the 2000s.
Mr. Plew has trained and served as a pastor and seeks to bring a shepherd’s heart to the school. His vision is that “while maintaining high academic standards, our desire at ICA is to show respect and love to each parent and student who enters the school doors.”
Mr. Plew and his wife, Kim (’95 ICA grad) have four children: Abby, Hannah, Kendall and Seth.
Matt Sands
Youth Ministries Director
Matt grew up as a missionary kid in Yap, Micronesia. Living in the home of missionary, Matt was exposed to the gospel and accepted Christ as his Savior at a young age. The years following, God has allowed many people to influence and challenge him spiritually to help him grow in his spiritual walk. While living in Yap. Matt was able to be involved with the church ministry and served in the youth program. Even though he was in high school, God began to use him to help and serve others.
Matt attended Bob Jones University for both his undergrad and graduate studies (in Bible and pastoral studies respectively). While at Bob Jones, Matt met his wife Krisa and they were married in 2012. Matt served as an intern at Grace for two summers in 2010 and 2011 and was able to come back as the principal at Indiana Christian Academy in 2014. In 2017, Matt came on staff at Grace to work with the teenaged students. While he still teaches a couple classes at ICA, Matt loves working with the teens in the youth ministry at Grace.
Matt likes the outdoors, spending time with friends and family, and enjoying opportunities to serve at Grace and ICA. Matt and his wife have two children.
David Luttrull
Music & Media Ministries Director
David Luttrull joined Grace Baptist Church as a ministry assistant in August of 2011. David works both at Indiana Christian Academy and the church. At the school, David enjoys teaching both Bible, History and Computer. At the church, he leads the music program and coordinates the media teams.
David received his Bachelor of Arts in Youth Ministries from Maranatha Baptist University in 2011. David finished his master’s degree online through Northland International University as part of his pastoral internship. David met his wife, Becca, when she came to teach at Indiana Christian Academy in 2014.
David grew up at Grace; his mother taught at the Christian school until he graduated. While the Lord saved him when he was very young (six-years-old), the gospel continues to impress and humble him daily. He considers Proverbs 3:5-6 to be his life’s passage. “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”
David loves helping create worshipful music and seeing Christ's kingdom furthered through the media ministry. In his free time, he enjoys reading, spending time with other believers and working with technology. David and his wife have four children.
Will DuBois
Outreach Director
Will DuBois heads up the outreach program at Grace. While he’s been a member at Grace for almost twenty years (and a deacon much of that time), Will came on staff at Grace in 2019. Prior to his service at the church, Will worked in the computer systems and support industry for over 45 years receiving education from USMC, Purdue University and the University of Phoenix.
Will married his wife, Angel, in 1972; they have two adult children: Sherry and Lisa. Will and his wife both grew up in church and heard the gospel at young ages. Yet, they didn’t realize their need for salvation until their late 20’s. Upon the birth of their first child, they became aware of the deep void in their lives without Christ. Independently, but very nearly at the same time, both Will and his wife repented, prayed, and trusted in Christ as their personal Savior.
While he “doesn’t know what free time is,” Will enjoys being with his family – especially his wife and grandchildren (Liam and Addy). Both he and his wife life to travel, but they aren’t quite as good at it anymore. Will loves music and sang with his sisters as a family group as a boy. When his daughters came along, they joined in and sang with him in church – even when the youngest had to stand on a chair to be seen over the pulpit.
Joshua Csire
Hispanic Ministry Director
Josh grew up at Grace Baptist Church and Indiana Christian Academy. At four years of age he made a profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. However, as a child he struggled with doubts about his personal salvation. His pastor encouraged him with the truth that salvation is ultimately not based on a prayer that one has prayed, but on whom one is trusting for salvation. Today Josh knows without a doubt that God saved him from the penalty of sin because he asked for God's free gift of salvation through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ (see Romans 10:9-10)!
Hanna and Josh met in the spring of 2014. Hanna had grown up as a missionary kid in Brazil, where she spoke English and Portuguese. However, just like Josh, she learned Spanish in college. Just a couple of months into their dating relationship, on January 26, 2015, Josh surrendered to serve the Lord in Hispanic ministry in the U.S. Josh had the privilege of marrying Hanna in 2016, and they have served the Lord together at Grace (both in the American and Hispanic ministries) and at ICA since July 2019.
Benjamin Worsham
Children’s Ministries Director
Bio coming soon…
Krisa Sands
Office Administrator
As the office administrator, Krisa serves as the primary point of contact for all that happens at Grace. Krisa originally started on staff at Indiana Christian Academy in 2014 as a fifth grade teacher. Then, after taking several years off at the birth of her two children, Krisa came back on staff at the church side in 2023.
Krisa married her husband, Matt, in 2012; they have two young children. Krisa grew up in a pastor's home in Pennsylvania. When she was 14, she accepted Christ to be her Savior after an evangelistic meeting being held at the church where she went to school. Krisa graduated from Bob Jones University with a major in Secondary English and a minor in Creative Writing.
Krisa loves spending time with friends and family. In particular, she loves using her talents in creative writing and has a passion for learning more about God’s world.
Jeanne Luttrull
Financial Office Administrator
Jeanne grew up in Bloomington, Illinois. Jeanne accepted Christ during her elementary years after being invited to attend a church in the area by a neighbor. She completed an elementary education degree at Maranatha Baptist University in Watertown, WI.
Jeanne began her career as an elementary teacher at Indiana Christian Academy where she served for 22 years. In January 2009, Jeanne became an Administrative Assistant for Congressman Mike Pence’s campaign. When there was a change in staff, she became the office manager and bookkeeper and continued in that capacity through his Congressional campaign and eventual Governorship. In 2016, Jeanne came back to Grace Baptist Church and Indiana Christian Academy to serve as the financial office administrator.
Jeanne enjoys quilting and sewing. She is involved in a Sew & Share Ministry and leads a women’s Bible study group at Grace as well. She loves spending lots of time with her adult children and 7 grandchildren.
Secundino Bautista
Hispanic Ministry Assistant
Secundino Bautista leads the growing Hispanic ministry at Grace. Secundino heard the gospel for the first time in 1999, but he refused to believe in Jesus. In the year 2000 he had an accident at work, and while recovering from this accident over the next seven months, he realized that he did not have control over his life. God called his attention, and in April 2000 he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior. In 2002 he married Francisca, and they have three boys: Brian (10), George (7), and Neftali (2).
In 2009 Secundino took a step of faith to move his young family from Anderson to South Carolina to study at Faith Bible College (El Colegio Bíblico de la Fe) in Greenville. He graduated in 2012, and in 2013 he and his family returned to Anderson to serve the Lord in the Hispanic work at Grace. His favorite Bible passage is John 1:12-13, “But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."
Melvin Wittkamper
Maintenance Director
Melvin Wittkamper has been on the staff of Grace Baptist Church since 1995. His job as maintenance director requires that he oversee all of the maintenance of the church and school buildings. While Melvin enjoys working alongside the staff here at Grace, he has also enjoyed being a part of mission trips through the church to help in New Mexico and assist in relief efforts in Louisiana after Katrina.
Since accepting Christ as his Savior in 1980, John 15:7 has had an influence on Melvin’s life: “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” In his spare time, Melvin enjoys riding his motorcycle and four-wheeler, fishing, and helping out others who are in need when he can.
Melvin and his wife, Darlene, have two grandchildren.
Meet the faculty & staff team of our church's education ministry, Indiana Christian Academy.