Pastoral Staff and Leadership

For over 100 years at Grace Assembly of God we have been blessed with many amazing pastors and leaders. Here you will get a quick overview of our current Pastoral Staff and find out a little bit more about the great leaders of our church

Rev. Douglas DeMent

Lead Pastor

Pastor Doug has served as the Lead Pastor at Grace since 2011. He serves as the primary teaching pastor and lead vision castor. He is a passionate, engaging, gospel centered communicator that reaches cross culturally as well as multi-generationally.  He has a desire to see the Gospel transform lives and transform our community.  

Rev. Pablo Vargas

Youth and Family Pastor

Pastor Pablo received his ministerial education at Northpoint Bible College and graduated in 2015 with a BA in Biblical Theology and World Missions. He is passionate about leading and discipling youth to finding a genuine relationship with Jesus as their Lord and Savior. He has a heart to see youth grow in their relationship with God and grow in their gifts and talents for God’s glory. He also greatly values studying Scripture, missions, fine arts, Biblical relationships and community. Serving alongside him are his wife, Rachel, and their son, Judah.

Rev. Juliana Durst

Children and Family Pastor

Pastor Juli has her formal education in Elementary Education as well as Special Education and has served as the full time Children's Pastor at Grace since 2013. She is passionate about seeing young children fall in love with Jesus and understands they are not the church of tomorrow, they are part of the church today!