About

John has served as the Pastor of Living Grace Baptist Church for eight years.

He trusted in Jesus when he was young and was baptized in 1992. He married his wife Heidi in 2002, and they have one daughter named Lynneah.

In 2006, John was licensed and ordained and in 2013 he graduated with a Master's Degree in Theological Studies from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary.

John served as a youth pastor at West Greeley Baptist Church now Living Grace Baptist Church for twelve years prior to becoming lead pastor. He also served at Dare 2 Share Ministries for seven years as a ministry advocate and sales manager while being the youth pastor.

John loves coaching adults in the area of evangelism, and in his free time enjoys his hobby of Lego building!

"We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people— the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, and who also told us of your love in the Spirit. For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."

I count it a privilege to minister using the gifts God has blessed me with in leading Worship through the music program at our Church. Together with a very talented group of musicians we strive to Glorify God through music.

Music gives us the ability to expand our expression of Worship to God beyond mere spoken words. All through scripture we see Gods’ people singing their praises to Him and we follow their example. If I asked you to think about your favorite song, I imagine you could tell me the words. Music allows us to internalize Gods’ Word and bring it into all facets of our lives.

Come Worship with us and “make a joyful noise unto the Lord”.

I have been a member of Living Grace Baptist (West Greeley Baptist) since 1992. I have been working in the church office since May 2000. I consider myself the Chief Information Officer, Ministerial Support and sometimes the Comic Relief.

I graduated from CSU in 1983 with a degree in technical journalism. I see how God has led me to this position; in high school my aptitude tests placed me high in business and administration (in spite of my lofty scientific ambitions). In college I produced the newsletter and worked in the office of the campus ministry I belonged to, and I was often teased about becoming a church secretary! God definitely had his plans for me to be here!

I’ve been married to David Nettles since 1985; we have two daughters, Barbara and Debbie, both wonderful young women with a heart for Jesus and serving others. Besides working in the office I have served on many different committees, taught several different age groups, coordinated Vacation Bible School and worked with the Women’s Ministry of Living Grace.