Paul Alexander

Elder

Paul serves as the main preaching pastor for Grace Covenant Church. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he served for two years on staff with Campus Crusade at Michigan State University, and then completed an MDiv at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He was further trained for pastoral ministry in the pastoral internship program at Capitol Hill Baptist Church, where met his wife Laurie in 2003, and co-authored The Deliberate Church with Mark Dever (Crossway, 2005). After further testing of Paul’s heart in pastoral ministry, the congregation that would become Grace Covenant called him to plant the church with them and serve as their pastor in 2009. Paul and Laurie have five children – Olivia, Braden, Jackson, Clayton and Garrett.

Dave Fassett

Elder

Dave grew up in the Detroit area, but relocated a number of times during a 36 year career with a global consumer products company.  Dave put his faith and trust in Jesus Christ as a young adult.  A short time later, Dave met his bride-to-be, Cindy.  They became husband and wife in 1980, and have since been blessed with four wonderful children and three wonderful grandchildren.  Dave’s past job transfers have enabled him to gain experience in serving, teaching, and leading at several churches.  In addition to his current role as an Elder at Grace Covenant, Dave is on-staff with Wayside Cross Ministries, and is a member of that organization’s Steering Committee.  He also teaches a weekly men’s Bible study in Elgin, and provides mentoring to small businesses through the SCORE organization.

Tim Lloyd

Elder

Tim was born and raised in the Metro Detroit area where he earned an engineering degree from a local university. After a number of years working in the automotive industry, Tim put his trust and faith in the Lord Jesus while in his early 30’s.  After coming to faith in Christ, Tim met his bride, Nicole, and they were married in 2004. Since then, they have been blessed with 5 children and a bustling household.  In May of 2009, Tim and family were relocated to the Chicagoland area through his career in the IT Industry.  And, as God would have it, Tim and Nicole quickly partnered with a group of Christians who were eager to plant a gospel centered church right here in the local area and shortly thereafter, GCC was born.  Since then, Tim has continued to minister at GCC where he’s currently serving in his second rotation as a non-staff elder.

Tim Gulstine

Elder

Tim grew up in the Chicago area and came to faith in Christ in his mid 30's.

He and his wife Kris live in St. Charles, where they raised four children.

In 2009, they partnered with a small group of other families to start Grace Covenant

Church.  They count it a privilege to worship and minister with a group of like-minded

believers who love Christ and His church.  Tim served briefly as a deacon in the church,

and has served as an elder since 2016.