MULTIPLICATION

OPPORTUNITY & STRATEGY

LEADERSHIP TEAM
PASTORAL
TEAM
After ministering for several years in pastoral ministry, the Lord
brought together four friends and called them to move their families
to the Salt Lake Valley for the purpose of planting church-planting
churches. They nd great joy in serving each other and the church
with the gifts God has given them.
LUKUS
COUNTERMAN
Lead for Preaching & Vision
Lukus most recently pas-
tored Wichita Falls Baptist
Church in Wichita Falls,
Texas. Having completed
his doctoral work in expos-
itory preaching from Dallas
Theological Seminary, he
brings fourteen years of
preaching, teaching, and
pastoral ministry experience
with him to Salt Lake City.
While providing leadership
through preaching, teaching,
and ministerial team devel-
opment he also serves as an
industrial chaplain at Hill Air
Force Base in Layton, Utah.
Lukus has been a reserve
chaplain in the U.S. Air Force
for almost six years.
JONATHAN
ALBRIGHT
Worship & College Outreach
Jonathan has over 10 years
of experience as a pastor for
worship and college ministry.
Before sensing Gods call to
serve here in Salt Lake City,
Jonathan served in various
capacities at Brookside
Baptist Church in Milwaukee,
WI. During that time, God
prepared Jonathan with the
skills and gifts to coordinate
the shepherding, worship
and college ministries at
Gospel Grace Church. His
relational drive deepens
relationships and strength-
ens connections among the
members of Gospel Grace.
He is also a gifted musician
and works bi-vocationally
as a violin, piano, voice and
guitar teacher in the city.
WILL
GALKIN
Evangelism & Discipleship
Having traveled across the
United States for 19 years
as an evangelist, Will brings
unique gifts, abilities, and
opportunities to mobilize
co-laborers from across the
country for the purpose of
strategic church planting
ministry. Will engages in
several months of itinerant
ministry throughout the year
with his family and minis-
try team by equipping and
serving local churches. While
spending much of the year
in Salt Lake City, Will serves
as pastor for evangelism,
discipleship, and leads our
ministry equipping seminars
and summer ministry part-
nership ministries we host
for local churches across the
country.
JON
KOPP
Students, Media & Administration
Prior to serving at Gospel
Grace Church, Jon served
for 8 years as a pastor
for student, worship, and
media ministry at Oak Ridge
Baptist Church in Oak Ridge
Tennessee. Jon is a passion-
ate disciple-maker who loves
to proclaim Gods Word and
see it transform lives. Our
church body and ministry
team are strengthened by
his love for people and gift
of administration. God has
also given him a blend of
gifts that allow him to fuse
his love for the Gospel with
powerful and efective com-
munication through media.
Jon currently serves not only
as pastor for student, media,
community outreach and ad-
ministration, but also works
bi-vocationally as a graphic
designer.
MINISTRY
TEAM
God has been very kind to unite several gifted co-laborers to serve
in the mission of Gospel Grace Church. Our ministry team listed be-
low represent a small picture of the army of people God has assem-
bled to carry out the mission of Gospel Grace Church.
MARK
KOPP
Deacon
God has blessed us by calling
Mark and his wife Patti to
join Gospel Grace Church.
Mark and Patti have given
themselves to be used in
local church work for over
35 years, and have consis-
tently and joyfully modeled
lives of sacricial service.
They currently serve Gospel
Grace Church by shoulder-
ing the visitor follow-up,
record keeping, mentoring
and giving of themselves in
countless areas of service.
STEVE
FRAZEE
Deacon
Steve and his wife Jacque
have lived in Utah for sev-
eral years and have served
several ministries. God
brought them to Salt Lake
City 4 months after Gospel
Grace Church was started.
They are both gifts to the
church and model the lives
of a servanthood. Not only
does Steve bring years of
ministerial experience and
discipleship, but he carries
a bold vision for outreach
through ministries that he
has either pioneered or that
he envisions being launched
through the ministry of
Gospel Grace Church.
NIC
HIGGINS
Pastoral Assistant
Having served as a ministry
intern at Brookside Bap-
tist Church in Brookeld,
Wisconsin, Nic moved to
SLC in the fall of 2012 to
assist in and learn from the
church planting endeavor.
Nic has a desire to serve as a
member of a pastoral team
and is planning to be married
to his ance in December
2014. Nic is passionate about
discipleship and is training
for pastoral ministry.
JONATHAN
JARRETT
Pastoral Assistant
Jonathan moved to SLC in
June of 2013. After traveling
for several years with the
Galkin Evangelistic Team,
and being exposed to what
God was doing in forming a
leadership team to plant a
church in Salt Lake City, he
prayerfully moved to assist
the church planting work.
Because of Jonathans desire
to serve as a pastoral team
member of a future church
plant, he has placed himself
under the mentorship of the
pastors and is serving the
church in several capacities.
JOSH
LONGORIA
Ministry Intern
Josh and his family moved
to SLC after being actively
involved in the ministry of
Wichita Falls Baptist Church
in Texas. Having spent sever-
al years serving as a pas-
toral assistant under Lukus
Counterman, Josh and his
wife became burdened for
the work that God is doing
in the Salt Lake Valley. They
both serve in several areas
of ministry at Gospel Grace
Church, and they participate
in the mentoring opportuni-
ties provided by the pastoral
team.

LAURA
KENNEDY
Ministry Intern
Laura comes to SLC after
serving with the Galkin
Evangelistic Team for three
years. She has a heart for
the people of Salt Lake and
has been working at Apple,
Inc. as a means of living in
the city to evangelize the
people she comes into con-
tact with. She is passionate
about communicating the
life-changing message of
the Gospel through media
(specically through video).
She is burdened to leverage
her gifts to support and car-
ry out the mission of Gospel
Grace Church.
SALT LAKE CITY PROFILE
CHURCH-PLANTING
CHURCHES
We believe the gospel must be proclaimed in places where it isnt. In Salt
Lake City, there is only one evangelical church for every ten thousand people.
Thats not enough. Gods plan is that the organic product of great commis-
sion work is the planting of churches. We long to reach one of the neediest
areas of our country by taking what God has poured into our lives and invest-
ing it in the lives of others such that new churches are formed in Salt Lake
City. There is a great missionary need here, and our hearts desire to see many
healthy churches planted in the years ahead..
EXPOSITIONAL
PREACHING
We want Gods revealed truth to permeate all of life and ministry. To live
means to consume Gods Word (Matt. 4:4). Our goal is to see believers get
past the milk of the Word and dig into doctrinal meat. We seek to give the Bi-
ble priority and prominence in our worship services because it has the power
to change lives. We seek to proclaim Gods Word in this valley because it has
the power to save souls (Rom. 1:16). We are committed to expository preach-
ing because the Word is whats needed in Salt Lake City.
In so many ways, this valley is dying for the Word.
2% EVANGELICAL - But, most do not approach the Word expositionally
45% LDS - Embrace a twisting of the Word
40% SECULAR - Represent an absence of the Word altogether
We want to be an outpost for the WORD!
GOSPEL-CENTERED
COMMUNITY
Since Gospel-centered community is the context for discipleship we want to
see an expanding network of localized Community Group Bible studies across
the city. These are made up of men and women at various ages and stages
of life brought together geographically for fellowship, care, accountability
and the study of Gods Word in the neighborhoods they live in. As people live
Gospel-centered, grace-saturated lives in this context we believe Salt Lakers
will be reached, the church will grow, and the city will be transformed.
THE NEED
PHILOSOPHY OF CHURCH PLANTING
Strategic Multiplication
The church is Gods means of displaying His character to a lost and dying
world therefore we are committed to investing in reproducing church-plant-
ing churches in strategic communities throughout the Salt Lake Valley. We
envision this happening through cloning, daughter, and sister church planting
relationships.
Leadership Development
If we are to really see the entire city, valley, and state reached with the
Gospel, we must have workers and leaders multiplying at every level. We
have a vision to develop a Church Planting Center and a City Seminary in the
years ahead. This will involve formalized leadership development, theological
training in the city, ministry mentoring, and church planting assessment and
accountability.
CHURCH PLANTING CENTER
to select, place, and train church planters.
CITY SEMINARY
to ofer graduate theological education in a cohort model.
Regional Training
We see the need and are burdened to provide educational and ministerial
training not only to meet our own church development goals, but also to
serve church leaders in the Intermountain West. Presently Gospel Grace
Church provides three opportunities a year for Church leaders to participate
in our Pastoral Ministry Enrichment Seminars (PMES). The primary focus of
the PMES is to equip leaders for healthy church ministry. Secondarily, the
PMES serves to connect like-minded ministries so that they are able to part-
ner more strategically.

Strategic Partnerships
Inside the Salt Lake Valley - The mission and the opportunities of the Salt
Lake Valley are beyond the capacity of just one church. It is our desire that we
would be able to partner with those of like faith and philosophy to spread the
Gospel in Salt Lake Valley.
Outside the Salt Lake Valley - Each summer we lead a ministry called Plant
Camp (a mission opportunity for partnering churches outside of Salt Lake
City). We currently host a combined total of 120 150 teens and adults who
come to the city for one of the 4 week-long camps. They labor alongside Gos-
pel Grace Church to serve church planting endeavors. Lord willing, as more
church plants are launched in the city we could see a facility like this providing
a place to house these teams and serve as a hub to facilitate their ministry.
THE
VISION
FACILITY OPPORTUNITY
A property that we believe allows us to strategically fulll this vision has come to light. For the last ten years, the K2
Church has grown into over 35,000 square feet of ministry space on 2 acres in the heart of the Salt Lake valley. As of
December 2014, their ministry has outgrown the facility and is planning to relocate a few miles south into a renovat-
ed shopping mall. This facility is not only designed, built and tooled for church ministry, but it also includes several
features that are particularly attractive to community or ministry groups as a rental property for events or special
functions. Currently, another ministry is contracted to lease a portion of the property for Saturday evening services.
UNIQUELY STRATEGIC LOCATION
Because of this propertys strategic location, over 1 million people
can access it in a 25 minute drive or less.
This property sits at the crossroads of the two major interstates
that service Salt Lake City and the state of Utah. I-15 and I-80
meet at the center of the Salt Lake Valley, and this property sits
3 blocks from access to both of these. The property is adjacent
to a major Trax stop (public rail system), and is highly visible and
accessible from major intersections and highways.
A STRATEGIC HUB
2.5 ACRES 2100 SOUTH 193 WEST
2 BUILDINGS
37,500 SQUARE FEET OF
OFFICE & AUDITORIUM SPACE
VISIBILITY OF 120,000
PEOPLE PER DAY
1,000,000 PEOPLE ARE A
20 MINUTE DRIVE AWAY.
HOUSE OF WORSHIP
We have outgrown our current worship space. This property
provides a large enough area for our immediate need as well as
the future needs associated with our vision to be a church that
plants churches and trains church planters.
COMMUNITY CENTER
This property could function as a community center to facil-
itate daily ministry and long-term service to multiple church
plants.
YOUTH MINISTRY
This property sits in a prime location for local
students and families to access. (Children, Teen
Discipleship, and Activity) Because the building
already facilitates safe and secure children and
youth ministry, it provides immediate space for
ministering to young people in a variety of ways.
COLLEGE MINISTRY
Salt Lake City is also home to 17 colleges and
Universities. Three of the largest, Salt Lake Community College
campuses, Westminster, and University
of Utah represent 63,000 students
and are all located within 4 miles of this
property.
MERCY MINISTRY
Because of the location of this facility, we can see the Lord
developing an efective means of ministering mercy in the city
through community counseling services, ESL classes, af-
ter-school tutoring, addiction recovery, etc.
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
We can see this facility used as a community music hall includ-
ing private lessons, choral groups. This could simultaneously
provide job opportunities for ministry co-laborers serving as
tentmakers.
MINISTRY ADVANCE WEEKENDS
We plan to host ministry advance weekends during Septem-
ber and October 2014 for potential ministry partners to
come to Salt Lake City to see rst hand the strategic nature
of the mission, experience interaction with the leadership
team, and consider partnering nancially.
RELOCATION TIMELINE
We are praying that God would make a way to allow us to
transition from our current location to a new ministry space
by the Spring of 2015.
NEXT
STEPS
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by making gospel-centered,
grace-saturated disciples of Jesus Christ.