GCC Elders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rusty Pugh is a graduate of  Blue Ridge Chapel School of the Prophets in Rocky Mount, Virginia.  He has been on staff at churches in Maine and Tennessee.  He also has a background in music ministry and has been involved with various projects over the last 25 years.  Rusty and his wife Cindy have been married for 11 years and reside in North Roanoke County.  For more information about Rusty, check him out on Facebook.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jim Rieflin became a Christian in 1983 during his Junior year in High School.  He has a Bachelors in Computers Science from Potsdam College in NY where he was very involved in the campus chapter of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.  He has an MDiv in Missions from Columbia Bible College & Seminary in Columbia, SC.  Jim and his wife Lisa live in Salem with their 2 children and have been attending Grace Covenant Church since 1992.  He works at Salem City Schools at the Technology Manager.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jim Tarter met God in 1972 when he was 27, a Ph.D. physicist and an agnostic. God quickly started showing Jim that Jesus authentically represents God, and that the Bible is God’s word.  Jim started reading the Bible thinking that it was full of contradictions, but got surprised.  He soon joined a church in Pittsburgh, PA.  The pastor was Joseph Garlington, who provided a rich spiritual foundation.  Jim moved to Roanoke in 1978 and actively participated in two successive small churches until He found and joined Grace Covenant Church in 1986.  He has taught in public schools since 1976, and has written13 books about the Bible, 11 of which are availlable at www.lulu.com. In summers, Jim and his wife Nita have taken extensive trips to southern Sudan, the Congo, and elsewhere.