Pastor Chuck Sligh

About our Pastor and His Family...

Chuck and Susan Sligh have served the Lord in full-time ministry since 1977. They are both graduates of Tennessee Temple University, receiving degrees in education (Chuck in secondary education; Susan in elementary education).

Chuck served as associate pastor at two churches from 1977-1982, where he received valuable training for the ministry. From the time of university graduation onward, Susan taught in various locations at elementary, high school, and college levels.

In 1982, the Slighs surrendered to go into military overseas missions. After raising their support, Chuck pastored a an off-post military church for ten years in Wiesbaden, where over 500 people made professions of faith for salvation and followed the Lord in believer's baptism, and 26 families or singles surrendered to full-time service and are ministering around the world in various places today. Susan was a vital part of this ministry, supervising the nursery, and devising a unique ladies ministry that has served as a model for other churches.

In 1997, Chuck and Susan followed God's calling to take a struggling church in Bicester, England. A former U.S. military church, over the course of seven years, it became a predominantly English church, and in 2003 they turned the reigns of a healthy, growing church over to a missionary to English nationals, and is now thriving under a British pastor.

In February 2003, Baptist International Missions, Inc., the Slighs' sponsoring agency, asked them to consider starting an American church to minister in Grafenwoehr. After seeing the need, and praying earnestly for God's will, the Slighs moved to Grafenwoehr. In September 2003, they held their first Bible study in Graf, which formed the core of believers that became the Grace Baptist Church.

Chuck and Susan have three sons, all of whom are grown, know Christ as their Savior and are serving Him. Chris is a Christian musician and lives with his lovely wife, Sarah, in Nashville, Tennessee where they are expecting their first baby in October 2010. Jon works for Central Texas College as a field representative serving soldiers in Camp Adder, Iraq. Allen lives in Nashville, TN, working for Chris and Walgreens and finishing his college.

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