Our Staff

Pastor Curt Heffelfinger
Curt Heffelfinger has served as the pastor-teacher at Orlando Grace Church since January of 2003. He has ministered at three other churches, including a church planting effort, since graduating from seminary in 1982. He holds a B.A. degree in Liberal Studies from the University of Central Florida, a Master of Divinity from Campus Crusade for Christ’s International School of Theology (now closed) and a Doctor of Ministry from Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando. He lives with Nancy, his wife and wellness consultant, in Altamonte Springs. They have two sons and three grandchildren. You can view his blog posts here.

Pastor Clay Nettles

Clay is a proud, native Floridian who was born and raised in St. Augustine. He came to Orlando in 1999 for college at UCF. He graduated in 2002 and married his college sweetheart, Megan. Soon after they were married he attended Reformed Theological Seminary, where he earned a Master of Divinity. Upon graduation he was licensed and took the position of Pastor of Student Ministries here at OGC where he has been previously serving as a full-time intern. He and his wife have three children: Cole, Cooper, and Bailey-Kate. The ministry website is anchoredogc.com.

Greg Willson

Greg is currently the lead worshiper intern at OGC.  He is also a Master of Divinity student at Reformed Theological Seminary. His passion for music and theology extends to solo and full band recordings and believes that the arts in general, and music in particular, are powerful yet often overlooked channels of communicating the gospel. GregWillson.com is his website that explores some of these ideas. He and his wife Christina are most recently from Gainesville, FL.

Mission Statement

Engaging peoples everywhere to pursue ultimate satisfaction in Jesus.

By God’s grace and in the power of His Spirit we will seek as a body to accomplish this mission by (forms the acrostic BRIDE as the church is the bride of Christ (John 3:29) on mission in the world):

1. Building Bridges – to share the gospel by moving into the lives of people within our various locales – places where we live, work, play (Col. 4:5-6)
2. Reproducing Churches – to multiply congregations near and far which share our mission and values, cooperating with others who do the same (Matt. 16:18)
3. Interceding in Prayer – to see God raise up laborers for a spiritual harvest and bring many to Christ among all people groups of the world (Matt. 9:36-37; 1 Tim. 2:1-2)
4. Developing Disciples – to achieve spiritual maturity through participation in comprehensive training for all aspects of the Christian life (2 Tim. 2:2)
5. Evangelizing Peoples – to further the completion of the Great Commission around the globe through strategic sending and going (Matt. 28:18-20; Acts 1:8)

Characteristics of engaging this way within a community include:

• Its peoples, in increasingly greater numbers from every walk of life, turn from sin and its inferior pleasures by pursuing ultimate satisfaction in God through Christ, joining His church, the body, as members passionately engaged in ministries of Word and works.

• Its believers progressively grow in pursuing their joy in God resulting in increased knowledge of Him practicing spiritual disciplines, obedience to His revealed will demonstrating utmost integrity, practice of His impartial love engaging sacrificially in relationships, faith in His promises taking God-honoring risks, and strength in His power walking in the Holy Spirit.

• Its churches regularly cooperate in the unity of the Spirit, as the greater body of Christ, for the planting of additional like-minded churches, serving the spiritual and practical needs of the community, and promoting justice for the powerless and reconciliation among the estranged.

• Its culture (educational, judicial, political, financial, and social structures) gradually reflects increasingly greater conformity to kingdom values as revealed in the Word of God.

Values

Our ten core values are summarized below in the form of an acrostic spelling out PRIORITIES in keeping with these items as the priority values driving our choices behind our ministry.
Passion for God
Reformed theology
Intercessory prayer
Outreach to the lost
Redemptive community (peacemaking & counseling)
Intentional discipleship
Transforming culture (godly families)
Investing spiritual gifts
Expository preaching
Servant shepherding

Statement of Faith

We ascribe to the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith.