Father Michael was born and raised in the area around Dallas, Texas. He grew up in the Episcopal/Anglican Church and came to faith in Christ as a child. He and his wife Krystal have three children. Michael graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in Wildlife and Conservation Science in 2013 and worked for several years as a wildlife biologist. In 2018 he answered God’s call to ordained ministry and moved to Pittsburgh to go to seminary. He graduated with his Master of Divinity from Trinity School for Ministry and was ordained in May 2021. Michael accepted the call to serve as Rector of Grace Church in September of 2021. In his free time, Michael enjoys reading, writing fantasy, and hunting.

Deacon Krystal was born and raised in Texas. She was baptized Methodist, came to know Christ well as a young adult, and became an Anglican in her late teens. She and her husband, Michael, have three children. Krystal studied Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Early Childhood and Middle School Education, Business, and English. She has worked and served in the church since 2008. In 2018, she moved to Ambridge, PA with her husband and children to study at Trinity School for Ministry. During that time, she received a Master of Divinity and a Master of Sacred Theology. She was ordained in 2024. In her free time, Krystal enjoys knitting, sewing, and making order out of chaos. 

Father Brad was born in California and lived in Florida and Mississippi while growing up. At the age of 17, he encountered the living Christ for the first time. Immediately, he sensed the Father calling him to spend his life telling others about Jesus. He earned a bachelor’s degree at Mississippi College and a Master of Divinity and Ph.D. at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. While planting a church in Massachusetts, he met his wife, Gretchen. Following 11 years in church planting ministry in the US, they and their two sons, Joshua and Caleb, spent more than 19 years as missionaries in South and Southeast Asia. Brad currently serves as Associate Professor of Missions at the Trinity School for Ministry. 

Brian is a native of the South Hills of Pittsburgh and earned his music degrees at Duquesne University and Carnegie Mellon University. He currently teaches music at Sewickley Academy as well as music composition at Duquesne University.