Bill Anthes
Senior Pastor

Bruce Baehr
Associate Pastor

Scott Ladd
Director of Music

Kathleen Pierce
Administrative Assistant

Our Pastor: A native of Roselle, New Jersey, Rev. Bill Anthes has pastored the congregation here at Grace since 1991. After graduating from Rutgers University in 1973, he worked for 5 years in retailing and then 5 in sales. He moved to the Syracuse area in 1980 as the result of a job promotion. Shortly afterward, he and his wife Enid became members of Redeemer Covenant Church in Liverpool, NY.

Bill and Enid began personal relationships with Christ in 1978 as the result of some small group meetings in his parents home. In 1982, he was called to serve on the Redeemer Covenant staff as Minister of Evangelism and Discipleship. In 1985 Pastor Bill went to Chicago to attend North Park Theological Seminary, graduating in 1989. In 1991, he was called to help plant Grace as part of a terrific launch team.

He comments, "To me, the most exciting things Churches do is to share the good news of Jesus Christ, help disciple those who believe in Him and grow in their understanding and practice of prayer. The ministry of a local church must be grounded in and faithful to the Scripture and energized by the Holy Spirit".

Bill and his wife Enid were married in 1974 and have a daughter, Hannah. His hobbies and interests include exercise, golf, dogs and attending Liverpool High School track meets.