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Leadership

Pastors


Steve Balentine

Senior Pastor

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In 15th year of ministry at SGCC

B.A. in Biblical Exposition from The Master's College

Master's of Divinity from The Master's Seminary

Married to wife Christy; they have two children--Jonathan (9) and Grace (7)

Favorite activities include time with his family, going to coffee shops with Christy, golf, sports, games, and reading

Favorite books/authors include: D. A. Carson (How Long O Lord; The Cross and Christian Ministry; A Call to Spiritual Transformation, Exegetical Fallacies) Jonathan Edwards (Dissertation on the End for which God created the World; Religious Affections, Freedom of the Will, History of Redemption) Jon Piper (Desiring God; The Supremacy of God in Preaching; Let the Nations Be Glad) John Bunyan (Pilgrim's Progress), Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Spiritual Depression, Sermon on The Mount) Richard Baxter (Reformed Pastor)


Greg Golden

Senior Associate Pastor & School Superintendent

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In 32nd year of ministry at SGCC and CS

Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance (California State University at Los Angeles)

Master of Divinity (Fuller Theological Seminary)

Master of Arts in Education, School Administration (Azusa Pacific University)

Married to wife Suzanne; they have three adult children--Stephen, Tricia, Jonathan

Favorite activities include music, Biblical languages, and reading

Favorite authors include John Piper, Daniel Fuller, C.S. Lewis, Jonathan Edwards, J.R.R. Tolkien


David Halverson

Associate Pastor, Outreach Ministries

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In his 9th year of ministry at SGCC

B.A. Communications, University of Southern California

Master of Divinity, Talbot School of Theology

Married to wife Kristen; they have four children--Anna, Caleb, Abigail, Luke

Favorite activities include being with family, watching the boys play baseball and the girls sing and dance!, reading, USC football, Dodger baseball, and gardening

Favorite books/authors: C.S. Lewis (Screwtape Letters), G.K. Chesterton (The Man Who Was Thursday), LTR, J.R.R. Tolkein; anything by Lewis, Chesterton, Tolkein, D.A. Carson, John Piper