Doug Kempton

Doug Kempton

Lead Pastor
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Staff Member since June 2006

  • Proud husband to Meg for 39 wonderful years, father to four incredible children, and “Pop-Pop” to six grandchildren
  • Loves to travel, try new foods, and fix up Jeeps
  • A business grad from Western Michigan University and one of the founding partners of Kinko’s, managing stores all over Michigan
  • Founder of Eagle Sports Club, now Soar Detroit

Doug holds a Master of Divinity from Sioux Falls Seminary and has served as Senior Pastor at Grace since 2015, continuing to lead the congregation in its call to love justice, show mercy, and walk humbly with God.

Who Should Be Baptized

If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, placing your faith in His death and resurrection as the sole basis for the forgiveness of sin, then you are ready to be baptized! Your baptism is an opportunity to show others that you now belong to Jesus and are committed to walking with Him always.

Baptism symbolizes what took place in your heart at the time of salvation:

  • Accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.
  • Shared in His death, burial, and resurrection, illustrated by going under the water (dead to your old life), then rising again (new life).

 

Questions? Contact Tracey Krusz at tkrusz@gracewired.com or call 313.936.1501.

Register for Baptism

Here at Grace, we understand Scripture to teach that only professing believers who understand the gospel and have committed to a life of following Christ are eligible for baptism. For infants and young children, we practice Parent/Child Dedication. For information about Parent/Child Dedication, email La Kesia Patton, or call 313.936.1511.

Register for Parent/Child Dedication

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LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS

Lizzie Allison (Metro Detroit Cru)
Gracie Cairns (Metro Detroit Cru)
Covenant Community Care
Eagle Sports Club
Jaye Hill (Cru Inner-City)
Team Jake Toy Drive
Paul & Megan Mainzinger (U of M Cru)
Rachel Pauwels (SEND International)
Run, Walk, & Roll (Elizabeth’s Courage Fund)
Soar Detroit
Young Life (Grosse Pointe)

UNITED STATES PARTNERSHIPS

Cary & Christine Miller (Cru—Ball State University)
Scott & Beth (Barnabas, Int’l)
Grace T. (Global Frontier Missions, Georgia)
Nathan and Liana Walden (Long Island, NY CRU)
Daniel Stephan (Push the Rock Sports Ministry, Georgia)

WORLDWIDE PARTNERSHIPS

The Big House (Home for Children, N. Africa
Boaz & Ruth (N. Africa)
Dr. Andrew (Southern Asia)
International Samaritan (Honduras)
Casey Kempton (Nigeria)
Koinonia Ministries (Belize)
Doug & Marleen Leggatt (Jesus Film)
Maher & Suhair (Spain/ N. Africa)
Medical Ambassadors (India)
Jonathon & Charlotte (Refugee ministry, UK)