Christ Grace Church Staff
Meet our leaders and lovers of all below! We are so grateful to have a team of sound sober minded saints and Sons here at Christ Grace Church!
Senior Pastor: Daniel Thorness
Daniel Richard Thorness is the head founder and senior pastor of Christ Grace Church in Houston Texas. Pastor Daniel has a doctorate degree in Christian Theology that was an eight year program out of Pensacola Florida's IMI bible college! Pastor Daniel also has a two year decree in chemical dependency counseling from LSM in North Houston Texas! Pastor Daniel has been in recovery since 2006 and has lived sober for 17 of those years recovered from addiction himself by the delivering power of God's Word and a Holy Spirit led life. Pastor Daniel is the father of two beautiful Children Avery and Elijah and is happily engaged to Jessica Banis our women's ministry leader. Pastor Daniel has been shot at and beaten for the gospel of Jesus Christ and truly lives a laid down life for Jesus!
Executive Pastor: Steve Crow
Steve Crow our executive pastor and co founder of Christ Grace Church. He is a successful engineer, husband and father! He retired years ago and because of his success found out that life and truly living is all about giving! So after retiring and traveling the world the Holy Spirit led him to investing thousands into studying business and coaching and is one of the most successful grounded Christ centered business and life coaches we have encountered in around 20 years of ministry! He brings a Spirit of excellence and organization to this part of the body of Christ and truly helps all who encounter him take the limits off of their life! We are so grateful to have him help hold this move of God together as One and as a true Kingdom Son!
Women's Ministry Leader: Jessica Banis
Jessica Banis our women's ministry leader and has a huge passion to embody women in the earth. Jessica has a very successful reality business and is also a certified yoga instructor. She has sanctified the gift ancient stretching to open of the eyes of our heart to hear and be fully possessed by God's Spirit not just in our soul but also in our bodies as well. She is a wise and wonderful Kingdom women and we are very blessed to have her in this move of God!
Recovery Pastor: Adam Shepherd
Adam Shepherd is the pastor of recovery in our church. He preaches the last Sunday of every month bringing the next step of the 12 steps of recovery into the awareness of our part of the body Christ making it available to the whole body for all of cooperate consciousness. Adam is a faithful partner of six years to his girlfriend and an amazing sponsor to men in recovery. He is actually pastor Daniel's sponsor in recovery life. Adam is a man of great wisdom in many areas of life but brings a very high vibration impartation of a recovered mindset to the body of Christ at our recovery pastor and we are very blessed to share life with him.