Meet the Pastors/Elders
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Caleb Dodge was privileged to grow up in a home with wonderful Christian parents. They modeled the love of Christ to him and his four brothers. It was in this home that he came to know the Lord as his Savior. After he completed high school, he went to Philadelphia Biblical University. It was there that he met his lovely future wife, Rachel. After completing a one-year certificate of Jewish Studies, he decided to join the Army to pay for Bible college. During his time in the military, he married the love of his life and learned many valuable life lessons. After completing his military service, he and his wife tutored English in South Korea for two years. When they returned to America, they felt called to come to Dubuque so that Caleb could study at Emmaus Bible College. Upon graduation from Emmaus with a B.S. in Biblical Studies and a B.S. in Secondary Education, Caleb had the honor of teaching Bible at Tri-State Christian School for three years. Caleb and Rachel currently have six children age 10 and under and he absolutely loves being a husband and a father. He is thankful that God has blessed with so many opportunities to serve Him!
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Richard Ramirez, Sr. was born and raised in California. He and his family relocated to Palatka in 1989 to manage a new plant for CDR Systems. Later on he created and maintained their corporate safety program until 2014. In 1996 Richard and his family began attending Grace Community Baptist church and it was here that they heard the gospel for the first time. That same year they all came to know Jesus personally as Lord and Savior under the ministry of Tommy Combs. Richard has been privileged to be a faithful, active member ever since--serving in various capacities including teacher, deacon, and elder. Sensing the Lord's direction towards active outreach ministry early on he and his wife also joined the local Gideon camp and served there for nearly 2 decades (including being president for 6 of those years). He currently ministers bi-vocationally in addition to his work for Softex Paper. He has been married to his beloved wife Denise for over 40 years. Together they have been blessed with an adult son -- Richard Ramirez, Jr. He and his wife Miranda are also faithful members of the church.
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Kevin Anthony Dodge had the privilege of being discipled in his high school years through the ministry and men here at Grace Community Baptist Church. God then opened the door for him to go to the one year Institute of Jewish Studies at Philadelphia Biblical University. The Lord continued to provide and after receiving his bachelor's degree there in Biblical Studies (2004) he youth pastored and worked for a construction company for a year while his beloved Minnesotan bride (Jane) completed her schooling. After half a year serving and living in Israel (2006), they moved to Dallas and were both involved with, and discipled through, Community Bible Chapel. During that five years Kevin also received a ThM. from Dallas Theological Seminary (2011). Kevin has ministered with Bible.org and Galaxie software since 2008 and continues that work in addition to pastoring. He has been married to Jane since 2005, and they are blessed with five children: Chanoch, Ezra, Marnina, Tobiah, and Darrah.
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If you have any additional questions or would like to speak directly with our pastors, please feel free to call (563) 845-1813 [Caleb], (386) 546-3830 [Richard] or (386) 546-0820 [Kevin]. You may also use the convenient contact form below to send an email.