Elders & Deacons
Servant leadership is essential for spiritual leadership—especially leadership in the Church. A church leader's first commitment is to Christ. It is to love Him with all their heart, and to live the leadership responsibilities of shepherding His Church, living in His power through the life of the Holy Spirit.
The elders and deacons of DBC meet the qualifications for a church leader as outlined in Scripture. They have been given added honor and responsibility because of their reputation for spiritual, faithful service in smaller matters. Please pray regularly for these men!
1 Timothy 3:1-7 ; Titus 1:5-9 ; 1 Peter 5:1-4 ; Acts 20:28; 1 Thess. 5:12;
James 5:14; Hebrews 13:17
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David Brugger
David is the Elder of Childrens, Youth, and College Ministry. He has served since 2009 and before that served as a Deacon of Leadership Development. He is married to Katie and has a daughter, Evangeline. He has worked in the nonprofit field for over fifteen years. He enjoys hiking and camping as well as road and mountain biking. | email
Ken Crowder
Ken oversees the ministries of Leadership Development, Missions, and the Administration of Deacons. He is a member of the Builder's ABF and is a Life Group Leader. Professionally, Ken is a financial advisor. He is married to Sharon and they have three grown sons, three daughter-in-laws, and three grandchildren. He and Sharon love traveling, Mexican food, and Texas Longhorn football. | email
Troy Dungan
Troy Dungan is a native Texan - born in Ennis - grew up in Hillsboro. He is a graduate of Baylor University. Troy became a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ at around nine years of age and became a member of the First Baptist Church in Hillsboro. Troy and his wife Janet joined Dallas Bible Church about six years ago. Troy became an Elder in 2009. The ministries under his "Elder Umbrella" include Project Encouragement, Dallas Business Forum, DBC Men's Ministries and the ABFs. | email
Jim Fant
As elder Jim oversees Ushers and Greeters, Strategic Planning and Development, and Facility Maintenance. Jim also serves as a Life Group Leader and is an active supporter of missions, both locally and internationally. Married for over 31 years to his high school sweetheart, Susan; together they have two adult sons, two daughters-in-love, one granddaughter and a grandson on the way. Jim has worked in the commercial real estate business since 1983 after a time in public accounting. He enjoys family-time, cooking, playing guitar, golf, fishing, snow skiing, and sharing the Gospel while traversing God's beautiful earth. | email
Hal Habecker
Hal has served as the head pastor of DBC since 1993. He is also the elder who oversees the church's leadership, Youth, Women's Ministry and Outreach (including Missions). Hal is married to Vicki and has three grown children: Jennifer, Bethany and Jonathan. He is an avid cyclist and is well-known around here for his generous spirit and amazing name recall. | email
Jim McNeme
Jim oversees the Life Groups and Local Outreach ministries. Jim has been married to Patti for 47 years. They have 3 children and 3 grandchildren. He is a structural engineer and owns his own company with his wife, Patti. Jim enjoys reading American and Texas history and plays some golf. | email
Jack Simmons
Jack has been a part of Dallas Bible Church for over twenty years. He is the elder who oversees the Church's Stewardship Ministries and Communications. Jack has been married to Connie for thirty plus years and they have three grown children - Kyle, Sarah, and Joy. Professionally, Jack is a Certified Public Accountant and financial advisor. He enjoys family-time, golf and fishing. | email
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Mike Bauer
Mike is the Deacon of Facilities. He has been married to his wife Donna for 16 years and has two children. He's worked in construction and real estate for the past 16 years and is currently a Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Manager. Mike and Donna host a small group and enjoy entertaining friends. He enjoys spending time with family, fishing and working around the house.
Rob Clements
Rob is the Deacon of Encouragement and Mentoring. Rob is committed to partnering with the men and the young men of D.B.C., to encourage them to live LIFE together and serve the Lord.. Rob has been married to Kelly for 22 years and they have a daughter, Katy, who is in her first year at the University of Virginia. Rob is a trial lawyer and partners with his wife Kelly, at Clements & Clements, Attorneys at Law. Rob loves serving the Lord. He enjoys playing golf, hunting, water sports and his family.
Frank Fuller
Frank has served as a Deacon in Men’s Ministry since 2008. He also serves as an usher and is involved with Connections Ministry. He and wife Zinda lead a LIFE Group and serve as Crown Life Group leaders. They have been married for twenty-one years and have one daughter, Kate. Frank has three older children and five grandchildren. He is a Commercial Specialist and Team Leader with Weatherization Partners, Ltd. He enjoys spending time with his family, reading, yard work and has a passion for helping men understand Proverbs 27:17.
Tom Grant
Tom is a Deacon of Young Adults. He and his wife Jamie have one son, Noah. The Grants moved to Texas from Florida in 2008. Tom works a traffic engineer and enjoys playing several instruments. He and Jamie lead a LIFE Group and are actively involved with Crossroads.
Steve Hendry
Steve is the Deacon of Marketplace Ministries and facilitator of the DBC Business Forum. He has served since 2008. He is married to Judy and the father of five great children, including his stepdaughter, plus two grandsons. He enjoys serving the Lord and being involved in family activities.
Scott Lane
Scott Lane is the Deacon of Greeters and Connections. He has been married to his wife Candy for 20 years. They have one terrific daughter, Erin, who is married to Tyler, and two grandchildren, Gavin and Ava. He has been a Financial Advisor at Northwestern Mutual for the last 23 years. Scott has become involved at many levels with the Bill Glass Prison Ministry over the last 15 years. He enjoys running, LIFE Group and lessons learned from his grandkids.
Chip Mansfield
Chip is the Deacon of Communications. He has been married for 27 years to his wife Jill and they are the parents of two grown daughters, Heather and Hayley. He loves spending time with family, his LIFE Group, and his 5(yes 5) dogs. You can find him enjoying his backyard, playing golf, trout fishing and cheering on his Texas Longhorns. He is president and COO of IQ Apparel Group, which he founded in 1993. He is honored to serve at DBC..
Don Maclean
Don is the Deacon of Berean Adult Bible Fellowship. He is married to his best friend Treasure. They have two sons and a lovely daughter: Greg, John and Nicole. Don is a retired geologist. He enjoys his family, especially his three grandchildren.
Marty Paris
Marty is the Deacon of Children's Ministries and has served since 2005. He is married to Pennie and they have one daughter, Lillian. Marty is a civil engineer and loves baseball.
He is a fan of missions, and has taken numerous missions trips to various countries.
Steve Parsons
Steve has served as the Deacon of Strategic Planning and Development (SP&D) since 2008. He is responsible for studying and recommending the possible future expansion of the church building. He serves as an usher and on the finance committee. Steve is married to his lovely wife Cheryl and is the father of five wonderful young adults, two daughters and three sons. He has worked in real estate as a developer for over 30 years.
Larry Popplewell
Larry is the Deacon of Facility Development and often assists the maintenance team. He has served since 2006 and is married to the lovely Linda. Between them, they have five grown children and twelve grandchildren. Larry is a retired engineer and enjoys using his life skills for the Lord and the church.
Rich Roberts
Rich has served as a Deacon and Men's Ministry leader since 2006. He is also a greeter on Sunday mornings. He is married to Kim and they have two wonderful daughters: Lindsey and Meredith are both at Texas A&M. Rich is the Vice President of Sales at IQ Apparel Group, a corporate uniform supplier headquartered in Addison, TX. He enjoys spending time with his family, entertaining friends, playing golf and working in the yard.
Pat Pownell
Pat Pownell is the Deacon of Healthcare and Medical Missions. Pat and his wife, Dawn, have attended DBC for over twenty years. During that time, he served six years on the Elder Board and also served as board president. Dawn and Pat have three children who have known DBC as their only church home. Pat is a physician and is in solo practice in the Dallas and Plano area.
Bryan Shahan
Bryan has served since 2005 and is married to Bonnie. They have a son named Brady and a daughter named Brooke. Like many of our Deacons and Elders, Bryan enjoys a good game of golf. Call him and invite him to play sometime!
Tony Wood
Tony serves as the Deacon over Missions. He has worked with the Mission Outreach Team (MOT) since 2005, and has served as chairman since fall of 2007. He is married to Judy and they have two grown children: Luke and Anna.