Mark Zhakevich(Shepherd)
Born and raised in Russia, Mark was ten years old when his family immigrated to Los Angeles. Soon after their arrival, Mark’s family joined Grace Community Church. Growing up at Grace Church, he was regularly reminded to invest his life into the work of God’s kingdom. After working in business for five years, Mark decided to pursue full time ministry. When Mark graduated from The Master’s Seminary in 2007, Rick Holland, asked him to join Grace Church staff as his personal assistant. Mark continues to assist Rick with daily responsibilities at the church while continuing his studies at TMS in the Master of New Testament Theology program.
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Toly Molitvenik(Under Shepherd)
Toly grew up in Sacramento and came to Los Angeles in 2004 to complete his bachelors at The Masters College. Being a new believer He passionately wanted to get into a discipleship relationship and be involved in the local church while going to school. Toly jumped into the ministry at COC quickly finding those relationships of accountability, love and care. He has grown there throughout his years at college and came on staff his senior year. Currently he is working as a chauffeur and is happily married to his lovely wife Mary.
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Young Leon(Staff)
Young and his wife, Laura, were married in 1998, have two children and have been serving together in Grace Church’s College Ministry leadership since 1997. His philosophy of ministry is summed up in Mark 10:45: “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
When asked why he still serves in Crossroads Ministry after all these years his response is, “These are the years when the concrete starts to solidify in the path of your decisions, habits, and convictions; both good and bad. My hope is that I can somehow be a help in guiding these younger folks with biblical wisdom as they walk with God in pursuit of Christ-likeness. Christ is the true light and I am just a reflector on the road that makes an annoying sound if you aren’t going the right way.”
Young also really likes metaphors.
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Daniel Clarke(Under Shepherd)
Daniel was saved in September of 2001, led to Christ through evangelistic outreach from COC Bible Study. He and his wife, Kristin, were married in 2004, and have two children, Kaylee (7/13/06) and Chase (12/3/09). Daniel works as a State Farm Insurance Agent and opened his own office on November 1, 2008. Daniel enjoys wakeboarding, playing soccer and spending time with his family and remains a HUGE fan of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Daniel attended The Master's College and has been an under shepherd at COC for about 4 years.
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Michael Wurtz(Under Shepherd)
Michael Wurtz hails out of South Dakota where he grew up on what is known as a Hutterite Colony. After having his eyes opened to the Gospel, Michael left that community in 2001. Since then he has completed his bachelors in History and German language and is currently attending The Master's Seminary. Michael enjoys reading, going to the beach in January, drawing, and getting to know people in general.
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Nate Rose(Under Shepherd)
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