
Lead Pastor Randy Barr has been preaching and teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ since 1974. He has served the Lord and the Church of God as Evangelist, Pastor, Christian Servicemen's Center Director, and on various boards and committees of ministry in the Church of God. Pastor Barr's ministry includes 5 ½ years in the Church of God Ministry to the Military in West Germany (1982-1987), where he and his wife, Kay, planted and pastored 2 Christian Servicemen's Centers in Amberg and Schweinfurt. From there they came to Ohio where they pastored churches in Lucasville, Wellston, and Rutland. Pastor Barr was appointed to the pastorate of the Grove City Church of God in 1998.
Presently Pastor Barr serves on the Ohio Church of God State Council and as a Regional Elder.
Pastor Barr has been married to his lovely wife, Kay, for 30 years, and they are the proud parents of one daughter, Stephanie, who works and resides in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
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Mike Leslie graduated from Hamilton Twp. High School in 1972, enrolled in college and after transferring to Columbus State University graduated in April, 1977. Patty and Mike met in 1978 and married on May 17, 1980. After a year she gave birth to twin boys Matthew and Michael on April 25, 1982. On July 8, 1985 their last child was born our son Aaron.
Mike was saved in December 1983 and traveled with family in a singing group for thirteen years. While traveling he began preaching around 1986 and have been carrying the gospel ever since. Mike received his Exhorter license in 1997 and graduated from Ministerial Internship Program nine months later. In 2000 he received his Ordained License, served as an Associate Pastor for five years at Parsons Avenue Church of God and served also as a principal and administrator at the Christian school for two years. In 2002 Mike was appointed Senior Pastor at New Vision Church Of God in Groveport, Ohio and blessed the church for six years before he had to take a leave of absence for medical reasons in 2008.
While Mike recovered started attending the Grove City Church of God and in 2010 was given the privilege to serve as Administrative Pastor in which he currently remains today.
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