Tim Dane
SENIOR PASTOR
Pastor Tim and his wife Karen married in 1986. They have six children and eleven grandchildren. Tim graduated from the University of Nevada in 1984 with a degree in Finance and worked for 10 years as a Financial Planner. From 1984 till 1992 he served as a lay leader in his home church, Las Vegas Bible Church. In 1992 he moved to Sun Valley, California to study at The Master’s Seminary (TMS) where he completed his M.Div. and Th.M. degrees (1995, 1996). During his time at TMS and Grace Community Church, Tim served as a Deacon, an Awana Commander, and also did some teaching as an adjunct professor at TMS. In 1996, he was called to be Senior Pastor at Anza Avenue Baptist church of Torrance, CA where he served for 10 years. From 2000-2018 Tim served as an adjunct professor at Irpin Biblical Seminary (Kiev), and presently serves as an adjunct professor at Grace Bible Seminary (Kiev). Throughout the years has taught in Russia, Germany, Mexico, Romania, and Myanmar. In 2006, he and his family moved to Colorado Springs to help found Front Range Bible Institute. Tim was called to be Senior Pastor at Mesa Hills Bible Church in April of 2011, and in 2016 he completed a Ph.D. from Baptist Bible Seminary in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania (Systematic Theology).
Ben Winkelman
ASSOCIATE PASTOR
Ben grew up in Northern California learning to teach in his home town of Burney at Grace Community Bible Church and as a volunteer staff with Child Evangelism Fellowship. Ben Graduated from Cornerstone Bible Institute in Hot Springs, SD in 2015 along with his now wife Alanna. After interning at Grace Church of Lockeford in Lockeford, CA Ben continued as a lay leader in the church from 2016-2020 serving on the board and teaching. Ben and Alanna were married in 2018 and now have two daughters. After a couple of moves across country for work and Health reasons Ben and Alanna came to Colorado Springs in 2023 when called to be the Associate Pastor at Mesa Hills Bible Church.