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
| E L D E R S |
Byron Baird
Byron Baird oversees the local and global outreach ministries at DBC. Additionally, he mentors young adults and is actively engaged in training the next generation of leaders in evangelism and church planting. Byron has been married to Rosemary for 25 years and has two teen daughters, Addie and Audrey. | email
David Brugger
David is the Elder of LIFE Groups, Young Adults and College Ministry. He has served since 2009 and before that served as a Deacon. He is married to Katie and 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, Greeters, and Ushers. 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. He and Sharon love traveling, Mexican food, and Texas Longhorn football. | email
Troy Dungan
Information coming soon. | email
Rankin Gasaway
Rankin is the elder who oversees the church's ministry to Children and Youth, while also providing oversight to the operation of, and strategic planning for, DBC’s facilities. Rankin has been married to Jennifer for 22 fantastic years, and together they have three children. While Rankin’s current term on the elder board began in 2008, he first served as an elder in 1993. Rankin is a lawyer and has worked in 7-Eleven’s legal department for 18 years. | 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
Link Simpson
Link is the elder who oversees the church's Stewardship Ministries, Administration and Communications. Link is married to Ellen and has two grown children. He has served as an elder since 2005. Link is in the computer solutions business and loves hunting and golf. | email
| D E A C O N S |
Rob Barnes
Rob has served since the youth mission trip to Monterrey, Mexico 2008; and as Deacon since 2009. Rob is married to Stacy; they have 3 children Robert, Victoria, and Ashlyn. Rob is a former collegiate soccer player and enjoys investing in the lives of his family and the youth of our community.
Mike Bauer
Mike is the Deacon of Young Adults. He has been married to his wife Donna for 13 years and has two children: Andrew 9 and Abigail 4. 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
Information coming soon.
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.
Michael Hilger
Information coming soon.
Scott Lane
Information coming soon.
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.
Steve Megison
Steve has served as a Deacon of Youth Ministries since 2005. He is married to Debra, and they have four children. Steve is
a pediatric surgeon and a skilled mountaineer. He particularly enjoys climbing with his son; they recently climbed 10 mountains in two weeks!
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, Lily. 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.
Brent Ratliff
Brent is the Deacon of Benevolence. He has served since 2005 and is married to his beautiful wife, Susie. They have three grown children and two grandchildren. Brent is a huge sports fan and is particularly proud of his "national champion Texas Longhorns."
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, a Junior at Texas A&M and Meredith, a senior at J.J. Pearce High School. 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
Information coming soon.
Bryan Shahan
Bryan is the Deacon of Communications. He has served since 2005 and is married to Bonnie. They have a son named Brady and a daughter names Brooke. Like many of our Deacons and Elders, Bryan enjoys a good game of golf. Call him and invite him to play sometime!
Jack Simmons
Information coming soon.
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. He works with East-West Ministries International, training pastors and lay leaders in the former Soviet republics of Central Asia.