PASTORAL STAFF

Len & Sharon Griffin

Len and Sharon Griffin founded Covenant of Grace in March of 1988 and have served as Lead Pastors here since then. Under their leadership, Covenant of Grace has served the Greater Phoenix area for decades in a variety of ways. The church has partnered with St Mary’s Food Bank to provide food and clothing to those in need. Recovery Ministries have served those struggling with life-controlling addictions. ESL Classes have helped countless refugees and immigrants assimilate into their new country. Covenant of Grace and its sister congregation, Pacto de Gracia, has grown to become an influential multi-cultural and multi-generational congregation in North Central Phoenix.

Sharon was a pioneer in Refugee Ministry in the Greater Phoenix area and founded Global Transitions, our auxiliary Community Development Corporation which has served the immigrant community and other at risk communities in the area. She is a gifted teacher of God’s Word and has an apostolic and pastoral call on her life. 

In addition to his local church pastoral ministry, Len has been a leader in the City-Church Movement and Prayer Movement and has partnered with many other Pastors and Para-Church ministries to build and foster unity among churches and leaders throughout Arizona. He and Sharon are Founding Board members of Grace Association (a Relational Network of Churches). He also helped start and develop Pastors In Covenant, a small group network of Pastors who meet regularly for accountability and support. He has traveled and ministered internationally in Central and South America, Africa, South East Asia and the Caribbean. Len is also a worship leader, writer, hiker.

Len and Sharon love to camp and fish. Sharon is an avid gardener and Len hunts as often as possible. They have one son, David, a granddaughter, Alexis, and a great-grandchild on the way. They also have two “adopted” sons, Washington from Liberia and Michael from Burma.  

 Emilio & Mary Parada

Roland & Mylene Prempeh

Roy Benfield

My hope for the future, in both ministry and my personal life, is for all those around me, and especially the children under my care, to be blessed and to feel loved. To be excited to come to church and learn more about Jesus, to pursue righteousness as an expression of their love for God, to have true peace, and to walk intimately with their Savior as they get to know him better. I pray that I can both set an example for others to follow by living out these principles personally and speak Truth into the hearts of others as we all grow together; I pray we influence more and more people around us, so the message of Christ will spread with boldness and love.

In the ministry, I hope each child experiences the tangible love of Christ each Sunday through the volunteers who minister to them, and that those volunteers are filled with blessing in so doing. I pray that parents feel that love too, and take comfort in the quality of care and love their child is receiving, so they can fully focus their heart on the service, be refreshed in their spirit, and grow in their walk with Christ, as we work as a whole church, I hope each member of every family takes home nuggets of God’struth and spurs each other on towards love and good deeds.    

Lilly Blair

   Assistant Pastor at large 

  Assistant Pastor at large