About
Pastor Gabe has been serving at Abundant Life since August 2011, when he and his family moved here from Orange County. Prior to joining the Abundant Life family, he served for six years as the English Pastor at a Taiwanese Church in Garden Grove, CA. Gabe got his BA in Communications from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and his MA in Bible Exposition from Talbot School of Theology. He and his wife, Cheri, have been married since 2000 and have three children—Andrew, Keira, and Kai.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
GREG FOWLER
Elder
LANDON BEARD
Elder
JERRY MURPHY
Elder
CHRIS BIERWAGEN
Elder
SANDRA LUNDIN
Facilities Coordinator
DAN WATSON
Elder Emeritus
TIM MCCARTNEY
Worship Leader
STACY WATSON
Office Administrator
HISTORY
Abundant Life Community Church has been rooted in Grass Valley since 1981, when Pastor Samuel Floyd planted our non-denominational community church with a vision to share the love and grace of Jesus with our foothill community. In our early days, we rented space from the Nazarene church on Sunday afternoons for our worship services, before moving into a small building on Walsh Street that is now the Jewish Community Center. In 1992, we purchased our current facility on Alta Street and have enjoyed this location ever since.
The one constant at Abundant Life for many years was Pastor Sam, a gifted shepherd who had a deep passion for sharing God’s grace with our community every chance he got. This passion for the gospel of grace remains at the core of who we are as a church today. Pastor Sam led our church faithfully for well over 30 years, until his retirement in 2014. He continued to serve and lead within our church family even after his retirement, until his passing in 2015.
From the beginning, Abundant Life has been an elder led church. Our elder board serves alongside our pastoral staff, taking seriously their role in leading our congregation. In 2011, they brought Pastor Gabe Barber and his family to Nevada County to serve in an Associate Pastor role alongside Pastor Sam. The intention was for Gabe to slowly transition into the Lead Pastor role, but this timeline was moved up due to Pastor Sam’s health concerns. In November 2014, Gabe became Abundant Life’s second Lead Pastor, and he is excited to lead the church into the future, fulfilling our mission of bringing people to wholeness through God’s grace.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
Read our full statement of faith.
LOCATION
(530) 273-1139
Office Hours
Monday – Thursday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday – Thursday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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