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Brad Armstrong | Chairman of the Board

Brad Armstrong is a businessman who lives in Thousand Oaks, CA. He has served on the board since 2015.

Scott Ardavanis | Board Member

Scott Ardavanis is the Senior Pastor of Grace Church of the Valley in central California. Scott began his pastoral ministry at Grace Community Church with John MacArthur and spent seventeen years as a senior pastor in Chicago and California. He is an adjunct professor at The Master’s Seminary. Scott is a featured speaker at Bible and pastors conferences around the world. He also serves as a board member for Sufficiency of Scripture Ministries, which impacts lives in Uganda with sound Biblical teaching. Scott earned his degrees at Los Angeles Baptist College (now TMU), B.A., The Master’s Seminary, M.Div., and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, D.Min. Scott and his wife, Patty, have been married 35 years and have seven children and nine grandchildren. Scott has served on the board since 2017.

Luis Contreras | Board Member

Luis graduated from The Master’s University and Seminary (B.S., M.Div., Th.M., D.Min.), was ordained and sent by Grace Community Church (GCC) as a missionary to Mexico City, where he served as a professor at Word of Grace Biblical Seminary (a TMAI school) and as pastor-teacher of Iglesia Cristiana de la Gracia. He has worked in Spanish translation for Grace To You since 1996 and helped translate the MacArthur Study Bible into Spanish. He co-pastors the Spanish-speaking fellowship group at GCC and serves GCC missionaries, with a focus on Iberoamerica. He is an adjunct faculty member of TMS in Spanish, SEPE (TMAI Honduras), and Berea (TMAI Spain). He is married to Robin (a TMU alumna), and they have three children — Olivia, Rodrigo, and Ana (current students at TMU).

Matt S. Gilbert | Board Member

Matt Sakiestewa Gilbert is a Professor and Head of American Indian Studies and Professor of History at the University of Arizona. After graduating from �������Ͽ�������ϲ�ͼ in 1999, Matt received an M.A. in theology from Talbot School of Theology, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Riverside. He has published extensively on American Indian education and sport. He and his wife, Kylene, a TMU aluma, have four children. Matt joined the TMUS board in 2021.

Bryan Hughes | Board Member

Bryan Hughes is the Senior Pastor of Grace Bible Church in Bozeman, MT, where he has served for the past 39 years. He earned his BA from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, his Master of Arts from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon, and his D.Min from Trinity Theological Seminary in Newburgh, Indiana. Bryan has taught at Bible colleges in Ukraine, Tanzania, and Siberia and classes in Albania, Russia, Turkey, Ethiopia, Poland, and Italy. He is the author of 8:28 – Unlocking God’s Promise and Jesus’s Teaching on the Last Days. He presently serves on the faculty of Montana Bible College in Bozeman. Bryan enjoys hunting, reading, and playing basketball. He and his wife, Bev, have three grown children and three grandchildren. Bryan has served on the TMU board since 2000.

Jesse Johnson | Board Member

Jesse Johnson is the Teaching Pastor at Immanuel Bible Church in Northern Virginia. He is a graduate of The University of New Mexico (B.A. in Sociology and Spanish) and The Master’s Seminary (M.Div., Th.M. in Systematic Theology). Currently, he is doing Ph.D. research at Christ College, Sydney. Before joining the board, Jesse taught theology at The Master’s Seminary, and before that at Christ Baptist Seminary in Polokwane, South Africa. Jesse has been an editor and contributor for numerous publications and books, including Men of the Word and Right Thinking in a World Gone Wrong. His most recent book, City of Man, Kingdom of God, examines how Christians should relate to government. He and his wife, Deidre (a TMU alumna), live with their three daughters in Washington, D.C. Jesse has served on the board since 2015. You can follow his writing at thecripplegate.com.

George Lawson | Board Member

George Lawson is the Teaching Pastor at Baltimore Bible Church. George is a graduate of The Master’s Seminary and Washington Bible College. He began pastoral ministry at Hope Bible Church in Columbia, Maryland, before he and a team planted Baltimore Bible Church. George blogs on thecripplegate.com and is pursuing a Ph.D. program at Baptist Bible Seminary. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two daughters and one son. George joined the TMUS board in 2021.

John MacArthur | Board Member

John MacArthur is the pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. He is also chancellor of The Master’s University and Seminary and the featured teacher on the Grace to You media ministry.

Matt MacArthur | Board Member

Matt MacArthur is responsible for managing investments at WCM Investment Management. He has been a board member at Grace To You (GTY) since 2024 and holds the position of Vice-Chairman at the John MacArthur Charitable Trust. Matt is a graduate of TMU.

Felix Martin del Campo Jr. | Board Member

Felix Martin del Campo Jr. is a dentist in Visalia, Calif. He attended USC for his undergraduate work and then graduated from the UCLA School of Dentistry. Felix also serves on the board of Samaritan’s Purse and has served for more than four decades with World Medical Missions. Alongside 800 other doctors, he goes worldwide to relieve long-term missionaries on furlough. His specialty is designing and setting up state-of-the-art mobile dental clinics. North Korea and Siberia, among other countries, have benefited from such ministries. He enjoys photography in his spare time and has been married to his wife, Janet, for 46 years. Felix has served on the board since 1992.

Jonathan Rourke | Board Member

Jonathan Rourke has been the senior pastor at Tri-City Bible Church in Vista, California, since 2011. He is a graduate of The Master’s Seminary (M.Div., Th.M.), and served on staff at Grace Community Church for ten years. Jonathan and his wife, Catherine, have been married for 20 years, and have four children. Jonathan has served on the TMU board since 2015.

George Sanders | Board Member

George Sanders practices plastic surgery in Los Angeles. Born and raised in Southeast Texas, George attended Harvard Medical School and completed his general surgery training and plastic surgery residency at UCLA. George is privileged to have served as an elder at Grace Community Church, taught biblical counseling and the premarital class, and oversaw international missions. George and his wife, Anna, are certified in biblical counseling and often counsel together. In their spare time, they love serving in ministry together, traveling, and entertaining. George has served on the board since 2007.

Rod Shackelford | Board Member

Rod Shackelford owns Impact-Ortho (formerly SportsTek Medical), making orthopedic medical devices focused on athletics. He graduated from �������Ͽ�������ϲ�ͼ and Cal State Northridge, where he played basketball. He serves as an elder at Christ Church Central Phoenix. Rod and his wife Elizabeth have five children, four of whom have attended TMU, while the fifth is still aspiring.

Mark Tatlock| Board Member

Dr. Mark Tatlock is the president and chairman of The Master’s Academy International (TMAI).