Pastor Todd Wilson has served as pastor since August 2005. He received his MDiv from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in December 2000. Before entering the ministry, he worked as a Computer Engineer/Network Analyst for 8 years. Todd and his wife Lori were married in 1987 and have two daughters, Bailey (b. June 1990) and Kirby (b. March 1992) and two granddaughters. They are also involved with the Alabama Baptist Children’s Home & Pathways Ministries in the ministry of foster care. Pastor Todd enjoys the ministry at Grace Covenant and leading in the work of missions. He is committed to short term international missions, going and leading groups each year. He has had the privilege of ministering in Kiev, Ukraine; Guilin, China; Niteroi & São José dos Campos, Brazil; southeastern Turkey; Irapuato, Mexico; La Poza, Mexico; Punta Gorda, Belize; Northern and South Africa; Spain; and Portugal. Pastor Todd also serves on the planning committee for the Deep South Founders Conference and is co-director of the Portuguese Speaking Pastors Project.

Pastor Stephen Payne has served as an elder at Grace Covenant since 2024. Meredith and he have been married since 2014 and have four children: Scarlett (b. April 2016), Evelyn (b. November 2017), Katherine (b. November 2019), and Lucy (b. February 2023). Stephen graduated with his MDiv from Beeson Divinity School in 2015. Before Beeson, he received a bachelor’s degree in Math and a master’s degree in Statistics from the University of Alabama. He currently works in Corporate Treasury at Regions Bank. Outside work, he enjoys web development, including our own church website, and a Greek NT interlinear website.