Kenneth Randall Cripps ( Pastor R ) was born in Pineville, Louisiana in 1955, to Thelma and Isaac Cripps who raised him in San Antonio, Texas. Randy married his teenage sweetheart, Lois Elisabeth Sprague in 1974. Elisabeth was born in San Antonio and raised in Southern California. They have been married for 40 years this past April. They have 4 children, helped raise two more, and have 9 grandchildren. The Cripps were also blessed with the ministry of serving as foster parents to children who were less fortunate. Pastor Randy & Elisabeth Cripps attended Texas Bible college where Randy received his Bachelors of Theology in 1978. The Cripps have pastored for twenty-five years, took a 15 year sabbatical, and have recently launched a new work “The Journey Church of Rockwall.” Over the course of their ministry, the Cripps’ have gained the wisdom of God’s grace through Jesus Christ. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) Jesus Christ did not bring us the grace of God, Jesus Christ is the grace of God.