Saved By His Grace

About Saved By His Grace

Saved By His Grace is a ministry of comitted Christians who love the Lord Jesus Christ and are dedicated to sharing His Word, Love, Truth, Mercy and Saving Grace throughout the world, that all might know it is by Grace alone by which we have been given eternal life in Christ.

Thomas Bartel, founder and website administrator of Saved By His Grace, came to know Jesus as his personal Savior in 1991 at College Avenue Baptist Church in San Diego, California.  Tom is a graduate of the Masters in Theology, Biblical Studies program at  Fuller Theological Seminary Pasadena, California.  From 1994-1997 He served as an Elder at Christ Church of the Ascension in Paradise Valley, Arizona.  

Tom has been involved in divorce recovery, divorce prevention, remarriage preparation, and conflict resolution ministries at Scottsdale Bible Church, as well as at Highlands Community Church in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Since 1999, Tom has taken part on a number of evangelistic church planting missions trips to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, with e3 Partners of Dallas, Texas   to spread the Gospel message and plant new Evangelical churches in those countries. Mission trips are sponsored through e3 Partners Ministries, along with Iglesia de Florida in San Lorenzo, Paraguay. A newly created sister organization Su Refugio, a project to assist the homelss children in Tobati, Paraguay and surrounding areas, opened in July of 2009.

Tom was the founding Executive Director of the Arizona Alliance for Community and Faith Based Action in 2001, a 501c3 non profit organization begun by a number of local Christians in the Phoenix area, to aid and finacially assist Faith Based and Community organizations in the state of Arizona.

The mission of Saved By His Grace is for the Glory, Grace, Truth, Love, Forgiveness and Saving Knowledge of Jesus Christ to be proclaimed throughout the world in a loving and personal way. Other individuals who are involved in this ministry include Thomas M. Bartel, John "Bo" Derning and David Ballard,