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Grace Evangelical Free Church Leadership

Grace Evangelical Free Church is blessed to have a leadership team who are truly dedicated to Christ and accomplishing His will. Following are brief bio's of our leadership. We will be adding to this page bios of our elders, deacons and other positions of leadership within the church.   

Ryan Zurbriggen

Senior Pastor


Thank your for visiting and welcome to Grace!  I was appointed to serve as Grace Evangelical Free Church's Senior Pastor in February of 2020.  I am humbled by the opportunity and thankful for the family that we have here at Grace.  

My wife, Renessa and I have been graciously and happily married for 21 years and God has blessed us with five children.  They are: Caleb (18), Micah (16), Hope (14), Josiah (12) and Asher (9).  Northeast Iowa is our home as we have graduated high school locally and have lived here since 2011.  Prior to that I was the Senior Pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Parkersburg, IA. 

My heart is serving as a pastor for the family at Grace but I also very strongly believe in serving in our local community.  Therefore, years ago, God put it in my heart to be a bi-vocational pastor.  That is, that I work part time as a pastor and serve in a different capacity locally.  As a result, I have been blessed with the opportunity to serve as a teacher in the Central Community School District here in Elkader, Iowa.  It is my hope that people see the love of Christ in and through me. 

Hebrews 4.12 states that the Word of God is alive and active and that it essentially cuts to our heart to lead us in the way we are to live.  In addition, Psalm 119.105 communicates that the word of God is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path.   In other words, the Bible shows us the way.  At Grace Evangelical Free Church, we have the Word of God as an essential part of who we are.  You will find Sunday sermons that teach straight from the Bible so that we can better understand and apply the Truth to our lives.  

If you have questions about Grace E Free or would like to have a conversation regarding a life of faith in Christ, you can email me at mrzurbriggen@gmail.com.  Again, thank you for visiting and I look forward to seeing you soon!  


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Thank your for visiting and welcome to Grace!  I was appointed to serve as Grace Evangelical Free Church's Senior Pastor in February of 2020.  I am humbled by the opportunity and thankful for the family that we have here at Grace.  

My wife, Renessa and I have been graciously and happily married for 21 years and God has blessed us with five children.  They are: Caleb (18), Micah (16), Hope (14), Josiah (12) and Asher (9).  Northeast Iowa is our home as we have graduated high school locally and have lived here since 2011.  Prior to that I was the Senior Pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Parkersburg, IA. 

My heart is serving as a pastor for the family at Grace but I also very strongly believe in serving in our local community.  Therefore, years ago, God put it in my heart to be a bi-vocational pastor.  That is, that I work part time as a pastor and serve in a different capacity locally.  As a result, I have been blessed with the opportunity to serve as a teacher in the Central Community School District here in Elkader, Iowa.  It is my hope that people see the love of Christ in and through me. 

Hebrews 4.12 states that the Word of God is alive and active and that it essentially cuts to our heart to lead us in the way we are to live.  In addition, Psalm 119.105 communicates that the word of God is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path.   In other words, the Bible shows us the way.  At Grace Evangelical Free Church, we have the Word of God as an essential part of who we are.  You will find Sunday sermons that teach straight from the Bible so that we can better understand and apply the Truth to our lives.  

If you have questions about Grace E Free or would like to have a conversation regarding a life of faith in Christ, you can email me at mrzurbriggen@gmail.com.  Again, thank you for visiting and I look forward to seeing you soon!  


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