Brad Armstrong is a businessman who lives in Thousand Oaks, CA. He has served on the board since 2015.
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 37 years and have seven children and 13 grandchildren. Scott has served on the board since 2017.
Peter is the owner of PAC Properties, a private real estate company in the San Fernando Valley. He is a graduate of The Master’s University, where he played basketball. He currently serves on the boards of Grace to You, the John MacArthur Charitable Trust, and Legacy Christian Academy.
Luis graduated from The Master’s University and Seminary. He was ordained and sent by Grace Community Church as a missionary to Mexico City. He serves 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. 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 and Rodrigo (TMU graduates) and Ana (current student at TMU).
Matt Sakiestewa Gilbert is a Professor and Head of American Indian Studies and Professor of History at the University of Arizona. After graduating from The Master’s University 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 alumna, have four children. Matt joined the TMUS board in 2021.
Bryan Hughes is the Senior Pastor of Grace Bible Church in Bozeman, Montana, where he has served for the past 41 years. He earned his B.A. from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, his M.A. 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 previously served 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 is the teaching pastor at Immanuel Bible Church in Northern Virginia. He has his Ph.D. (theology) from Christ College, Sydney. He graduated from the University of New Mexico (B.A. in Sociology and Spanish) and The Master’s Seminary (Th.M. in Systematic Theology). Before joining the board, Jesse taught theology at The Master’s Seminary and Christ Baptist Seminary in Polokwane, South Africa. Jesse has been an editor and contributor for numerous publications and books. His most recent book, “City of Man, Kingdom of God,” examines how Christians should relate to government. He and his wife, Deidre (a TMU graduate), 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 is the teaching pastor at Baltimore Bible Church. George is a graduate of The Master’s Seminary and Washington Bible College. After completing his training through Grace Advance, he and a team planted Baltimore Bible Church with the desire to see more churches planted in his area. George is pursuing a Ph.D. at The Master’s Seminary and helps to oversee The Master’s Fellowship Mid-Atlantic. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two daughters and one son. George joined the TMUS board in 2021.
John MacArthur is the pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. He is also the chancellor of The Master’s University and Seminary and the featured teacher of the Grace To You media ministry. John and his wife, Patricia, live in Southern California and have four married children: Matt, Marcy, Mark, and Melinda. They also enjoy the enthusiastic company of their fifteen grandchildren.
Matt MacArthur manages investments at WCM Investment Management. He has been a board member at Grace To You since 2004 and holds the position of Vice-Chairman at the John MacArthur Charitable Trust. Matt is a graduate of TMU.
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.
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. They love serving in ministry together, traveling, and entertaining in their spare time. George has served on the board since 2007.
Rod Shackelford owns ImpactOrtho Inc., an orthopedic agency representing Arthrex Inc. in Arizona. He graduated from The Master’s University in 1987, where he played baseball. Rod and his wife, Beth, currently serve at Shepherd’s House Bible Church in Chandler, Arizona. They have five children, four of whom have attended TMU, and eight grandchildren.
Kent Stainback is the CEO of The Stainback Organization, a commercial real estate services firm based in Dallas. He is a graduate of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and serves as an elder at Trinity Bible Church of Dallas. He joined the board in 2025.
Dr. Mark Tatlock is the president and chairman of The Master’s Academy International (TMAI). Before joining TMAI, he served as the Vice President for Student Life and the Executive Vice President of The Master’s University. He teaches missions, urban ministries, and global studies courses at TMUS and consults churches in developing their missions programs. Mark met his wife, Lisa, while she was serving as a professor of Family and Consumer Sciences at TMU. Mark and Lisa have five children, three of whom have been adopted. Mark and Lisa have been members of Grace Community Church since 1996, where he currently serves as an elder and the chairman of Grace Ministries International.
Harry is the executive pastor of Stonebridge Bible Church in Brentwood, Tennessee. Before that, he was the campus pastor for The Master’s University. Harry graduated from Brown University, where he played football, and Liberty University and Seminary, where he served as campus pastor while preparing for pastoral ministry. In 2021, he was honored with a Doctorate of Divinity degree from The Master’s Seminary. He has served on the TMUS board since 2000. Harry and his wife, Karon, have two children.
