About Saved By His Grace

Saved By His Grace, founded in 2003, is a ministry of committed 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 of Saved By His Grace, came to know Jesus Christ as his personal Savior in 1991 at College Avenue Baptist Church in San Diego, California. From 1994-1997 He served as an Elder at Christ Church of the Ascension in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Tom is a 2005 graduate of the Masters in Theology, Biblical Studies program at Fuller Theological Seminary Pasadena, California.

He has been involved in divorce recovery, divorce prevention, remarriage preparation, conflict resolution and personal enrichment ministries at Scottsdale Bible Church, Highlands Community Church, Christ’s Church of the Valley in Scottsdale, Arizona and at Central Christian Church in Gilbert.

Beginning in 1999, Tom has taken part on numerous evangelical 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, along with Iglesia Cristiana Evangelica Florida in San Lorenzo, Paraguay. Translators are provided by Parabla du Vida Bible Institute in Argentina. A sister organization, Su Refugio, an orphanage project established by Scott Kvandal of Tri Cities Bible Church in San Diego, to assist the homeless children in Paraguay and Argentina, opened it’s doors in July of 2009.

From 2001-2002 Tom was the Executive Director of the Arizona Alliance for Community and Faith Based Action, a 501c3 non profit organization formed by a number of Christians living in the Phoenix area, to aid and financially 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 assisted in the formation of this ministry include Thomas M. Bartel and John “Bo” Derning.