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Pastor Chip

and Stephanie

Pastor: Charles Short (known as Pastor Chip)

Pastor Chip gave his life to Christ in his third grade year, but it wasn’t until he was a senior in High School that he was baptized. Shortly after he attended DeVry Institute of Technology. Before long, he surrendered to preach and transferred to Grand Canyon College, where he received his B.A. He worked for a year after graduation at Sperry Aerospace to allow Stephanie to graduate as a nurse. Then received his M.Div. from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. He pastored in two church starts, an established church in Bisbee, AZ, and another in Fort Mohave, AZ. He arrived at Grand Community Baptist Church in September 2022. Chip and Stephanie adopted two children out of foster care, and they have three grandchildren.

Email pastor@grandbaptist.com

Phone: 623-975-6262

Associate Pastor / Minister of Music: Philip Carr

Pastor Philip started his service here at GCBC as our Music Minister and has graduated to the dual role of Music Minister / Associate Pastor in October 2025. His experience includes Director of Choral and Music Ministry Studies at Arizona Christian University and Associate Pastor and Worship Ministries at First Baptist Church in Tempe. In prior years he has been a Music Teacher, Operations and Program Director, and Youth Director. He brings many years of experience to this position.

Pastor Philip’s philosophy of ministry is “to serve the local church through selfless and sacrificial devotion to the Word of God”.

He and his wife Delinda have two young adult children, Sarah (22) and Caleb (19).

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