Staff

Bryan Hurlbutt

Lead Pastor

Bryan was born in upstate New York where he put his faith in Christ shortly before his thirteenth birthday. He met his wife Jennifer at Practical Bible College (now Davis College), where they were both students. He graduated from there with a Bachelor of Religious Education degree. After getting married they moved to Dallas, Texas. Bryan attended Dallas Theological Seminary where he received a Master of Theology degree. While spending four years in seminary, Bryan worked as a youth pastor at Grand Prairie Bible Church in Grand Prairie, Texas. He remained there as an associate pastor with significant teaching responsibilities for two and half years after graduating.

Bryan and Jennifer, along with their two little girls moved to Utah in February of 2004 to begin the process of starting Lifeline Community. His passions are preaching/teaching and discipleship. In addition to his role as lead pastor, Bryan speaks at camps/conferences and has authored David: A Man of Godly Passions and is finishing his second book, The Fire and the Fight: A Study of 2 Timothy. He says he would die for four things: “Christ, his wife, his daughters and the Syracuse University Orange basketball team.”

Here are His "Sacred Six"

Authors

  1. Mark Buchanan
  2. C. S. Lewis
  3. Philip Yancey
  4. Frederick Buechner
  5. Ravi Zacharias
  6. John Stott

Books

  1. The Weight of Glory, C. S. Lewis
  2. Things Unseen, Mark Buchanan
  3. Handbook of Christian Apologetics, Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli
  4. The Journey of Desire, John Eldredge
  5. A History of Christian Missions, Stephen Neill
  6. Rumor’s of Another World, Philip Yancey

Movies

  1. A River Runs Through It
  2. Mississippi Burning
  3. Saving Private Ryan
  4. The Shawshank Redemption
  5. The Count of Monte Cristo
  6. Life is Beautiful


Darren Summers

Pastor of Worship

Darren was born and raised in Arlington, TX. His mom led him to Christ when he was a young boy, but it wasn’t until he was in 7th grade that he learned what it meant to have a relationship with God. It was while he was at a summer camp that the speaker talked about reading the Bible and praying as a daily part of your relationship with God. During that week he committed to read his Bible and pray daily and God began to change him.

Darren graduated from Dallas Baptist University with a B.B.A in Marketing in 2002. It was there that he met his wife Stephanie, and they were married in June of 2000. They have two small children, Christian and Chloe. It was also there at DBU that Darren’s passion for worship was first sparked. He had studied piano privately as a child and teenager, but at college he got involved in a music ministry team that put on concerts at churches around the state. Darren has led various bands and music teams, as well as writing and recording his own music. His passion is leading others in uninhibited worship of our God.