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 and Youth

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 written and recorded his own music. His musical passions also gave him an inroad to working with youth; something he is passionate about as well. Currently Darren is finishing his Master's of Divinity from Liberty Theological Seminary.

Elizabeth Nance

Children's Ministry Director

Elizabeth grew up in a Christian family in Grand Prairie, a suburb of Dallas, Texas. Although she's not able to pinpoint the exact moment she trusted in Christ, she formalized her faith with a prayer when she was 8 years old. She has been actively involved in children's ministry since she was in junior high school, which led to the development of a passion to share God's truth and peace on a level that young ones can understand. Elizabeth earned a B.S. in Children and Family Ministry from John Brown University. She also spent a semester studying at the Focus on the Family Institute in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Desiring further ministry training in marriage and family therapy, as well as a having a longing to study theology at a deeper level, she pursued and earned a M.A. in Biblical Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary.

While her original intention was to serve the Lord as a licensed marriage and family therapist, the Lord directed her to the Children's Ministry at Lifeline. She moved to Utah in 2007 and currently focuses the majority of her time upon administrating the Children's Ministry (birth-6th grade), which includes writing and designing the sermon-based curriculum used in most of our Children's Church classes. In her spare time, Elizabeth enjoys reading, classic movies, knitting, classical music and cooking/baking. Her passion for reading includes 19th century British literature as well as marriage and parenting enrichment books. Her favorite literature authors include: George MacDonald, G. K. Chesterton, Charles Dickens, and Robert Browning. The marriage and parenting authors she enjoys most are: Gary Thomas, Mike Mason, Scott Stanley, Christopher McCluskey, Doug Rosenau, Ginger Plowman and Voddie Baucham.