KARL HARTWIG

Pastor

Karl Hartwig, almost a native of California, was raised in Arroyo Grande from early childhood. His parents were pillars in the community, his mother teaching for almost 30 yrs. in the Lucia Mar school district and his father, a founder of Coastal Christian School and Mid-State Bank. He met and married his wife Barbara in 1966 while attending Cal Poly in SLO. As a local business man of 39 years, in August of 2004, the Lord moved on the hearts of Karl and Barbara to join with Pat and Terri Sparrow and another couple to pioneer Shouts of Grace Church in the Five Cities area, bringing his business and leadership skills, wisdom, and mature decision making abilities, along with his experience as an elder of twenty-nine years, into the church government. Karl’s pastoral heart is to teach and impart sound fundamental, foundational truths of Scripture with a practical application and to facilitate the saints to discover, develop, and grow in their spiritual gifts, equipping them to do the work of the ministry and to fulfill their spiritual destiny. And he is anointed to bring the Word of the Lord to the nations, thus “inspiring locally and impacting globally”.

BARBARA HARTWIG

Pastor

Barbara Hartwig, along with her husband Karl, were founding leaders of Shouts of Grace Church in August of 2004, and were soon thereafter ordained as pastors, but she had been functioning in many forms of church leadership since 1977, from leading women’s Bible studies, establishing church government, leading worship, to pasturing home groups. Her passion is to see God’s Kingdom established here on earth as it is in heaven through the infusion of His Word in the lives of each member of His body bringing transformation into His image and Christ- likeness. Her contribution to that end is in teaching, counseling, intercession, and prophetic ministry that releases revelation to transformation. Her love of interior design and renovation is often expressed in seeing a life restored and made whole in Christ. She and her husband of 45 years are the parents of an amazing son and daughter with special needs, who have taught them more about God’s grace and how to love than anyone.