Leadership

Visionary

Alan is the visionary pastor at Firebrand Church, and leads the eldership team.

Alan and Meg were married in 1993 and have one son Daniel and one grandson. 
Toward the end of 2009 Alan, Meg and Daniel moved to Gig Harbor from Johannesburg, South Africa where Alan served on the eldership team at Cornerstone Church in Johannesburg for 8 years.

In October 2014 Alan and Meg started Firebrand Church together with a team of people. Meg leads the Women's Bible Study and oversees much of the administration load at Firebrand.

Alan has a background in brand development, graphic design and website development.

Read Alan's book:  The Subjective God | Follow Alan's Podcast:  Firebrand | Read Alan's Blog | Follow Alan on Social:  / /

Elders

Barry and Dawn We’re married in 1999, and have 3 children and 5 grandchildren. The White family moved from Kansas to Kitsap County, WA in November 2004. 

Barry and Dawn joined our eldership team in November 2020. Barry is part of our preaching team and is one of our creative writers and Dawn looks after our communication and is one of our worship leader. 

Elders

Daniel and Kylie were married in March 2022 and have one son, Oliver. Daniel emigrated from South Africa in 2009 with his parents, Alan & Meg. Daniel is a Mechanical Engineer at Blue Origin.

Kylie moved to the West Sound with her parents in 2004. She is a full time mom.

Daniel Joined our elder team in 2023 and heads up all our worship teams and oversees technology and equipment.

Kylie heads up our AV ministry. She also is part of our worship team and children's ministry team.

Deacons

Doug and Barb married in 1994 and have 2 boys, Michael and David. Doug was born in Washington and has lived here his whole life. Barb was born in California, and moved to Oregon at age 4, and then to Washington at age 12.

Doug and Barb joined our deacon team in July 2016. Doug looks after the equipment, setup and teardown teams; and Barb takes care of the catering teams.