ABOUT OUR ASSISTANT PASTOR

Elder Roger Totten was born in Elkhorn, West Virginia, November 18, 1952.  He moved to Columbus, Ohio upon graduation from high school in June, 1973.  Elder Totten gave his life to the Lord during a revival service at the Church of Christ of the Apostolic Faith, February, 1981 under the pastorate of District Elder Ernest L. Hardy.  While attending the Church of Christ of the Apostolic Faith, he served as President of the Emmanuel Brotherhood and the Pentecostal Prison Ministry.  He attended the Karl F. Smith Bible Institute.

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Elder Totten is a strong man of prayer and during a prayer service the Lord called him to the ministry.  He is currently a licensed minister of the Ohio District Council.  The Lord led Elder Totten to Grace Apostolic Church under the Pastorate of Bishop James W. Gaiters, Sr.  In 1997 Elder Totten was asked by Bishop Gaiters to serve as assistant pastor of the Grace Apostolic Church, along with other responsibilities at Grace.  Elder Totten serves as the treasurer of the Pentecost Sunday Ohio Executive Committee.  He was employed by American Electric Power for thirty-seven years and retired in 2010.

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Elder Totten is married to Sister Gail Totten and is the father of two sons, Roger, Jr., and James Andrew (Allicia) , and the grandfather of eight, and great-grandfather of two.