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GRACE POINT CHURCH
by kpeltoma
San Antonio, Texas Executive Pastor Emeritus Jamye Cappadonna
Being in a church’s corner doesn’t just mean we coach and encourage from a distance. It means we join you as an ally in the arena. Grace Point Church is a perfect example of this.
Established as the second campus of Castle Hills First Baptist, the mission that would become Grace Point took on a life of its own. Engaging in a more contemporary worship and lifestyle evangelism, they became their own church, which meant assuming the debt for their facilities and 27 acres. Having borrowed from a private lender, church leadership was always anxious whether the lender would renew their terms or not.
“BCLC appealed to us right away. We met with Bob Gage and I knew we had a like-minded partner who wanted to fuel the work we were doing and provide favorable rates. The security of having BCLC to rely on every year was a huge relief,” said Jamye Cappadonna.
When the growing westside of San Antonio needed a contemporary church, Grace Point seized the opportunity by purchasing a seven-acre campus with our help in 2014. Two years later, their original church fell victim to a fire and we were right there to help them unravel the financial entanglements between city, construction and insurance entities.
“Bob visited us in-person several times to help us through this rough time. If we had been working with just a bank, everything would have been much more difficult. Having a partner in prayer and encouragement meant so much to us.”
After 25 years of ministry, Jamye retired as executive pastor in May 2020 to spend more time with her grandchildren. But Grace Point stayed active in the arena. Their service culminated in Easter 2021 when Grace Point volunteers served meals to 2,000 families in partnership with the San Antonio Food Bank. That spirit of service lives on in Jamye, now a board member of BCLC, and in Grace Point through their robust local and global missions, life groups and ministries.
“If we had been working with just a bank, everything would have been much more difficult. Having a partner in prayer and encouragement meant so much to us.”
