April has served as the Rector of Grace Church since December 2017. Prior that she has served parishes and worshiping communities in Miami, Washington DC, and Milwaukee. With a background in community organizing and public health, April is interested in building relationships within the parish and the wider community and in equipping congregations to listen to the world around us as we discern how God is calling us to engage with our neighborhoods and our cities. She is a graduate of Yale Divinity School/Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. She enjoys hiking, native plant gardening, ecology, singing, cooking, pottery, and exploring both cities and forests. April is married to Drew Bunting, an Episcopal priest and songwriter. They have two school-aged children and an adventurous doodle.

Fr. Zac was ordained to the priesthood in 2023. Prior to joining Grace he earned an Anglican Studies diploma at Sewanee’s School of Theology and completed an internship at Erlanger Hospital, where he was a chaplain for the cancer and diabetes units. Before that, he earned a PhD in theology from Vanderbilt’s Graduate Department of Religion. His first book, On the Nature, Limits, Meaning, and End of Work, was published in Bloomsbury Academic’s “Reading Augustine” series in 2023. Zac is married to Meg, and they have two daughters: Margot and Birdie. He likes to spend his free time chasing those kids, reading, cooking, and watching movies.

The Reverend Casey Perkins has served as Parish Administrator at Grace Church since June 2025. He is a graduate of the School of Theology - Sewanee with a Master of Arts in Theology. Dcn. Casey has worked for non-profit organizations of all sizes including healthcare, the arts, higher education, and the Church. He brings years of experience in marketing and communications as well as development and administration. In addition to his staff work at Grace, Dcn. Casey is assigned to serve parochially at Christ Church Episcopal in Downtown Chattanooga.

Jessica has a background in nonprofit arts management, with a focus in accounting. With a passion for spirituality & spreadsheets, Jessica is excited to support the church's mission through financial stewardship and join the wonderful community here at Grace.

David serves as the Director of Music and the Choirmaster at Grace. He also serves as the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Chattanooga Bach Choir since 2005, succeeding James Greasby, Founding Director. He also conducts the Tennessee Festival Singers and is a frequent guest conductor with the Chattanooga-based Voci Virili Men’s Consort. David is a graduate of Elon College and holds Master’s degrees in Performance-Orchestral Conducting from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Church Music from Southern Theological Seminary. David has participated in the Beyond the Baton Workshop Seminar, the Conductors’ Institute of the University of South Carolina, the Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition, the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestra Musicians, and the Oregon Bach Festival, where he was selected as a conducting fellow, studying in masterclasses under Helmuth Rilling. In 2001, he was chosen to participate in the Symphonic Conducting Workshop and Competition at the Accademia dell’ Arte of Florence/Arezzo, where he was a prize winner and conducted the Accademia dell’ Arte Orchestra in Florence, Italy. He resides in Chattanooga with his wife, Karen, a media relations specialist for Memorial Hospital, and their three children, Megan, Jacob, and Cassidy. He enjoys bicycle riding with his family on the many trails and greenways along the Tennessee River and Chickamauga Creek.

Karla Fowkes graduated from Southern Adventist University in 1979. The following year she studied at the Hochschule fur Musik in Vienna, Austria with Peter Planyavsky. She earned a Master of Music degree in organ performance at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1986. Prior to coming to Grace, Karla was the Organist/Choirmaster at Christ Church, Episcopal, a position she held since 1992. She enjoys performing regularly with the Chattanooga Bach Choir.