BCM O‘AHU STAFF
Arjay Gruspe, DIRECTOR
Aside from being BCM’s director, Arjay is also the Senior Pastor of Pawa‘a Community Church in Mānoa. He is passionate about student transformation through an authentic and growing relationship with Christ that produces Godly passion, holy living, and a vision to impact their campuses and the world for Christ. Arjay is also a graduate of the University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa and SBTS in Louisville, KY. He is married to Tara, a college guidance counselor at Hawaii Baptist Academy. They have two young adult children: Kainoa and his wife, Amber, are living in London and pursuing graduate degrees in Fine Arts; and Kainani manages a surf shop on Hawai‘i Island with her husband, Ricky-Thomas.
Arjay enjoys missions, traveling, surfing, basketball, movies, and hanging out with Mo, the family dog.
Noah Denney, BCM STAFF
Noah Denney grew up in Chico, California, where as a college student at California State University, Chico got deeply connected to the Christian Challenge ministry there. Through his invovlement, God gave him victory over his anxieties and grew his abilities in evangelism and disciple-making. He graduated in 2018 with a BA in Communication Studies and immediately jumped into collegiate ministry at Christian Challenge to help students experience the radical change he did when he was a student. He currently attends Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary online and is pursuing a Master of Divinity with a focus on Biblical Counseling.
Noah and his wife, Hannah, have a three-year-old son Milo who loves helping out and being an amazing greeter and part of BCM. They both love that the students are such a huge part of Milo’s life.
In his spare time, he enjoys playing board games, hanging out at the beach, and playing music with friends.
Hannah Denney, BCM STAFF
Hannah loves being creative and that gets to pour into BCM and her work with the Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention as she helps with the communications aspects of both ministries. Aside from that she loves getting to be a part of seeing an authentic community grow in BCM as God works on the individual hearts of everyone who is a part of the ministry. Hannah went to school at Chico State in Chico California where she met her husband Noah Denney. They both got poured into so well and grew so radically in college that they knew that if they were called into ministry this is where God wanted them.
After graduating with a BA in Journalism, Hannah went on Staff with the Collegiate Ministry at Chico State for two years before she and her husband were called to serve at the University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa. Now, being in Hawaii for almost four years, they have enjoyed seeing the ministry grow and flourish by the grace of God.
In her spare time, she enjoys reading, kickboxing, and grabbing coffee with friends.