About Us

Dave Lockridge is the founder and Executive Director of ACE Overcomers. He serves as a chairman on the Family Wellness Council of Merced County. Previously he served as the Vice President Governing Board at the Good Samaritan Rescue Mission of Selma, California. Additionally, he served as a member of the Professional Ethics Advisory Committee of ABC Home Health, Fresno, California. And, he served as President of the Central California Independent Baptist Fellowship.

       Dave holds two undergraduate degrees: Biblical Studies (Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College) and Psychology (Liberty University), and is a Certified Anger Management Facilitator.
       His 23 years of pastoral experience were in Washington and California. Dave and Sue have been married 36 years and live in Atwater, California. They have three grown children and 5 grandchildren.

Jason Culver (Director of Outreach) spent the better part of the last 15 years in the business world as a financial planner and business owner (Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, UBS Financial, ServiceMaster Cleaning and Restoration). In 2007 he felt a burden for the church and a passion to study and teach God’s word.
       He is committed to helping people fall in love with the word of God and to share with them the hope that is found in the Scriptures alone. Jason is currently pursing a master’s degree in Biblical Counseling at The Master’s College (completion date of Nov. 2013). His greatest joy (outside of loving Jesus) is to see others fall in love with Jesus.   

Melissa Culver (Director of Communications) graduated from Fresno Pacific University in 2000 with a BA in Liberal Studies.  There she received a Minor in Conflict Management and Resolution from the Center of Peacemaking.  In conjunction with BCA she enjoyed a short study abroad to England where she studied Hebrew, Genesis, and Psalms.  Currently, she is pursuing NANC certification.  Together, they serve on staff with ACE Overcomers. 
       In their own words, "We count it a sweet privilege to be a part of such a beautiful ministry.  It is amazing to see God transform lives here in our own community.  He brings true peace and real hope.  We are humbled that God would grant us an opportunity to serve Him by serving others."

Treasurer. (Bio to be added later.)

~BOARD OF DIRECTORS~

Jack Mobley. After graduating from the University of Tennessee with a degree in Accounting, Jack became an accountant with a local CPA firm. Following a desire to serve in the military, Jack joined the Air Force in 1981 and spent 6 years on active duty before returning to Tennessee in 1987. In Tennessee he was a banker and his wife Sandra taught school. In 1989 Jack and Sandra moved back to California where she was hired to teach in the Merced City Schools and Jack opened the first of three ServiceMaster franchises and continued his military service in the Air Force Reserve retiring in 2003 as a Lt Col.
       Jack is a member of First Baptist Church in Merced, the Merced County Planning Commission, the Board of Directors of the Merced County Chamber of Commerce, the Merced Boosters, the Merced Breakfast Lions and the American Legion.
       Jack and Sandra reside in Merced.
 

Isaac Kim, M.D. immigrated with his family from South Korea at the age of eight.  After earning his B.A. at the University of Chicago he attended Texas Tech School of Medicine.  He then served in the U.S. Army before coming to the Merced area to join Merced Faculty Associates in 2004.  As a faculty attending, he has been teaching half-time at Merced Family Medicine Residency while maintaining a private practice.

     Isaac & Kay have three children -- Peter, Charity, and Hannah -- and attend First Baptist Church in Merced.