Austin Finley

Director of Music & Student Ministries

Austin was born in Dayton, Ohio, but moved to Granville in 2004, with his parents, sister and three younger brothers. He graduated from Granville High School in 2015, where he was extremely active in the music and drama departments, as well as the football team. After high school, Austin attended Groove U, a music industry school in Columbus. He graduated in August of 2018 with a degree in Music Industry Entrepreneurship. While working as a full-time staff member of the Chapel, Austin is currently pursuing a degree in Ministry Leadership at Moody Bible Institute.

Austin was a member of his church’s praise team since 7th grade and became the worship leader at Rushville UMC from 2017-2018. In 2019 Austin was brought on staff here at The Granville Chapel as the Director of Music Ministry. In January of 2021 Austin’s role officially expanded to include leading the student ministry at the Chapel.

Austin and his wife Mackenzie married in May of 2021 and are so grateful that God has called them to be a part of the Granville Chapel family.