In our family, our mission is to honor God and to give Him the glory for everything that we have, and because of his provisioning in our lives we want to “Proclaim the Truth of Christ to the World.
Amy and I have been married for over 25 years and in that time we have endured our share of struggles and heartache , but every time we struggle, God pulls us through. It is this faith that has led us through the birth of our son who suffered from a diaphragmatic hernia. It is this faith that has led us through struggles with multiple surgeries for both Amy and myself, including two back surgeries, a shattered leg, and the loss of three children. It is also this faith that has led us through even the problems we have faced in ministry. As often as we have felt that we would never get ahead in life, it finally dawned us…IT’S NOT ABOUT US!
Oh the Joy that comes when we realize our place in this world. Our Joy was once judged by our own desires, and I will admit that there are times when I still wish I had more than I do, but if everything were gone tomorrow, I know that my family would still have faith that God would, will, and does provide. We claim James 1 through the times of suffering and struggle and claim Romans 8:28 in knowing that God works all things for the good of those who follow Him.
I am an ordained minister and a graduate of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. My wife is a mother and works from home at a full-time job. We have an adult son who is married and starting his own family and has already surrendered to the call to the ministry.
My wife and I were both born and raised in a Southern Baptist Church. Amy’s father is a minister and my father has served as a Deacon for most of my life.
My family and I are currently serving in Macomb, Illinois. I am the pastor of University Baptist Church as well as the collegiate minister of 159 Baptist Collegiate Ministries at Western Illinois University.
Before coming to Macomb, we were in Eastern Illinois for 2 years where I served as a bi-vocational minister in a small rural church. Before that, while in seminary, I served as a “Pastoral Trainee” at a larger church in Kentucky. Over the last twenty plus years I have served in a leadership capacity in other churches as a lay minister.
I am still bi-vocational but have faith that God will grant me my hearts longing to serve in a full-time capacity, but it is according to His timing and His will. The harvest is certainly plentiful.