I was raised in a coal mining community in West Virginia in a loving, spiritually grounded home. In 1963, my family relocated to Indiana, where my father helped establish First Free Will Baptist Church in Rolling Prairie, Indiana. My early years were shaped by both family and church life, forming a foundation that would later guide my ministry.

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After several years away from the Lord as a young adult, I returned to Christ at the age of twenty-one with a settled assurance of the transforming power of the gospel. While attending Free Will Baptist Bible College, I sensed God's call to preach.​

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I pastored my home church for eleven years before being called in 1990 to pastor a missions work in Chesterfield, Virginia, where I have served for thirty-six years. I have participated in various denominational roles and have preached across the United States and in multiple mission fields. My passion is to strengthen churches, encourage God's servants, and help pass a strong, and faithful Christian heritage to the next generation.

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