I was born in Montgomery, AL at Maxwell Air Force Base as my father was serving in the US Armed Forces. I have lived in Alaska, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alberta, Canada, which is where my mother was from. I left Edmonton to attend Oklahoma Christian and graduated in 1982 with degrees in Bible and Social Work.

I have been preaching for 24 years; 3 in Des Moines, IA, 13.5 in Grapevine and the last 8 in Naples, FL. Prior to full-time ministry I worked for 10 years in Oklahoma City in Commercial Real Estate and served as a deacon and part of a religious theatre group.

I have been married to my wife Carrie for 31 years and we have 2 children; our son Christian and his wife Darcy and our daughter Baylee live in Tulsa, OK.

I am very interested in foreign missions, having made one trip to Ghana, West Africa, three trips to Nicaragua, two to Moscow, Russia and more than a dozen to Ukraine. I taught at the Sunset Bible Institute in Donetsk for six years.