Areas of Ministry: Senior pastoral ministry and scrubbing the occasional toilet.
Family: Kathy and I have been married since 1982, and have been blessed with four amazing children: Audrey graduated from UNC in 2010, now working PR in North Raleigh, (go Tarheels!); Allison, (soon to graduate from NC State, (Go Pack!); Amy, a senior at Apex High; and Luke, an eighth grader at Apex Middle School. Not to mention Bo the rabbit and Lucy the mean kitty.
Saved: I put my faith in Christ at the age of seven, while living in Paris, Texas. I was baptized in the Spring of 1970 at the First Baptist Church of Paris, Texas. I had wonderful and godly parents who raised me to value God and faith and ministry. My first big job in ministry was as a kid, assisting my parents with a bus route, picking up kids from all over Paris and bringing them to church. I have pretty much been in ministry ever since. Though I accepted Christ so long ago, and never really knew the world without Christ, the decision to make Jesus my Lord is still fresh and obviously the best decision I ever made in my life!
Education: I did my undergraduate work at East Texas State University (now Texas A&M, Commerce), and my Masters and Doctoral work at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft Worth, TX. My doctoral focus was in Church Growth and Missions.
Previous Lines of Work: I worked for gas money as a carpenter during my high school years and I taught and coached in a AAA High School in East Texas in 1984-5, to give my wife time to graduate before we headed off to Grad School in Ft. Worth. I have served in Pastoral ministry since 1981 in Paris, TX, Hewitt, TX, Dallas, TX and now Apex, NC with only a brief break during seminary.
FAVORITE Book: The Hiding Place, Grace Awakening, Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire Food: Beef Brisket Texas style Snack Food: Cookies fresh out of the oven or maybe homemade ice cream… probably just both Movie: The entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, Tangled, Jaws, The Natural TV Shows: The Office, Warehouse 13, Sportscenter, and any time the Texas Rangers or Dallas Cowboys are on TV Season: Fall in NC Place in the World: Home but New Orleans is a close second, or anywhere with Mountains Place to Pray: Walking around outside
Recreational Activities/Hobbies: Golf, Any kind of participation sport, Traveling with family, guitar, songwriting Scriptures: Galatians 2:20, Book of James Bible Story: Elijah on Mt Carmel vs. the Prophets of Baal in I Kings 18 Sports Team: Dallas Cowboys Sport: Football, or golf, maybe BB, anything but soccer
LEAST FAVORITE Food: anything that swims or crawls Season: Winter Sports Team: Washington Redskins
Best Thing Someone Said to You: That sermon has changed my life.
Life Motto: There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit (Thanks, Ronald Reagan)
