We are committed to Immanuel (God with us) Acts 4:12
We are committed to Missions around the world Acts 1:8
We are committed to Prayer Acts 12:5
We are committed to Authentic Christianity Acts 11:26
We are committed to developing Community Acts 2:42
We are committed to Truth as presented in God’s Word 2 Timothy 3:16

– We are not the only Christians, but we are Christians only.
– No creed but Christ.

Philippians 3:13-14 serves as my personal mission statement: “I seek to run with perseverance the race that has been marked out for me by God.”
I graduated from Ben Davis High School in 1988 and Johnson Bible College in 1992. In May, 2006 I received a Masters of Arts in pastoral leadership from Cincinnati Christian University. I have served as a youth minister twice and this is my third preaching ministry.
Some days and seasons can seem hard and unbearable but this verse reminds us that if we have Christ we have no impossible.

My favorite verse of scripture is 1 Corinthians 15:58 “Be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” .
I accepted the Lord and was baptized on December 22, 1974 at Cumberland Christian Church. I have served as an Elder since 1976. My wife Ginny and I have been married for over 50 years We have two children, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

For the first 35 years of my life I considered God and spiritual things only a myth. At the age of 35, after years of prayer and invitation to church by my sister, something happened. It felt like every sermon was being directed to me personally. I now understand that the Holy Spirit was convicting me.
Over the last 20 years I have had the opportunity to serve God and the church, leading, teaching and serving on the mission field all over the world. In every opportunity I have felt humbled that God would trust me to be part of His plans.