Everybody’s got their story…here’s a bit of mine. Burned into my memory is one specific Sunday morning at church sitting in the far back of my High School class (the place I liked to mess around with friends). As I was semi-watching my Youth Pastor share God’s Word with the group, I remember it was as if time stopped for one moment and I heard God say, “That’s going to be you up front someday.” I was 16 then, and it was going to be 3 years of fighting God before I would surrender my will for His and pursue this calling to ministry.
In 1987, after completing my Masters of Divinity at Biola University/Talbot Seminary, Southern California, I married my wife Cindy and moved to Amsterdam, Holland. This is where God helped us to pastor 3 church-plants. The other two locations I served as an Associate Pastor were in Pleasanton, CA and Plymouth, MN. During this time, Cindy gave birth to our 4 amazing kids: Jessica, Kylie, Zach & Taylor.
