Testimony and current ministry

I grew up in church, and was baptized at First Baptist Piedmont in 1995.

While in youth ministry, I found myself as the oldest youth in the 10th grade. With some encouragement from my youth minister (Craig Towery), I started helping with the media ministry, leading small groups in children's ministry, teaching at VBS, and working as a sponsor for youth camp during my junior and senior years of high school. The summer before senior year, as a sponsor leading a small group and as the leader of the decision team, I felt the call to ministry. During a worship song in the Tab at Falls Creek, time stood still, and I looked around, feeling a deep desire to lead people to experience the presence of God.

After college, I attended Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, graduating with his M.Div in 2017. During seminary and afterwards, I volunteered and was on staff at churches in the Kansas City area.

In 2019, I took a call to First Baptist Waynoka, OK to be their pastor. Leading through COVID and other issues in the community, my wife and I took full-time jobs at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva where I continue to work. We volunteer at FBC Alva when available, and I am currently preaching pulpit supply at Lenora Church near Seiling, OK as they search for a pastor.

Education

2014 - BA Mass Communication, major in Public Relations, minor in Business

University of Central Oklahoma

2017 - Master of Divinity

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

License and Ordination

License – First Baptist Piedmont, OK, August 2018

Ordination – First Baptist Waynoka, OK, May 2021