came to know Christ as his Savior as a young teenager. Surrendering to God's call in 1976 to full time service, he attended and graduated from Baptist Bible College Springfield, MO in 1979. Shortly after graduating, God moved him and his family to Oregon where he pastored for seven years. In 1986, God moved him again, placing him in Hutchinson, KS where he pastored for another seven years. In June of 1995, he became the pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church.

 

He and his wife, Loretta, were married August 21, 1965 and have two children and eleven grandchildren.