Lead Church Planter
Thornton Colorado
Grace Fellowship Thornton
May 5
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About My Family
Victoria and I have been married for about 23 years. We have two high-school teenagers, Andrew and Rachel. Andrew loves soccer and volleyball. Rachel likes to sing and spend time with her friends.
We moved to Denver from Dallas five years ago when God called us to plant a Laotian/International church. We had lived in Dallas for more than 15 years and served as young adults ministry leaders at First Laotian Baptist Church of Dallas. Many of our good friends started attending the same church. We had the privilege of mentoring several of them until they became leaders as well.
I was working in IT and had a good job. Victoria was in the prime of her career as an insurance risk specialist. I grew up in Westminster, Colo., and left when Victoria and I got married. I was thrilled God called me to come back here to plant a church.
We moved to Denver from Dallas five years ago when God called us to plant a Laotian/International church. We had lived in Dallas for more than 15 years and served as young adults ministry leaders at First Laotian Baptist Church of Dallas. Many of our good friends started attending the same church. We had the privilege of mentoring several of them until they became leaders as well.
I was working in IT and had a good job. Victoria was in the prime of her career as an insurance risk specialist. I grew up in Westminster, Colo., and left when Victoria and I got married. I was thrilled God called me to come back here to plant a church.
About My Church Plant
After being at the same church for so long, we began to feel complacent and that God wanted something bigger for us. We got connected with NAMB in 2015, via our senior pastor. We moved to Thornton, Colo., in the summer of 2017.
Thornton is a mid-sized city outside of Denver that is growing tremendously along with other northern cities in the area. North Metro Church in Thornton is our Sending Church. During the first year, we did not work jobs so we could get to know the area and the community. We attended North Metro Church in Thornton under the leadership of Dr. James Wagstaff for quite some time during our early church planting years. There is a growing population of Laotians who have moved further north from Westminster, Arvada, Aurora and other areas into Thornton.
Thornton is a mid-sized city outside of Denver that is growing tremendously along with other northern cities in the area. North Metro Church in Thornton is our Sending Church. During the first year, we did not work jobs so we could get to know the area and the community. We attended North Metro Church in Thornton under the leadership of Dr. James Wagstaff for quite some time during our early church planting years. There is a growing population of Laotians who have moved further north from Westminster, Arvada, Aurora and other areas into Thornton.
NAMB Church Planting
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