Lead Church Planter
Richlands Virginia
Risen Church
July 20
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About My Family
My wife and I met at a college Bible study in 2012 and were married on June 14, 2014. We both work at our local community college, where we have the privilege of engaging our community while providing for our family. In 2019, we welcomed our daughter, our greatest joy. As a family, we love spending time outdoors, gathering around bonfires, and simply being together.
I earned my Master of Divinity from Liberty University and have served in ministry since 2008, when I began as a youth pastor at the age of 18. In 2025, the Lord led us to plant a church in the very town where I first began serving, and we are grateful to continue investing in the community that has shaped so much of our story.
I earned my Master of Divinity from Liberty University and have served in ministry since 2008, when I began as a youth pastor at the age of 18. In 2025, the Lord led us to plant a church in the very town where I first began serving, and we are grateful to continue investing in the community that has shaped so much of our story.
About My Church Plant
We planted Risen Church in August 2025. Our core team met in our home for 18 months before launch. The Lord was faithful, and we had two baptisms during our very first service.
I was born in Richlands, in the foothills of Appalachia. We planted in Richlands, but our prayer is to see seven more churches planted within 10 years in southwest Virginia. The Lord has blessed us to plant pregnant.
The coalfields of Virginia have lost many resources, and one of them has been faithful churches. We pray that Risen Church will not only be about becoming disciples, making disciples and glorifying God in Richlands, but also produce leaders to plant in the coalfields.
Join us in praying and believing that the Lord can move mountains and will move in them.
I was born in Richlands, in the foothills of Appalachia. We planted in Richlands, but our prayer is to see seven more churches planted within 10 years in southwest Virginia. The Lord has blessed us to plant pregnant.
The coalfields of Virginia have lost many resources, and one of them has been faithful churches. We pray that Risen Church will not only be about becoming disciples, making disciples and glorifying God in Richlands, but also produce leaders to plant in the coalfields.
Join us in praying and believing that the Lord can move mountains and will move in them.
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