Lead Church Planter
San Mateo California
Refuge Community Church
November 17
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About My Family
Sarah and I have been married since 2005. We have three children. Daughters Isabella and Sophia are identical twins born January 20, 2011. Our son, Jace, was born February 26, 2014.
Sarah and I were born and raised in St. Louis, Mo., where I served as a pastor for eight years and Sarah began her career as a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC).
In May 2015, we packed up and moved to the Bay Area, following the Lord’s calling to be part of reaching what is arguably the most spiritually impoverished region of our nation with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We have hearts to see people come alive in the freedom and victory found only in Jesus and to experience community transformation as a result.
Sarah and I were born and raised in St. Louis, Mo., where I served as a pastor for eight years and Sarah began her career as a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC).
In May 2015, we packed up and moved to the Bay Area, following the Lord’s calling to be part of reaching what is arguably the most spiritually impoverished region of our nation with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We have hearts to see people come alive in the freedom and victory found only in Jesus and to experience community transformation as a result.
About My Church Plant
Refuge Community Church launched September 15, 2019, in San Mateo, Calif., and experienced more than 30 people come to faith in Jesus in its first few months. San Mateo is a beautifully diverse city located 25 miles south of San Francisco and in the heart of what Barna Research Group has determined to be the most un-churched and de-churched region in the United States.
God has blessed Refuge with an amazingly talented and faithful leadership team that is as diverse as the city in which they serve.
God has blessed Refuge with an amazingly talented and faithful leadership team that is as diverse as the city in which they serve.
NAMB Church Planting
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