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Church Planter Apprentice
Calvary Church
September 21
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About My Family
By God’s grace, I was brought up in a home with parents who were devoted to our local church. I gave my heart to Christ at the age of 8 while attending a rural Mississippi church and surrendered to ministry when I was 17. I spent the next five years serving as the youth minister of my home church while getting a bachelor’s degree at Mississippi College (MC). At MC, I met my wife, Christina. We were married in 2013 and were excited to begin serving Christ and His Church together.
We moved to New Orleans in 2015 to attend seminary, and I was able to serve as the pastor of residency at Lakeshore Church while working on my master’s degree. We moved to Picayune, Miss., in 2017, where I served as the associate pastor of adults and missions at First Baptist Picayune. During this period, God blessed us with our beautiful daughter, Joanna.
We moved to New Orleans in 2015 to attend seminary, and I was able to serve as the pastor of residency at Lakeshore Church while working on my master’s degree. We moved to Picayune, Miss., in 2017, where I served as the associate pastor of adults and missions at First Baptist Picayune. During this period, God blessed us with our beautiful daughter, Joanna.
About My Church Plant
While serving at FBC Picayune, Christina and I felt God stirring our hearts and preparing us for a move. Church planting was not the direction we thought God was about to take us. But, after three months of praying and seeking God’s will, it became clear that God had placed within us a desire to move into a community that had little to no gospel witness and to plant a church. Through more prayer and seeking the Lord’s direction, He led us to Clearwater, Fla., where I am currently serving as the church planting resident at Calvary Church. Our goal is to plant in Trinity, Fla., by Easter 2025. Trinity is a northern suburb of Tampa that has experienced rapidly population growth, thus creating the need for more churches in that area. Currently there are only a handful of churches positioned to reach current and new residents in Trinity.
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