I grew up with my sister and three brothers in Whittier, California, where our family was involved in an independent Christian fellowship, much of the congregation having come from a background in the Brethren Church.

Our family enjoyed a godly heritage on both my father and mother's sides, and my brothers and sister also grew up to love and serve the Lord. After moving to Phoenix to attend DeVry Institute in 1977, I became involved in a house church where I later met my wife, Linda.

In 1985, now with two of our three children, we visited a small congregation meeting at Tumbleweed School called Calvary Community Church. I joined the Calvary Board of Elders in 1995, and joined the pastoral staff later that year. Now, two of our three children are married and we have four grandchildren between them.

Serving at Calvary is the most fantastic thing I can imagine ever doing in this Life!