Department: Generous Life (Gateway Financial Stewardship)

Joined Gateway Staff: 2006

Family: Married to Missy since June 1996. We have three kids—Faith, Katelyn and Elijah—and a Maltese named Maddy.

Saved: October 17, 1993, at Richland Hills Church of Christ

Previous Lines of Work: Minister of Life Stewardship at Richland Hills Church of Christ (2004-2006); Worked for Missy's dad in his drywall business for 2 years before he allowed me to marry his daughter. After 4 years of drywall, I bought a Chem-Dry carpet cleaning business which I sold after one year. Went to South Florida and started a business named Faith Drywall. We owned and operated it for 5 years before going into vocational ministry.

One of the Things I Find Most Fascinating: High mileage cars, compound interest and how hard it is to get pulled over driving fast in a minivan

FAVORITE
Book: Money, Possessions and Eternity by Randy Alcorn and The Blessed Life by Robert Morris. Favorite authors include: Peter Lencioni, C.S. Lewis, John Maxwell, Ken Blanchard and Jim Collins
Food: My wife’s Poppy Seed Chicken
Snack Food: Caramel Pretzel Crunch, Strawberry Pretzel Pie and coffee
Movie: Dead Poets Society, Madagascar and Nacho Libre
TV Shows: Cops, Deadliest Catch and 24
CD: Day of Fire (Day of Fire)
Actor/Actress: Anyone in Congress or the Senate
Time of Day: Early-morning
Season: Fall
Place in the World: Home (1st) and Israel (2nd)
Recreational Activities/Hobbies: MTB, road cycling and skateboarding with my kids
Scripture: 1 & 2 Timothy, Ephesians, Romans
Sports Team: Dallas Mavericks, Texas Rangers and Dallas Cowboys
Sports: Road Cycling, basketball, motorcycle racing and skateboarding

LEAST FAVORITE
Food: Anything spicy
Snack Food: Licorice
Season: Snowbird season in Florida
Place in the World: Pt. Charlotte Town Center or any other mall
Sports Team: Lakers and Redskins

Best Thing Someone Said to You: “God selects, man ratifies.” (and) “Time will either promote you or expose you.”

Life Motto: Carpe Diem

Three People I’d like to Meet: Larry Burkett, Ronald Reagan and Lance Armstrong

My Heroes: Chuck Bently, Tom Lane and Dale Brooks

One of My Greatest Experiences with God: In 2002, I went on a Crown Ministry Florida retreat. While watching the sun come up over the water early one morning, God told me He was going to use me in full-time ministry to build stewardship ministries across the world in order to set people spiritually and financially free to serve Him. He also gave me a very clear, precise vision as to how to build stewardship ministries. At the time, I was a construction worker who led Crown and FPU classes as a hobby.

Most People Don’t Know This About Me: I used to race sportbikes in Florida, and I still love riding skateboards.