Today I pastor and teach at a growing congregation in Western New York. But it was not always that way.
Born in Indiana into a family with two sisters and caring parents, I found my interests in music and writing. By the time I went to university I was planning to be a psychologist and musician. I studyed psychology even before I entered university, preparing to be a psychologist. I also recorded songs I composed recording my first record at a studio in Detroit, Michigan. I gave music and Psychology my best efforts, recording two records and earning honors in Psychology but little did I know events in college would re-direct my life.
While a student in college I was confronted with the teachings and person of Jesus by a music group from out West. It fascinated me so much I could not forget it. Later I was confronted again by an African-American travelling evangelist who played the guitar and preached the Gospel. From those two experiences I became a convert to Christ.
After conversion I enrolled in seminary and had a charismatic experience. I graduated and became an ordained minister serving churches in USA and Canada. I then became a full time Prison Chaplain, retiring in 2015. At retirement I was offered a small church in Western New York where I serve today as well as locales around Western New York.
After my conversion my priorities changed.
Mark 16:15 Ministries is a result of praying in an apartment in Lorain, Ohio many years ago and asking the Lord to make the New Testament Biblical verse Mark 16:15 a reality in my life. That prayer continues to be answered through the ministry, music and literature today which is detailed in my first book [see next page].
Mark 16:15 Ministries is also the extension of a prayer I prayed in my apartment in Springfield Ohio in the early 1970s when I asked God for the one thing I wanted in life: To help people find the will of God for their own lives. I have seen that prayer answered more and more as time goes on as God inspires and tells me what to tell people when they need direction. My ministry today emphasizes teaching, preaching and evangelism.
But it's not about me. It's about a living God and how God works today.