Ruth and I have been married for 29 years. We are blessed with our six children, Dillon (26), Deanna (25), Rebecca (23), Josie (19), Clay (19), and Justin (16). We are also blessed with our son-in-law Brody, (married to Deanna), daughter-in-law Amanda (married to Dillon), and son-in-law Daniel (married to Rebecca). We are also grandparents to the five of the greatest grandkids! Oliver , Garner, Taavi, Owen, and Mark.
Both Ruth and I grew up in the Northwest and have served in the local church together for 20+ years. I have been a pastor of youth, worship and counseling. I even spent a season as a local missionary preaching in the local church, supporting their ministries through summer camping and leadership assistance. In all this ministry I have been asked several times to become the lead pastor in a church. This has never been my desire but I do believe that I’m called to be a support to the local leadership. In all the forms of ministry I have been involved in it has been my hope to support the local church, it’s leadership and function.
I hold a bachelors degree in Pastoral Ministry from Prairie Bible Institute and a Masters in Biblical Counseling from the Masters University. I have spent most of my 20+ years leading worship and counseling in the Evangelical Free Church. My wife has been with me in this journey and has not only the experience of raising six children, she also homeschooled for many years and in this most recent season has joined the ranks of Standing Stone Ministries. This ministry desires to be a support for ministry wives and their children. I’m a volunteer with Standing Stone, and hope to bring help and hope to those leaders struggling in the journey of serving the local church.
Purpose
Our heart is to encourage you as you interact with this website. Everything on this site is free and there is no cost or commercial. We only seek to provide an extension of the ministry we are already called to. If you need to connect with someone for encouragement in this journey we are here. Please contact us and we will reply as soon as we can. With prayer and encouragement, we can journey a little farther down the road together.