I was born and raised right here in Shelby, NC. I grew up in the Church and would have considered myself a Christian but never fully understood what it meant to follow Jesus until I went to Mars Hill University to play baseball. I went there with the intention of the baseball team being the only community that I would ever need. I quickly found a men’s bible study that I began to attend and as I did, God quickly began to change my life and draw me to himself.
Over that next year I began to lead in that Bible study and we got plugged in with a local church. This local church helped us expand and grow our groups and launch a college ministry on campus called Forge.
While in school I had every intention of becoming a strength and conditioning coach but God had other plans. After my junior year I did an internship here at Hope Community Church as I helped lead One Love Basketball. During that summer God began to reveal to me a desire to do full time ministry.
After I graduated from Mars Hill I became a ministry resident at GracePoint Church and then after 6 months I stepped into a full time College Ministry Director role and we expanded our college ministry onto a total of 3 college campuses in the area.
In this past semester I began to feel like the Lord was leading me home and I gratefully accepted the offer to come back to Shelby and Hope Community Church to work with college students.